Qosmio F60- Randomly freezes for about one second

Hi,
I have a qosmio F60, and recently i've been having random freezes even while typing atm.
So, my notebook freezes for a second every now and then and it's getting really annoying. It does so no matter what i'm doing...
I restored the pc to factory settings and updated all the drivers but still i get this annoying problem...
Any help would be appreciated.
I figured the problem is a *SUDDEN FPS DROP*...save me -.- pls
Message was edited by: ralph_af

> I restored the pc to factory settings and updated all the drivers but still i get this annoying problem...
Hmmm..... why to update ALL drivers if you dont know why this happen?
You must restore notebook to factory settings, open notepad and test it. can you confirm that this happen immediately after notebook restore to factory settings?
It is not easy to assist with such issues. We dont know which stuff is installed on your notebook, which additional (third part software) applications are installed, which background processes are active, how your OS is configured and so on.
In my opinion some background activity is responsible for this. it can be Microsoft updates installation if you have set it to option automatically. It can also be some antivirus scanning activities. Who knows?
Try to change OS settings and OS configuration.

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