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From: Rob Cilia <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:04 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Harddrive problems with new motherboard & winxp


> We can run Windows 98 indefinitely without any problems, however with
winxp we run into system freeze up problems.  It's not the install of xp
because we've done it a few times just to test it out (ie. removed win98 &
formatted the entire hd,
>  and installed xp by itself).  XP either hangs during boot up or when it
does run, after @ 20-30min of operation, they system freezes up completely -
we can't ctrl-alt-del to see what service or software failed or anything -
the system is just frozen and requires us power off/on the machine and
repeat the process. Also xp's chkdsk tends to report a truckload of problems
during most (not all) boot up's. We also find that this occurs more
frequently when we use the internet (high speed dsl

Hi Rob,

Is your DSL modem connected to the computer through USB or ethernet? I have
a Speedstream modem and when connected by means of its USB port, XP would
freeze. So I connected it through an ethernet card and have had no further
problems.

Mel Emurian

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