Its the same old story, Daryl.  Strip it down to cpu, one dimm, a
video card, and a diskette drive.  See if it will run some tests.  Add
one thing at a time until you start seeing problems.  No easy way
around it unless distinct patterns have emerged that would make
a particular part a leading suspect.  Before you flash all the bios,
read all the accompanying text files to see if updates promise to
fix a problem you have seen.  Check all your documents' troubleshooting
sections for known issues with other parts in your system.  Load
drivers one at a time and retest.
Tom Turak

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From: Daryl Goddard
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 6:16 AM

I've just spent @5K on my dream system.
Asus MBrd,PIII 500, 512MB Micron RAM, 20G HDD, 6xDVD, Teac CD burner,
3Com 10/100PCI NIC, Diamond MX300, Asus TNT AGP vid, USR 56K modem,
Logitec cordless Kb/mouse.
The darn thing locks up constantly,crashes indiscriminately, ect...
I'm running '98 and minium apps (I want to see it stable before I start
loading apps)

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