Actually, to me, this sounds more like a power supply problem.  Try
replacing the power supply and see if it helps.

Good Luck -

Tony Mayer


>HI,
>
>Keyword:  ATHLON
>
>Thy a different Video card!
>
>Thanks and have a Great Day!
>
>Joe Lore
>=============================
>Hello Everyone,
>
>
>
>I'm running Windows XP on a Compaq computer. The Motherboard is a FIC
>Athlon XP 2000MHz (15x133) 2400+ and the BIOS Type is (Award 03-17-03).
>Phoenix Tech.
>
>I received this computer from my grandchild to help solve the freezing
>and locking up problem that has plagued this computer for quit some time
>now.
>
>The first thing I formatted the 40 Gig hard drive and clean installed
>Win XP and ran Defrag, and is showing 98% free, still freezing up. The
>computer had 128 MBs of Ram and I purchased and installed from Crucial a
>512 MB stick. The computer is still freezing up. I'm running with the
>side panel off, all the fans are clean and are working ok. The Everest
>program that I installed is reporting that the Motherboard is running at
>(91 deg F, CPU at 120 deg F, and Aux is at 48 deg F) I don't know if
>these are normal running temps or not.
>
>Do you think it could be the power supply (how can I test this), the
>motherboard BIOS or the hard drive?  Or something els...........

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