I too am having a freezing problem.  The only difference is that my system
keeps on working and doesn't lock up.

I recently reinstalled Win98SE.  I've checked the CPU temp and the chassis
temp and they are just fine.  Video card temp is fine as well.  My
Guillemont Prophet 3D has a fan on the processor <s>

I also find  when I haven't used the system for a while, it takes a while
for it to respond to my commands.

I believe this is just a GUI problem and not necessarily related to the
hardware.  It really frustrating to be typing along only to find that
sections of what you have typed is missing because the system froze
momentarily.

At 03:39 11/03/01, you wrote:
>Could be overheat problem. When it happens again, open the case and feel the
>temp of CPU fan, video card and harddisk ... , if one of them get too hot,
>you need get extra cooling. My closest guess is video card overheating.
>
>Jun Qian
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Bogert" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:44 PM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] Frequent intermmitent freezes or lockups--Win98SE
>
>
> > This ons got me baffled--I'm running Win98se with a new motherboard
>equipped with Celeron 533mhz,370 socket--Rage II PCI video card--128mb
>sdram--13.6ghz HD--VIA Apollo Pro 133A-694x chipset--Award 2000 bios. My
>problem is that after I boot-up and after about 1 hour the motion on my
>screensaver as well as any games I may be playing or any other applications
>I may be using ALL are momentarily (2 to 4 seconds)freezing up and then
>continuing on for another few seconds and then freezing up again on and on
>and on. After about 5 hours of this action the machine locks up, requiring a
>restart. I know I'm not overdriving the video card (using 16 bit setup). I
>can't seem to solve this problem.
>
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