just a few questions, Do u have built i video and built in sound, And is the Motherboard a PCCHIPS It could be just your motherboard, gone faulty. VERY common with the PCCHIPS. especially due to the video and sound being built in. You may need to try a better motherboard and you will instantly see a difference. Fixed that problem with my bosses computer last week. Motherboards won't last a lifetime, Regards, Daniel :21:30 -0500 > >My computer goes absolutely crazy at times. >It will lockup, no matter what I am doing with it. >Day before yesterday, I must have restarted it at least 50 times. >After restart it might load Dos, Safe mode or windows. >I think there was something like a time cycle involved. >I tried to reload WIN 98SE and got nowhere with it. >I suspected that heat might be the problem, so I turned it off >for the night. The next morning it worked fine for awhile and >then went goofy again. Once again I turned it off for the night. >The next morning I removed the side cover and left it off. >It has worked far better since then, however it is not >trouble free yet. >Is it possible that heat is the problem and if so, what do I do >about it? >I have Norton System Works and it doesn't catch the problem. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml