On 3 Aug 99, at 13:21, Ken & Barbie wrote: > Hello, I'm running Win98 on a Abit tx mainboard, Intel 233mmx, > 64mb pc100 ram. The system frequently crashes when I'm > shutting down a program. The same 2 errors seem to generate > each time with different programs. I'm running Dr. Watson in the > task bar with all the latest drivers installed for the hardware. > The system is about 3 months new, but has ran flaky from the start. > > Dr. Watson results: > 1)Win32 Kernel core component *attempted to read from memory that does not > exist. It may be using an uninitialized variable, or it may be attempting > to access memory after having freed it. > > 2)System APIs for Multimedia *attempted to use a null data pointer variable. > > * = general error's > > Does this sound more like a physical memory problem as opposed > to a software problem? Memory vender say's software, I think otherwise > and could use some advice from the list scholars on your thoughts. It sounds to me like a buggy, corrupted, or incorrect sound card driver. What sound card is in the machine? David G PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>