I don't recall the details of the previous discussion of your problem, so I
hope that I'm not repeating what has already been said.  I know Bob Wright
already suggested a hardware problem as a possibility, and I was thinking
that you might in particular make sure all your fans are working correctly
(power supply and CPU heatsink, especially).  Clean any dust that might be
blocking the grills where air would be drawn into your case.  If the
heatsink on the CPU is itself clogged with dust, you will need to clean
this, as well.

John Sproule

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ms Susan J Nicholson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:12 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Freeze at Desktop


> A couple of weeks ago, I asked about "Fatal Exception". I got some answers
> and have just gone back to the computer and when I started it, this time
it
> loaded itself right to the desktop without a Fatal Exception and in Normal
> Mode. I couldn't believe it, but then it froze on the desktop straight
after
> the "Welcome to Windows" screen loaded on it. Would anybody know why it's
> doing this now. In the BIOS settings in PnP, IRQ numbers 3,4 and 7 are set
> to Legacy ISA   , IRQ's 5,9,10,11,12,14 and 15 are set to PCI/ISA Pnp    ,
> and the rest are DMA numbers 0,1,3,5,6, and 7 set to PCI/ISA Pnp. The PNP
OS
> has "NO" marked against it's installation. The computer is only 5 years
old.
> The only thing it's doing is showing an "unknown" monitor which is set to
> default, but the computer ran fine with this before. Can somebody please
> help. Thank you.
>
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