It is probably related to either bad memory, overheating issues, or a bad or
failing power supply.

Barry Clark
MCSE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samuel H. Baughman II, P.G." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] lock up or freeze


> My system periodically locks up for no apparent reason.  This can happen
at
> any time, looking at email, running various apps, Norton's Anti Virus,
> playing games, etc.  This is not the minor lock up an app, where the Close
> Program window can help, but rather a complete lock up that requires reset
> or reboot.  I tried a reformat and re-install about a month ago and this
> did not help.
>
> Some stats about my system:
>
> FIC AN11-C motherboard w/VIA KT266A chipset & onboard sound card (new)
> Athlon XP 1800+ 266 CPU(new)
> Diamond Stealth III S540 32mb AGP (2yrs old)
> 512 MB DDR 266mhz PC2100 ram (new)
> 40x CDROM (2 yrs old)
> Iomega 8x4x32 cd burner (1 yr old)
>
> WinME OS
>
> Relisys 17" monitor (4 yrs old)
> MS Natural Pro keyboard
> MS Gamevoice
> Midiland speakers (do not use subwoofer since the sound blaster live value
> sound card died - another problem)
> My net connection is via cable modem and USB port.
>
> Other problems:
> A drive does not work, I do not use it so I do not worry much about it.
>
> CRDOM requires rebooting of system to play games, soI use the burner more.
>
> I think the sound card crashed since the sound is at about 1/4 volume and
> if I have the speakers plugged into the sub woofer, all the sound comes
out
> of the sub woofer.  These are the same symptoms when I plug into the
> onboard sound card of the motherboard, maybe not the sound blaster sound
> card.  I have no way of testing the sound blaster in another pc.
>
> Any help on the lock ups or the other problems would be much
> appreciated.  If more info is required, please ask.
>
> Thanks
> Sam Baughman
>
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