Gardis H Watts wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, I just upgraded my machine from a 133 pentium 16 megs of
> memory to 200 mmx pentium and 64 megs of memory. Now here's what
> happened, when I first got the processor and memeory I put it in my
> machine and set the jumpers on my motherboard so it could run on 200 mhz
> processor speed. When I turned on my machine it worked for a good 3 mins
> and suddenly my machine locks up. I had to shut down the machine in
> order to restart it. I have some memory testing software and found out
> that I had bad memory. So I exchanged it, test it and every thing went
> well. Now, my computer is going good so far. So I add two Microsoft
> Sidewinder game pads and install two video games, NHL 98 and NBA Live
> 98. I'm playing NHL 98 for a good two minutes then suddenly the game
> locks up on me. I called the Electronic Arts about the situation and
> they said I need a 3D card with 3dfx that's why it was locking up. So I
> put in a 3D card(w/3dfx) and everything is working fine. Now I put in
> Internet Explorer 4.0 and my computer was working for a good two days
> and then while I was using Internet Explorer it locked up on me. Now
> later on that day I decided to use Netscape Communicator and that locked
> up on me. So I unistall Internet Explorer and everything was working
> fine for a couple of days, until last night. While using my Winfile my
> system locks up on me again. So I restart the machine and I use it for a
> good five minutes and it locked up on me again.
>
> So here's the situation, my system, which is a 200mmx pentium : 64 megs
> of Ram : Windows 95,  would lock up on me at the most stranges times.
> Sometimes I could use my machine for days and not have a problem and
> suddenly my machine locks up on me about two to three times in a row. My
> computer never locks up in any of my video games. In thinking about this
> going back to the root of the problem I'm thinking that it may be my
> processor, I'm not sure I may be wrong but if anybody has any idea
> what's going on please let me know. Thank you.
>
> Gardis Watts

Dear Gardis:

I'm sure that I may be of little help here but in the
first line of your message you mention that your machine
is a 133 pentium. Then you go on to say that you upgraded
to a 200 *MMX* pentium.

In my case having a 166 pentium processor it would not
be possible for me to upgrade to any MMX chip due to
what I have been told is a voltage difference.

Perhaps this might have something to do with your
problem.

Michael