A troublshooting tip, but no specific answer. Have you taken the 128mb
stick out and tried the compouter with just it's orig 32mb (in it's orig
slot)? If that makes the problem go away, the 128 DIMM may be bad, may be
incompatible with the 32, or with the board.  Or the128 may just need to
be in the other Dimm slot.

jack payton

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:20:48 -0700 "Stephen S." <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Subject: Un-stable system
>
> I have a PC, less than a year old, with Windows 98 SE OS, Celoron
> processor and 160 MB memory (32 + 128;DIMM). The PC came with 32 the
> 128 was added later. Lately windows has been freezing or crashing. I
> re-formatted my hard drve and reloaded software. Same problems. I am
> using MS Office 2000 premium. No legacy software (no pac man).
> Also,
> about 50% of the time the PC does not shut down clean.
> Any suggestions besides "Saving early and often"
>
> Thanks
> Stephen Suttles

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