Try changing out the mouse from another computer,best to go opical mouse. --- "Steven J. Wolfe" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >If scrolling is the problem, First you should update to the latest DirectX >from http://www.microsoft.com/directx Make sure to update your video >drivers as well! > >If at this point you still experience the lockup, then right click on my >computer, select the properties option, the click the performance tab, and >back off the Hardware acceleration, until the lockups go away! If you still >experience problems, then you will need to look at something other than the >Video, which could be many things, including a Bad Main Board, CPU, Memory, >or maybe just a heat related problem! > >Steve > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Leanna Flom" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:20 PM >Subject: [PCBUILD] Computer locking up > > >> I have a HP Pavilion, running W98Se with 666 MgH, PIII Intel with 30 gig >and >> 128 Ram. I have had lock up problems from the start and the HP technician >> wants to blame the SCCSI card I have for a scanner. However, I removed >the >> SCCSI card and still had the freeze ups. They are more and more frequent >> and occur 90% of the time when I am online and loading a page. Simply >> scrolling down a page will cause a freeze up. I am an ATT@Home >> <mailto:ATT@Home> user that is currently using IE5.5. Any ideas on how >to >> ferret out the problem. It is quite frustrating and doing a >> control-alt-delete does not work. I have to manually shut down the system >> and reboot. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Leanna Flom >> >> Visit our website regularly for FAQs, >> articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more >> http://freepctech.com >> > > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml _____________________________________________________________ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml