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Stray Dog Joined: 26 Jun 2001 Posts: 2

politely introducing myself
i am jeff
and i can't figure anything out here
i've got some important work impending
no matter whether i'm in an application or not, i don't have to be doing anything
but periodically my whole pc will freeze
i mean freeze totally
num lock can't do poop
i have to turn off the computer and start
it back up again

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 8:05 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the Forums Braxxus [ Very Happy

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Unfortunatlly your problem could come from a million different things, it's very tricky to troubleshoot - it could be both hardware and software

maybe Ram/CPU/HD?

have you done anything to your system as of late? or has this problem always happend in win2000?

Stray Dog Joined: 26 Jun 2001 Posts: 2

Is there a good way to narrow the possible
problems down
where should i start?

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 4:35 am Post subject:

Generally, the best way to start is a description of your system, like 'it's a athlon 900 on a asus a7v with a geforce 2 gts' You can get more specific if needed, then describe how your OS is installed, what specific applications freeze, how long the system is running before it does freeze etc.

A hard freeze in Win2k is almost always a hardware problem. Generally, it comes down to two things: Overheating, and bad ram. I'd start with those two issues and go from there.

Aging computer geek at large...

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 5:00 am Post subject:

Could also be bad video drivers or network card drivers. They usually hose a system up pretty good.

-Geekboy

Maybe the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about! Big Smile

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 8:28 am Post subject:

whoa speer.. you been lookin in box ? those are my exact system specs.. paranoia.. heh jk i upgraded from a7v to a7v133!
Braxxus, go into start, run, msconfig ( i assume u have win98), go to startup tab, and uncheck everything besides systray, hit apply, reboot, use the system for awhile and see if u still have the problem..
-neural

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 8:50 am Post subject:

No it's a Win2k problem. Braxxus we need some more info about your PC and problem to really help you.

-Geekboy

Maybe the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about! Big Smile

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 8:51 am Post subject:

Gay!! I did a double post.

Edited by - Geekboy on 06/27/2001 12:52:32

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 9:27 am Post subject:

my bad i didnt read the whole thing.. missed to topic completely <dumbass> heh
-neural

Edited by - neuralfx on 06/27/2001 13:30:30

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 9:38 am Post subject:

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Braxxus, go into start, run, msconfig ( i assume u have win98) ..

since I got caught on this before I have to mention that it says "windows 2000" in the topic...sorry for pointing that out, but it was done to me as well [ Wink

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f.y.i. - the RA is still accepting applications

SDGR406

Stray Dog Joined: 28 Jun 2001 Posts: 9 Location: Canada

I would suggest checking if you have the latest bios for your motherboard (check the manufacturers site). I had a very similar problem with win2k and an asus board.

Butt Sniffer Joined: 21 May 2001 Posts: 1411 Location: USA

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I would suggest checking if you have the latest bios for your motherboard (check the manufacturers site). I had a very similar problem with win2k and an asus board.

Oooo! Which board? I have this problem. I have the CUSL2.

perrito_blanco

Don't call me Surely.

Stray Dog Joined: 28 Jun 2001 Posts: 9 Location: Canada

It was an asus a7 as i recall (it wasn't my pc so the memory is a little foggy)

Stray Dog Joined: 19 Jan 2002 Posts: 2 Location: USA

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It was an asus a7 as i recall (it wasn't my pc so the memory is a little foggy)

Stray Dog Joined: 19 Jan 2002 Posts: 2 Location: USA

I have the same Problem. I can give you the Specs. AMD Athlon 1.333Ghz, 512M Ram, Trinity KT-A Model S2390B MB, Windows 2000 Pro.

I have applied the latest patches the Win 2000 and the latest flashes to the Bios of the MB. Nothing seems to help. It just freezes completely. It's happening exactly the same on 5 of these identical PC's. I'm wondering if it's this type MB not able to handle win 2000 or if there is an issue with win2000 and the Athlon 1.333Ghz

Also there are 2 others of this exact same config running Win NT4.0 with all patches. These have NEVER locked up. The Win 2000 ones average 1 lockup every 4 hours.