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  1. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    Sorry - couple Of spelling errors It should read above: I will NOW install another fan on the case itself and possibly if necessary buy the 2.2 Heatsink suggested.
  2. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    Being desperate for a solution I have tried a whole series of things and now my PC seems to be working fine. The problem is that I did everything at once and don't know the cause of the problem in the first place. I reinstalled the sound card, I jiggled lots of plugs and made sure they were...
  3. glebbie

    OS Hanging / Crashing

    When it's crashing are U getting a blue screen or is it just hanging up and freezing the screen. If It's the latter it sounds as though it's a similar problem to mine and I have the same motherboard. Check out Random Lock-up of PC, which has been in the forum for a couple of days now under...
  4. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    Everything is helpful guys, as I said I'm new to this game, having made do with an old P133 for a year or so. Another thing I have just noticed is that when I shutdown My Power Light and Num Lock Light stay on even though everthing else seems to have shut down. Strange - Huh (perhaps as...
  5. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    You might be on to something BoulderBum Ihave just checked my cpu temp and it's almost at shutdown level which is 60 degs at last check it was at 59 degs and it is just idling at the pc health status page what should be the temp for a 1.4Ghz processor? any Idea? Cheers for the help
  6. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    Cheers Stealer, I'll give it a go! Only The modem to take out! Let you know the result.
  7. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    Thanks for the reply Gargouille, unfortunately I've tried the acceleration thing! Still got same problem. As for the installing the sound card again, I want to install an Audiophile 2496 instead, but obviously don't want to until problem sorted. It does seem strange though that no apparent...
  8. glebbie

    R.E. Random Lock up Of PC

    I have a custom built PC with an Elitegroup Mainboard K7VZA, Athlon 1.4 Ghz processor, Nvidia Ge-Force 2 MX/MX 400 64Mb Graphics Card, Soundblaster 16 PCI Card,56k Modem(not currently installed), and Windows 98. The Pc at random intervals and for no apparent reason to lock up. The screen...

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