Random Harware Issue

[dustbuster]

Hello all,

I have a Windows 98SE system that will kind of freeze. It seems to freeze the mouse and keyboard while other motion on screen/audio still works.

When I manually restart the system the BIOS can't recognize the hard drive. If I restart the machine a couple of times it eventually finds the hard drive.

The hard drive is a 40GB maxtor so I used Powermax to test the drive but nothing is wrong.

I also used MicroScope to test the motherboard, hard drive, and RAM and no errors were reported.

Any help would be great

 

[wolluf]

Could be symptoms of a hardware problem - often you needto disconnect or replace items to check if they're causing problem (report ok in test utility, but..)

Or it might just be good ole '98 - I used to get those symptoms before I gave up on 9x over 5 years ago! (trouble shoot hardware, clean reinstall etc, still recurred - same system ran NT then 2k perfectly well...)

 

[jediwarrior]

Hi there,
Try downloading SiSoftware Sandra and run that. It will tell you just about everything that is going on with the computer.

I used it and it works great, it even recommends what you should do to fix things on the computer.

Jediwarrior

 

[dustbuster]

I would like to be sure it is not a hardware issue before I wipe the system. I will try SiSoftware Sandra and post again if I'm still having problems

Thanks for the replies.

 

[dcs97]

Sounds like your hard drive is starting to go south, I have seen this problem with a number of Maxtor drives. Eventually the drive will not be recognized by the system. I would try running the system with a different drive, see if that solves your problem.