System: ASUS A7V133 MOB, AMD Athlon 1.0GHz Socket A proc, 256MB RAM, Windows 2000 Prof, Service Pack 2; IBM 40GB system HD, Maxtor 30GB HD, older HP CD-RW, C Labs MP3 sound card. Pretty much latest drivers for all.
Behavior:
After the system has been running for 30 minutes or more, it will begin to hang up or freeze. Re-boot necessary. Boots up okay, and may or may not repeat the problem that session. Probably will, and computer is best left off for several hours at that point.
Or, perhaps it will run okay as long as it's on, but the next day, it will take repeated attempts to bring it all the way up. It may throw error messages at upon loading BIOS and checking devices, saying that the primary boot disk / master isn't present or could not be detected. Or it will stop at the next "screen' (where all the devices and reosurces are listed) and say that some OS component or other is missing (it varies). Or it may hang at the next screen, where it begins to load the OS (black screen, option to enter "Safe Mode" etc.). If it gets to beyond here, it will be okay usually. Although, sometimes the mouse won't be loaded.
Tested hard drives with handy HD testing bootup disks, test reports them functioning fine.
In addition, recently the Dial-Up Networking took a hike ... you could only go online by launching
the mail client (OE). The tray icon would appear but not function. You could not disconnect unless you did it from within OE by selecting "Go Offline". All other means of accessing or changing settings for dial-up connections weren't functioning ... you could click on an DUN icon for a
particular connection, and nothing would happen. Yet the modem preported no problems.
Tried re-installing modem, modem drivers (latest), OS and service pack. Eventually got online once. Next day, attempting to establish an online connection yielded "Cannot establish a connection" message. I checked, and modem was no longer listed in Device Manager. Not installed, not present. And yet, under Computer Management / System Information / Components, it was listed (but as a malfunctioning device).
Am thinking that I'm dealing with two separate problems possibly. Boot-up, system hang up problem could be foul motherboard, or more likely, HD controller WinPromise2K - the connections and drivers for the IDE system. The DUN / RAS / modem problem could be a conflict caused by recently installed software(s), leaving traces in the registry, which haven't been overwritten by a re-installation of the OS and Service Pack.
Any thoughts?
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Rick K aka Nagudizy
Allah hoo
Behavior:
After the system has been running for 30 minutes or more, it will begin to hang up or freeze. Re-boot necessary. Boots up okay, and may or may not repeat the problem that session. Probably will, and computer is best left off for several hours at that point.
Or, perhaps it will run okay as long as it's on, but the next day, it will take repeated attempts to bring it all the way up. It may throw error messages at upon loading BIOS and checking devices, saying that the primary boot disk / master isn't present or could not be detected. Or it will stop at the next "screen' (where all the devices and reosurces are listed) and say that some OS component or other is missing (it varies). Or it may hang at the next screen, where it begins to load the OS (black screen, option to enter "Safe Mode" etc.). If it gets to beyond here, it will be okay usually. Although, sometimes the mouse won't be loaded.
Tested hard drives with handy HD testing bootup disks, test reports them functioning fine.
In addition, recently the Dial-Up Networking took a hike ... you could only go online by launching
the mail client (OE). The tray icon would appear but not function. You could not disconnect unless you did it from within OE by selecting "Go Offline". All other means of accessing or changing settings for dial-up connections weren't functioning ... you could click on an DUN icon for a
particular connection, and nothing would happen. Yet the modem preported no problems.
Tried re-installing modem, modem drivers (latest), OS and service pack. Eventually got online once. Next day, attempting to establish an online connection yielded "Cannot establish a connection" message. I checked, and modem was no longer listed in Device Manager. Not installed, not present. And yet, under Computer Management / System Information / Components, it was listed (but as a malfunctioning device).
Am thinking that I'm dealing with two separate problems possibly. Boot-up, system hang up problem could be foul motherboard, or more likely, HD controller WinPromise2K - the connections and drivers for the IDE system. The DUN / RAS / modem problem could be a conflict caused by recently installed software(s), leaving traces in the registry, which haven't been overwritten by a re-installation of the OS and Service Pack.
Any thoughts?
--
Rick K aka Nagudizy
Allah hoo