Vxd messages blue screen when using usb webcam

[Clived]

We have tried not one but two usb webcams, one a labtec webcam , the other a generic usb webcam on our Win98SE computer. The cam seems to work for a while, but when contacting friends on Yahoo or MSN Messenger(s), the screen freezes and we get a variety of vxd messages followed by a blue screen, and quite often the box re-boots itself. I have used Norton Utilities Windoctor to check the computer, it works fime for a while but usually reverts to the same behaviour. I am up to date with Windows Updates, patches, etc. I am just not really sure as to where to start looking next. The config for the box is:
AMD K6-ii 500 mhz cpu
192 megs ram
15 gigs hd divided into drives C,D,E,F,G
a USB card with 3 ports, one attached to a USB hub
an HP pc1300 USB printer.
a Realtek 8129 nic connected to a USB network hub to share Internet and files and printers with a winME computer and a Mandrake 10.1 (linux) workstation/server.

The other two computers work fine, its just this one that keeps crashing.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

Clive

 

[jimp56]

one obvious possibility is the USB hub. some devices seem to only work properly when plugged directly to the PC, not with a hub. maybe test it that way for awhile?

 

[micker377]

One of the main problems with Win 98, was the limited amount of resources available to any activity. WinME didn't have this problem, and I don't think the Linux/server would have this problem. How big is the swap-file on the Win 98 hard drive? (xxx.swp, in the root)

 

[Clived]

Thanks for your responses, guys. The problem was that the box was actually on its last legs. Probs with motherboard, fans, cpu,, I managed to clean up the hd, took it out, bought a Pentium iii running Win2000 and everything is back to normal, no crashes at all on any of my machines.

Life is good

Thanks again for your responses

Clive