Win2000 Pro System Freeze

[sprude27]

I have Win2000 w/SP1, installed on a system I built. It continues to freeze for no apparent reason. There are no hardware or I/O conflicts shown in Device Manager. I get no error messages. The only thing I can do is hard boot the computer, because CTL/ALT/DEL does not get me to the Taskmanager. HELP PLEASE!!

Hardware:
Tyan 230 PIII Dual Processor MB
PIII 650 MHz CPUs 370 Flip Chips
256 MB RAM 133
Canopus XPlode Graphics Card w32MB onboard RAM w/2000 drivers
Canopus DVRex Video Editing Capture Card w/2000 drivers
Canopus DVRT sister Editing Card w/2000 drivers
Sound Blaster Live Value Sound Card w/2000 drivers
Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI Card
Medea External 40GB SCSI Drive
Maxtor 20GB IDE Drive 7200 RPM
CDROM 48x IDE
Floppy 1.44

I have changed memory, to no avail. I have built this system with the same configuration at least 5 times. No problem. The only difference is in the Motherboard. The other systems had the Tyan 100 Dual Processor 100FSB, but it's been discontinued.

I would appreciate any Help.

Thanks
StephenPrude
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[tlcscousin]

Try uninstalling the updates from microsoft except for sp1.
This was the only cure I could come up with on the problems I had. I did redownload them later and made sure my antivirus and firewall were shut off on the second download and havent had the problem.

 

[ShaithisDanoveur]

I'd check your HAL, make sure it picked up on the correct one during installation. The wrong HAL will cause you no end of trouble