Windows XP (Home) Intermitent Freeze Up

[BmthGary]

Hi

I have recently carried out an Upgrade from Win98SE to Windows Xp Home. The upgrade process ran very smoothly and Windows XP was installed succesfully.

After a couple of hours of net use and installing programs the PC began to lock up. The first time it did it I assumed it was the program I had just installed was causing the crash, so i removed it. But the problem came back. It only appears to be occuring when connected to the internet and swithching between programs.

My set-up is:
PC Chips 810LMR
1GB SDRAM (2 x 512MB PC133)
40GB Western Digital Caviar
Voodoo 5 64MB PCI VGA Card
Intergrated sound chipset.
Alcatel Speedtouch USB DSL Modem
Logitech Quickcam Express (USB)
300W PSU


What I thought could be causing the problem is the integrated VGA chipset. There is no option to disable it in the BIOS! Has anybody else had any similar problems?

Regards

Gary

 

[linney]

Just a thought only, but if your on internet when it freezes have a look at the size of your internet files cache. In IE it is under Tools/Internet Options/Temporary Internet Files/Settings. See what size it is.