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To: CharleyMike who wrote (28146)	7/15/2002 3:02:41 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 110655

Charleymike- You've probably got your problem pegged. But before you do a mobo transplant, have you verified the airflow through your box? Several months ago, after I reversed one of the several fans, blew out the dust and added a dust filter to the intake, my machine seems to run cooler. I think my situation is different since it's sporadic, and it "takes over" the computer for a period of time, and then gives it back to me as if nothing ever happened. And it's either too low level a process for Norton to pick up on, or it's completely out of the software province. The only other box I have is my old Zeos 133, so I don't think a controlled experiment is in order. But I could shove a network card in it and be back online if my present box should croak. I think I'll leave the thread alone with this problem unless I come up with a solution.

To: CharleyMike who wrote (28146)	7/16/2002 3:20:22 PM
From: Robert Graham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

My initial thought is temperature. Its either your video card or your motherboard. Video cards require good heat sync and cooling to function properly. Also make sure their us good airflow in your case, in at the front and out the back. You may need to flip one of your fans to accomplish this effect. Are you overclocking your system? Are you using the default settings of your BIOS? What CPU are you using? Is this the only problem, where it freezes after a short period of time? Is this time fairly consistent, independent of what you are doing or hardware you are exersizing on the system? Blaming the motherboard is an easy thing to do. But in actuality problems with the motherboard is one of the more difficult items to diagnose and is only "proven" after much work in diagnosing the problem. Did you check the temperatures and voltage levels under stress? Try a cheap PCI video card to see what happens, before shelling out the money for a good motherboard. When you moved the HD to another box, what worked for hours? The HD in the new box, or the original box with a remaining HD? Do you have the most recent motherboard drivers and video driver and version of the BIOS installed? Do not forget to check your memory. If it is generic memory, there is a chance that this may be the problem. If you have multiple sticks, try removing one and then swapping with the other stick. Stability problems usually come from temperature, setup of the CPU and memory, power supply, and the memory itself. Memory is the most common culprit of stability problems. If the system is overclocked, then the setup of the CPU and memory along with temperature would be first on my list, closely followed by a defective memory module. Sometimes the problem can be slot dependant on where the memory stick is installed. Any other source of a stability problem is much harder to accurately diagnose, as the journal of my adventure has proven. Bob Graham