Why does Windows lock up?

[Dan M]

Swapped out the video card, same problem.

Upgrading chipset drivers... well **** that means I have to find a floppy drive.

What will slowing down the memory accomplish? It's worked fine for months with the same ram configuration.

[98Camaro3.8]

I once had PC2700 mem that would only run at 266 on my old mobo. By going into BIOS I limited the speed of it to 266 instead of 333. Ran the mem clock slower, but it was much more stable.

If the same mem worked before, I doubt that's it.

What changes did you make before it started doing it?

[Dan M]

Absolutely nothing changed. I updated the video driver - game still caused crashes. Today I was playing, it crashed like usual but started this lockup business. Fun, eh?

[Nachius]

Motherboard!

[Tru2Chevy]

It does sound like the mobo - or a software related problem. It's very odd that it locks up faster in safe mode than with a standard boot. I assume that you are running XP Pro?

- Justin

[navyblue2000]

umm...dan. Its a microsoft product. Putting it on your computer is like feeding kitty barbecue.

[Dan M]

Don't feed Kitty barbecue. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yes, XP Pro. Nicer yet is that my "backup" computer won't take an operating system. That made me very happy. :rolleyes:

[camaro_speedemon]

Have you tried re-seating all the connections? HD cable, all the power cables, any other boards ect.