Guys I have a 800 Duron that I have had for years. I have an Elements Motherboard with 256MB Ram.
In the past few months it has begun to freeze up alot.
At first I thought it was Hard Drive issues because I had used HDs in the system.
However I tried several used ones (all with the same result) and finally got a new 80GB 7200 Hard Drive and it has the exact same symptoms!
Here's what it does:
When I first boot up after it has been shut down, within about 5 minutes it totally locks up.
I then may have to reboot 2 or 3 more times with similar results (SOMETIMES WHEN I RESTART DURING THIS TIME THE SYSTEM DOESNT EVEN INITIATE AND I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF TOTALLY FOR A COUPLE MINUTES)
THEN however, once booted around the 4th time, it works fine and can play for hours without issue.
I am using win98se also by the way.
Well now I want to give it to my brother in law (its a pretty decent system once it stops Freezing!) but I would love to give it to him fixed.
Can someone clue me in as to what this might be since I DONT think it is the hard drive. ((COULD MY RAM BE GOING BAD?)) (Mobo having issues?) (Maybe my processor???) ---
I think it must be Ram since it eventually always ends up working fine ( I would think a mobo problem or a hot processor would not just begin working right after several reboots) -- BUT I DONT know if RAM can cause the things I just described....help???
