problems with instability

[Guest]

hello people

when i run about 3-4 ie browser windows, couple chat programs.. and winamp or if i play video files such as Divx or mpg's my computer will suddenly freeze
i have no idea why it does that.. but i'm wondering if it's my bios or not enough ram...

here are the specs...
asus A7V bios version 1004D
900 mhz t-bird Retail
128 pc-133 ram
toshiba 12x dvd
tdk velocd 12/10/32
western digital 30gig 5200 rpm
quantum 3gig for storage
Asus V7100 Geforce2 MX video
soundblaster live value card
linksys network card
hival 56k modem


i appreciate any feedback and help

thanks people

 

[hmg57]

As many people do, you probably think that getting a nice power supply is not important. In fact, it's probably what makes your computer crashes. You need at least a 300W PS.

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[Guest]

Also upgrade the bios to 1007



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[BrainStorm]

I posted a message few days ago explaining how I dealt with the instability problems on a friends computer similar to yours, I hope it will help you to...

Here's my old post :

Every Chipsets are requiring drivers, there just included with the OS for the majority of older systems. I have to admit that I had a hard time making the new system of my friend rock solid stable, there's no how-to on that. Most of the time if you dont have the right procedure and the little hints, you'll have a buggy system. But I still think the time I put on it worth it.

Is system:

Asus A7V
AMD T-Bird 1000
SB Live!
D-Link NIC
Hercule 3D Prophet II
UMAX E3470 USB Scanner
LG CD RE-Writer
Creative DVD Player
SideWinder Joystick
MS Intellimouse USB Mouse
Lexmark Z42

Wath I did

- Placed my HD Cable on old ATA-66 Controller
- Flashed BIOS to 1007
- Assigned specific IRQ's to my PCI devices
- FDISK, format
- Installed the OS (Win98SE)
- Installed lastest VIA chipset drivers (Make sure not to enable DMA, there still issues with this and VIA Chipset)
- Installed Promise ATA-100 drivers (those provided on ASUS website)
- Switched clable back to ATA-100 controller (Made the changes in BIOS)
- Configured my DSL
- Installed latest driver for video card
- Patched Windows on Windows Update
- Then I dowloaded all the newest drivers from websites and installed them
- Then is programs...

The the system passed from a real buggy one to a rock solid one.

Hope this will help somme of you

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