My system hangs frequently

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Sonal Asher

My system had this problem of hanging frequently. It was
win 98 when this problem started. So i took it to an
engineer who formatted the PC and put back the win 98.
The problem occured again. Then he formatted again and
put win 2000 professional. We tried using the system
with different hardware. He changed the VGA card, the
problem was still there, then he changed CD drive, the
sound card and then the modem, the problem remained.
Actually, it worked fine when he removed the modem and
the sound card. But he said there is not problem with
those. Now I notice that it happens more frequently. It
usually hangs when I scroll. The engineer suggested that
the motherboard should be changed. But I doubt if the
problem is with the motherboard. Any suggestions????
The system is P3 with 128MB RAM. I have not installed
many softwares except MS Office.
 
Sounds like the mainboard. What model? Have the chipset settings been set to
default? It is best to ask on the usenet hardware groups for this type of
problem.

The only other common reason for hang is IDE problems, which is obvious
because the light stays on.

| My system had this problem of hanging frequently. It was
| win 98 when this problem started. So i took it to an
| engineer who formatted the PC and put back the win 98.
| The problem occured again. Then he formatted again and
| put win 2000 professional. We tried using the system
| with different hardware. He changed the VGA card, the
| problem was still there, then he changed CD drive, the
| sound card and then the modem, the problem remained.
| Actually, it worked fine when he removed the modem and
| the sound card. But he said there is not problem with
| those. Now I notice that it happens more frequently. It
| usually hangs when I scroll. The engineer suggested that
| the motherboard should be changed. But I doubt if the
| problem is with the motherboard. Any suggestions????
| The system is P3 with 128MB RAM. I have not installed
| many softwares except MS Office.
 
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