A system that old could have hardware problems. Bad
capacitors is very common, and I replace a lot of boards and
power supplies for this reason. 

Look here to see what to look for. The motherboard is easy
to check, but the power supply has to be opened to inspect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

(click on the pics to see close up)

Also, might be a good idea to download memtest86+ and run it
through a couple of passes...




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