From: Mark Roberts
The kind of hardcore lock-up you describe usually points toward a hardware issue of some kind. I suspect the video card first but you might try swapping our memory modules first (because that's cheaper): If you have more than one memory module, remove one. See if the problem goes away with only one memory module installed. Try swapping slots. Sometimes removing and reinserting the modules helps (try that with the video card).
I replaced the system memory about two weeks ago. These freeze-ups had been going on before that. That was one reason I replaced the memory. The other reason was to go from 1GB RAM to 2GB RAM (max the main-board will accept) because I thought it might make the system run faster when I was multi-tasking. The video card is seated properly as well as I can tell. I had to remove it to make room so I could get my hands inside the case when I was putting in the new memory. But it is getting a bit long in the tooth, so maybe I should just replace it while I can still find an AGP video card. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
