Presentlty we have a Compaq Presario 5220 with an AMD K6-2 500 processor & 128 MB RAM on the bench. This unit has an Imation LS-120 (stock), a Philips CDRW, and a Maxtor 30.7 GB HD. Problem is, evertime it is loaded with software it freezes and will only run in safe mode. This happens even without the 120 or the CDRW and has 3 of us ready to trash it out. Maxtor and Philips are playing the blame game… blaming the other components, but I think there’s more to it. The unit is running Win 98 and has been updated, it just doesn’t seem to want to run in this machine. I’m dying to know what I’m missing here, because the problem started after the Maxtor was installed… It’s been replaced and made no difference. The only thing that seems to work is to go back to the original Quantum Bigfoot drive. Any ideas before I pull out my remaining hair?
