random freezing in win98

If I were you I'd begin with visiting windowsupdate.microsoft.com and downloading all critical patches for your computer. Second I'd run drwatson from Start->run->drwatson open it by rightclicking the icon in the taskbar see if there's any troubles.Last but not least use msconfig to troubleshoot if some of your programs loaded during boot are causing system hang-ups.

Good luck

the same thing happened to me, do you have nortons antivirus, that could be the problem when you have your motherboard antivirus active and the software one.

If this is a socket A Athlon/Duron system, I recommend setting the CPU speed manually in BIOS settings.

Many motherboards in default mode "underclock" the cpu.
For whatever reason, AMD cpu's do not like to be under-clocked.

If you are using SDRAM, the settings are;
FSB 100MHz, CPU clock / multiplier 10X

If you are using DDR, the settings are;
FSB 200MHz, CPU clock / multiplier 5X

Chas

I would also recommend that you update your Win98 thrue Microsofts Windows Update and if that doesn't help check your memory for hardware errors and consider to upgrade to a newer operatingsystem such as Windows ME/2000/XP.

Try Running MSconfig, go to startup and uncheck any programs that you don't absolutely need.

By random I assume you mean that it doesn't freeze up in the same place every time. These are tough to troubleshoot but the most likely causes are bad memory, a bad I/O device, or an outdated driver.

It never hurts to have current drivers so I'drecommend updating everything first.

A cheap and quick way to isolate a bad device is to unhook every device except keyboard and monitor, (you should pull the cards for modems and soundcards). If your problem goes away try hooking devices back up, one at a time, until the problem reoccurs.

If you suspect memory you should be able to pick some memory cards at a local PC shop with a return policy. If swapping new for old doesn't resolve it then return the memory.

After that your probably looking at a motherboard or overheating problem.

Hope this helps. ..george

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