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When I first put my new PC on line it worked fine, I had an drive fail in a stripped raid array. I replaced it and reloaded the whole system back to where the HDD faild, after using the system for awhile It started having system lock-up every time ascreen saver came on or after running multiple apps. IE windows, or a combo them for awhile. I noticed that CPU was use was hanging around 75-85% use so I replaced the AMD T-Bird 700 with a AMD T-Bird 1200 changed the memory from 224mgs sdram PC100 to 512mgs sdram PC133 this did not cure the problem. I run down the hardware for you to ponder; MB: asus a7v CPU: AMD T-Bird 1200 MEM.: Kensington 512mg pc133 sdram FANS: AMD CPU fan (came in box w/CPU), 40 cfm pci slot exhaust fan, and a twin 1" HDDbay cooler fan (mounted to cool the raid controlled HDD's) AUDIO: SB Live Value VIDEO: N/Vidia GeForce TNT2 256 w/32mg ddr mem./fan onboard MONITOR: Mits. DiamondPro67txv RAID CARD: Promise ATA100 raid 4x supports 0,1,2 modes HDD'S (2)WD ATA100 30gig in mirror mode CDRW: Plextor 12x10x32 FLOOPY Drives: Mits. 1.44, IOMEGA ZIP 250 internal SCANNER: Visoneer 1200dpi I have uninstalled all non-Win 98 SE scr.svr's. system is in jumper-less mode not overclocked Cpu volt 1.8 MB temp. at 40c. Cpu temp.at 70c. MB Bio's ver. 1004 I have uninstalled all but the important programs uninstalled IE and reinstalled it disabled all PWR. Saving options, when the locks-up CTL-ALT, Del. brings up a window that sometimes says sys. busy or waiting for close dialog. a ctl,alt, del. spaced a little apart will restart windows without the scandisk running (like you see if not shut down correctly) I do not know or have run out of ideas as to how to stop this it causes problem when I am at web site or working in office 2000 thank god for auto recover! any help would be great as I have tried other forums without any help!! :'-)

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by borisr

The first thing I would do is check your bios. Asus is notorious for having flawed bios versions. I think the latest revision for your board is 1009. They have all the instructions on their web site. If you're not sure how to perform the procedure then don't do it (You will leave a useless Motherboard if you flash the wrong version of the bios and will have to get another bios chip). At any rate, it sound like you have a bios issue, assuming you have eliminated the obvious things, such as a bad drive or faulty memory.

by grayceworkss

with win98, often i have seen that if power management is setup in the BIOS, even if disabled in win98, you get wierd results. set settings in BIOS to enabled, but everything off...no hard drive power down, no video off, etc... AND the same in win98. also, check for video driver updates, i have seen certain resolutions affect internet explorer with ati video, and i imagine the same thing could happen with other cards...

by i_am_me

You have got a lot of hardware, How many watts is your power supply. AMD wants 300 watts on a basic system. i.e. 1 harddrive, 1 Cdrom, etc.

Also, get the factory drivers for your Nvidia video card. It solved a few problems I was having with myT-Bird system.

You could also try flashing the bios to a different version.

by cgi¤001

your problem...
You have to go back to the bare bone.
Meaning to say, reformat HD, install Win98SE
without any other (additional) hardware installed/connected. After that add your first periph., install it, run your test. If OK, goto next, and soon... This is the most time consuming way, but, you will find for sure what is causing the problem, and to look for the right solution.
Check out all READ ME files coming with your hardware/software, it might contain info about known issues regarding incompatibilty with other hardware/software.
Wishing you good luck.

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