It has a clean install of Windows 98 on it currently. It locks up unpredictably, but within 5 minutes or so of using the GUI. If I just let it sit, maybe copy files to it across the network, then its fine. I've had a history of stability problems with this box. I built it from parts 2-3 years ago and it has been a constant source of headaches. With a Diamond Viper v770 card in it, it rebooted spontanesously every so often - several times a day. The reboots grew more frequent as the ambient temperature rose. I read on the net that my motherboard, Asus P5-A, had some serious problems with the Diamond Viper v770. Someone theorized that the V770 drew too much power. I dropped a Voodoo5, which has its own power supply, in it and it became a lot more stable - no more spontaneous reboots, but still a very flakey Win98 box. Most recently, I put a ATI Rage 128 Pro and at the same time clean installed Win98 on it. Now it's in the worse shape ever. LOL Mike founding member of the bad hardware juju club ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Layer" <blayer at qwest.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Need Video Card > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:57:11 -0700 > "Mike Bresnahan" <mike at fruitioninc.com> wrote: > > > I have a very unstable AMD K6-3 400 / Asus P5-A system and I suspect the > > problem is a conflict with the video card. Would anyone care to trade a > > comparable but sufficiently different video card for a ATI Rage 128 Pro > > 16MB? Note that the ATI video card came with my Intel based Dell and > works > > just fine in it. It just doesn't work in my AMD system and I don't have > > another video card to try in it. > > What is unstable about it Mike, does it freeze in X? > > > > -.bill.layer.- > > -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- > > -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.- > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list