Guest Tony Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet card. So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and reinstalled again,, still no help. I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games, and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off the power at the power supply to get it to reboot. I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as lonk as you are not on the internet. Anyone have any ideas?
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: System Locks During Internet Access Is the NIC the only PCI card you have installed? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Tony" <tonyj32@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1184865984.329976.69560@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com... >I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the > Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from > the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the > PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet > card. > > So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went > out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware > (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and > reinstalled again,, still no help. > > I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You > can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games, > and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher > between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off > the power at the power supply to get it to reboot. > > > I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as > lonk as you are not on the internet. > > Anyone have any ideas? >
Guest Tony Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: System Locks During Internet Access On Jul 19, 1:59 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote: > Is the NIC the only PCI card you have installed? > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/Userwww.grystmill.com > > "Tony" <tony...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1184865984.329976.69560@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the > > Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from > > the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the > > PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet > > card. > > > So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went > > out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware > > (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and > > reinstalled again,, still no help. > > > I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You > > can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games, > > and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher > > between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off > > the power at the power supply to get it to reboot. > > > I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as > > lonk as you are not on the internet. > > > Anyone have any ideas?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I ctually though it might be something like an IRQ sharing issure, so I removed the Winmodem card and the AGP graphics card and used the on- board video card with updated motherboard drivers, still the same issue. I am mainly frustrated because it will run fine as long as you are not accessing the internet,, could it be some type of boot sector virus that a reformat did not get rid of? Thanks, Tony PS, sorry for dual posting, first time in a long time I posted using and I got impatient.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: System Locks During Internet Access Your guess is as good as mine... and yours isn't far-fetched. My memory sucks, but I *think* my idea was to somehow verify that the motherboard PCI or power components themselves aren't the problem. Sorry, but I can't recall exactly what I had in mind on that score in the way of step-by-step diagnostic, and it isn't making any sense to me tonight. I'll come back and read your initial post a couple more times and see if anything clicks, but if I'm reading your details right, you've covered all the bases I can think of save motherboard issues or a virus. I presume that you've done several appropriate AV scans using several different apps? And that when you say you reinstalled, you tested the problem before installing *anything* else? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Tony" <tonyj32@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1184985092.708833.31120@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 19, 1:59 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote: >> Is the NIC the only PCI card you have installed? >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/Userwww.grystmill.com >> >> "Tony" <tony...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1184865984.329976.69560@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the >> > Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from >> > the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the >> > PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet >> > card. >> >> > So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went >> > out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware >> > (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and >> > reinstalled again,, still no help. >> >> > I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You >> > can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games, >> > and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher >> > between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off >> > the power at the power supply to get it to reboot. >> >> > I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as >> > lonk as you are not on the internet. >> >> > Anyone have any ideas?- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > I ctually though it might be something like an IRQ sharing issure, so > I removed the Winmodem card and the AGP graphics card and used the on- > board video card with updated motherboard drivers, still the same > issue. I am mainly frustrated because it will run fine as long as you > are not accessing the internet,, could it be some type of boot sector > virus that a reformat did not get rid of? > > Thanks, > > Tony > > PS, sorry for dual posting, first time in a long time I posted using > and I got impatient. >
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