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Freezing before desktop appears
Name: Andy Price Date: January 21, 2006 at 21:40:33 Pacific OS: Any CPU/Ram: P3 450 / 128
Comment:
We have a number of identical P3 IBM 300PL desktops in our schools running Windows 98, all installed off the same ghost image. One of the units has developed a strange fault which I can't resolve. It has suddenly started freezing just before the desktop appears. I tried reinstalling Win98 from scratch but it still freezes at the same point. I also installed Win 2000 and - guess what - it freezes just after logging in and before the desktop appears, so it seems to be hardware related and not OS. But the machne ran for 6 months without a problem and nothing has been changed on the hardware front. Any ideas? Thanks Andy
Name: jam Date: January 21, 2006 at 21:56:00 Pacific
Reply:
Obviously hardware related, not software. Could be overheating. Check the CPU cooling fan...it may have burned out or may be totally clogged with dust
Hellz Yea!
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Response Number 2
Name: GX1 Man Date: January 22, 2006 at 06:58:32 Pacific
Reply:
Those models don't have fans, just heatsinks. Try removing and reseating the processor and RAM modeules. See if that helps.
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Response Number 3
Name: Andy Price Date: January 25, 2006 at 17:18:14 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks. I have tried changing everything - RAM, processor, hard drive. No joy, it still freezes (in Win98) before the desktop appears.
But... I reset the CMOS and now it freezes a bit earlier, while the splash screen is showing. Actually, it doesn't freeze as the bar at the bottom is still mving left to right, but Windows just never finishes loading.
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