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I have had an intermittent problem since getting a motherboard (Gigabyte dual bios) and RAM (32 to 64MB) upgrade... my system will periodically freeze. Ctrl+alt+del does nothing and since I have an ATX box, I have to literally pull the plug to restart. Then the program goes through scandisk etc. Is it possible that bad RAM could cause this problem? If not, any other ideas? Thanks!!
Name: samson Date: May 28, 1999 at 19:18:14 Pacific
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it is possible you have a bad memory strip but have you checked the settings in the bios for the ram? are you running 100mhz cpu and 66mhz memory? theres a few things that may cause such a problem
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Name: colin Date: January 18, 2000 at 15:09:39 Pacific
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I was having the same problem for a while. I don't know if this will fix your problem but with mine, the problem was a bad, malfunctioning CPU fan. I replaced it and now everything works great.
If this works for you, could you email me and let me know?
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