I just built this system loaded win98se on but it just keeps freezing up have to reset to go again. No pattern online or off it does it sometimes 5 minutes sometimes hours. It has 256mb ram 1G AMD Duron Processor 20 Maxtor hard Drive Amptron K7-810XLM SIS730 Motherboard. Processor maintains same temp.

If you've d/loaded anything from the internet, I'd first update virus defs and run a complete virus scan. Not likely the culprit, but the easiest to do. 1. When it freezes, and you hit alt-ctl-del - If it does anything, is there a prog "not responding?" If so, remove it & re-install. 2. Try replacing the RAM. Or even putting it in a different slot. Might be damaged, or maybe OK but just not be playing nice in your system. Random crashes are often a symptom of a ram problem 3. Try re-loading windows over itself. Good luck!

Reinstalled windows still doing it. Switched Ram made no difference. ctrl-alt-del gets no response. Have noticed the CPU runs at about 58C. Any other ideas? Tim