Hey everyone. I have a custom-made PC with an ECS K7VZM motherboard, which contains a VIA 100 MHz Chipset, an AMD Duron M2 1.2 GHz processor semi-overclocked 0.5V, 2 hard drives (one 6.4 and another 2.1), Windows XP Pro, 2 CD-ROM drives, a floppy drive, a 8 MB PCI Graphics card, and a Integrated VIA AC'97 2.1 sound. Here's the problem; when I use Winamp3 either with or without a DSP program, and I play songs for about 30 minutes or an hour, the sound halts and the computer freezes and doesn't come out of that stage. I did a virus scan, and it detected no viruses in my system. Windows 2000 had the same problem, and Windows ME had a problem very simliar (the problem would be that at any time or circumstance, the computer would freeze and then it would give me the message (Drive C: cannot be read. Some data files may be lost.). What exactly is the problem? Even when the computer is not overclocked, it would freeze (especially when I was using Windows 2000). Is my hard drive going bad or is my computer not so good? I remember when I was placing the heatsink on top of the processor, I made a stratch on the motherboard the size of a period at the end of a sentence. I don't know if this little piece of extra information has anything to do with the problem at hand, but I ignored that because the motherboard worked anyway (and the speed was recorded right). Also, every Windows system recognizes the processor as an AMD Athlon processor, not a Duron. I'm sorry for a long post, but any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. HondaNSX12

How much data is stored on your hard drives?

The capacity of Drive C: (the 6.4) is about 4.3 GB's left. Drive D has about 1.4 GB's left.

It looks as though it is your processor. If you go here and read the board features it says it supports a duron processor only up to 850 mhz but can support the Athalon up to 1.2. http://www.technoyard.com/hardware/motherboards/ecs-k7vzm/page_2.html That would explain your problems and also the video card looks less than adequate. If you bought the processor and they told you it would work, take it back and get the proper one.

I would try a reinstall of WinAmp, and of course, make sure you have all the latest DirectX and Soundcard Drivers installed. Overclocking is long gone aint it?