[Bobboau]

I fiddled with the bios and it seems to be running a LOT better, I'm hopeing I can get it back up a bit cause I basicly cut the timeings in half to do it

[Admiral LSD]

http://www.memtest86.com/

Sounds like you've got some bad RAM. Never a good thing.

[IceFire]

What were the settings and what are the settings now?  Unless you have purchased specific CAS-2 RAM...its hit and miss as to if you can run at a 2, 2, 2 setting (like one guy I know was trying to do).  Mostly the latency ratings on DDR ram isn't going to do a huge thing to noticeable performance but you should make them as fast as possible.

[killadonuts]

Originally posted by Venom



Linux: no Linux is useless unless you like to brag about using a useless OS or unless you're doing network stuff.
Linux is for geeks who like to waste HD space otherwise, or for professionals, to sum up.

Wrong. Linux is for people who DONT want the stupid ass memory leaks and subsequent crashings.

[CP5670]

I use the dreaded WinME since that came with my computer and I haven't bothered to change it. IE screws up every now and then and the IE Acrobat Reader plugin works only about half the time, but when this happens the programs can still be closed using the ctrl-alt-del close program window. I once had Mathematica also do the same but that was my own error for giving it an unending loop. Outright lock-ups (those that require reboots) are actually very rare and I cannot remember encountering those for a long time.