[Starfury]

Thankfully, not my computer.

No, this is my brother's computer.  Specs:

Elitegroup Motherboard... not sure which, but I could probably find out.
256MB DDR RAM
40 gig hard drive
SB Live! Gamer (not 5.0)
...
Oh yeah, Windows ME... yeah I know, it sucks, but...


I'm not all that familiar with his computer unfortunately.  But here's the problem.  His computer, after he uses it for a while, will (I think) start resetting every few seconds, and (I know) the monitor stays in sleep mode.  I've tried replacing his GeForce 2MX with Herc GF2 that I know works, so that's not it.  I've never encountered this sort of thing before, so I need help.   I'll provide whatever information that I can for questions... but I've racked my brain and can't figure it out.  Please help!

[Anaz]

try re-seating the memory...worked on my bro's comp...

[Ulundel]

Originally posted by Starfury
Oh yeah, Windows ME... yeah I know, it sucks, but...

Errr...ME sucks? Well...Win98 and XP sucks but ME...

[kode]

Originally posted by Ten of Twelve


Errr...ME sucks? Well...Win98 and XP sucks but ME...

that statement is one of the oddest I've seen yet. plz tell me you're joking.
ME is teh bugparty. XP is teh own, 98 is okay for a non-NT MS OS.

[Ulundel]

Originally posted by kode


that statement is one of the oddest I've seen yet. plz tell me you're joking.
ME is teh bugparty. XP is teh own, 98 is okay for a non-NT MS OS.

I admit that ME is buggy but at least it is/will not...

1. ...freeze during the main Windows installation. (Win98)

2. ...freeze five times a day (Win98)

3. ...require at least 256 megs of ram and a massive power computer to run as it should be (WinXP)

4. ...have problem with all kind of older programs and games (WinXP)

[Fetty]

yeah but it wont
leme copy ur listing style


1. ... freeze during the main Windows installation. (WinME - hey well )
2. ... tell me that i dont have a mainboard installed and should put one in at the first bootup (WinME)
3. ...start getting realy slow after a few hours of using(WinME 256mb ram)
4. ... ***** about stuff that shouldnt be there at all (all M$ OS )
5. ... completly die without any reason or any way to get it working again after 2 weeks (WinME)


now to that reset problem
after a while it just resets and the is more or less stuck in reseting ? right ?
if so do you hear some sort of clicks NOT coming from hdd ?

[Ulundel]

The only thing I agree with is point 5. I still love WinME

[kasperl]

Originally posted by Ten of Twelve


2. ...freeze five times a day (Win98)

only 5??? i'm currentley at about 10, with win98se, 196mb sdram and 800mhz:rolleyes:

and BTW, win me is about the most stable version of windows i've seen for a long time, and if you count all versions without service packs, win me is the best. i had it running on 6 compaq's with just 128mb, and 333mhz, for 3 weeks, without updates or chrashes. nothing form m$ beats that!

[Ulundel]

5 times a day when you're doing nothing with it...

And WinME rules.

[kasperl]

5 times at least, and every time you try to run just a few (j/k) things togheter:
winamp, zonealarm, seti@home,msn, kazaa, 10 instances of word and a teragen render, it just chrashes without reason.

it's just buggy, and i regard ME as win98 third edition with some extra's

[kode]

hmm... first time I installed 98se, I ran it 2 weeks straight with nothing crasching. the thing that crasched was heroes of might and magic 1, which is a DOS-based game.

I haev also a friend that has gotten bluescreen on all versions of windows from 95 and up...

Just recently I installed linux on a machine and got kernel panic even before the install had started up completely...

**** happens on most OS's, take it as a fact and stop *****ing about it.

oh, if LSD was here, he'd talk about how great his low-spec machine works with XP (IIRC, it's ~400MHz, 192mb RAM or something like that). XP doesn't really suck memory. In fact, I think it leaks less than earlier windowses do. number 3 on fettys list is just that, memory leaks.

[Stealth]

i've used 98 SE on one computer (my dads) for 3 years now, and i've never had one freeze, one error AT ALL (occasionally programs screw up, but NEVER the OS)

i guess if you use it to render or osmething, but just general use, like checking email, surfing the internet, etc.

Let's get back on-topic.

Starfury:  Does the computer restart at the same place every time (i.e. when it's about to load the OS) or randomly.  For example, if you're not sure, try pressing DEL to go to the 'setup' screen, and just leave it.  if it resets there, then it's probably motherboard, if it doesn't, then it might be a file it's loading (with the OS) or something else that's causing it to reset, it's very possible.

Give us more details, and we'll help you more

[Stealth]

Originally posted by kasperl
5 times at least, and every time you try to run just a few (j/k) things togheter:
winamp, zonealarm, seti@home,msn, kazaa, 10 instances of word and a teragen render, it just chrashes without reason.

it's just buggy, and i regard ME as win98 third edition with some extra's

on 98 i have Winamp, ZoneAlarm, and a virus protector running constantly.  those three programs never close, and i get no errors.

[Ulundel]

Hey, it runs with 64 megs of ram too but you'll notice a great difference when playing games. WinXP is like another game running on background.

[Stealth]

yeah, i have 64 MB RAM too, but the only game i run nowadays is Starcraft on that computer

and a few DOS and JAVA games

[Fetty]

well i think that me has a serious problem with its registry
btw
my puter just crashed while opening wintv
(yeah it doesnt like having an ftp program and wintv running, but xp doesnt ***** about that )
<= pIII450 256mb ram


and starfury stealth is right u know
best guess(es) os, ram, mb, psu, a gremlin

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Fetty

and starfury stealth is right u know
best guess(es) os, ram, mb, psu, a gremlin

but he must give us more information anyway, (see a few posts up)
so we can help him figure out the problem more accurately

[Stunaep]

Originally posted by Fetty

2. ... tell me that i dont have a mainboard installed and should put one in at the first bootup (WinME)

5 times a day when you're doing nothing with it...  

oh yeah, I remember that. I was sitting in the corner, reading Animal Farm, the computer was open, with nothing but explorer running, and suddenly, I get the blue screen of Death™
WinXP is da 0wn for those with high-end systems (like me)

[CP5670]

ME works quite well for me actually; crashes (ones that require a restart to fix) occur maybe once a week, and most dos games still work great. At least in my experience, 98 definitely froze far more often (4-6 times a day) than this does.

[SKYNET-011]

Actually, M-E sux.

Stop screwing with my Ion Cannon, Micro$h1t!