Topic: crashing:upgrade needed?

[princeofdarkness]

hi

i am on my dads computer and it crashes ALOT so i was wondering if it had anything to do with the hardware.. also sometimes it doesnt crash it just suddenly restarts itself  

here is the spec of my dads pc:


Windows Millennium Edition (build 4.90.3000)   No details available
Processor a   Main Circuit Board b
900 megahertz AMD Duron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
64 kilobyte secondary memory cache   Board: First International Computer, Inc. AZ11EA/AZ11E PCB 1.x
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 09/27/2001
Drives   Memory Modules c,d
40.98 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
32.86 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON LTR-16102C [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Generic IDE hard disk drive (40.98 GB) -- drive 0, No SMART Driver   768 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'BANK_0' has 256 MB
Slot 'BANK_1' has 512 MB
Slot 'BANK_2' is Empty
  Local Drive Volumes
     
c: (on drive 0) 40.98 GB 32.86 GB free
 
  Network Drives
     
 
Users   Printers
 Boys  
 Gerrys  
   hp psc 2170 series on USB001
 
Controllers   Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller   NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 [Display adapter]
Default Monitor
Default Monitor
Bus Adapters   Multimedia
VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller   Closed Caption Decoder
Creative SB Live! series(WDM)
Game Port for Creative SB Live!
Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
NABTS/FEC VBI Codec
VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
Communications   Other Devices
Standard 56000 bps K56Flex Modem
SMC EZ Card 10/100 (SMC1255TX)
TV Data Adapter
Network Card MAC Address: 00:04:E2:1F:26:1C
Network IP Address: 81.99.14.63 / 24   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub



NOTE: the processor is being upgraded to an amd xp athlon 2600/2800

he has broadband.. have you got any suggestions?


thanx in advance Jonah

[Simon]

Is this since you installed the new graphics card, Jonah, or was it doing it before that?

[princeofdarkness]

it did it a bit before that but yes it seems to have gotten worse.. also when it crashes theres a thick line of coloured fuzz (like on a tv wiv no reception but multi coloured) and then if i press something it comes up the blue screen with white writing about a problem sayin press any key to continue or press ctrl+alt+del to restart...

if i press enter it comes up a black screen with a box saying dangerously low resources  

also when the computer is loading the screen flashes blue  



Jonah

[Sandra]

Try getting the latest 4 in 1 drivers from here :

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300

Also check that you have the latest drivers for your graphics card

[princeofdarkness]

which 1 shall i pick?

[Sandra]

This one :

HTTP Download
VIAHyperion4in1v4.51.zip

[princeofdarkness]

ok thanx is it compatible with windows ME

Jonah

[Sandra]

It says so just above the download  

[princeofdarkness]

lol sorry.. not very good at finding useful information  

[princeofdarkness]

i installed it and restarted but it was still flickering?