asus p3b-f

[slyedog]

have a asus p3b-f mobo with a 400 celly on a msi slocket. 256m generic ram.
SIS 6326 8m pci video card. plextor 8/4/32A burner, 40x asus cd-rom. the other day
i got a xms memory error on bootup. had to reboot and it cleared up. now ever so
often it just freezes up. every once in a while it will shutdown and reboot.
where do i start looking for the trouble and what could it be? i have been running
this setup for abt a year with no trouble. tried different video cards and another
power supply. any help appreciated......Slyedog

 

[bunker]

First off do a full scandisk checking for bad sectors. If that doesn't work or find anything, try swapping out the ram.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

bunker's suggestions are excellent..also if you have multi-sticks of ram( is it one stick or? ) try just one at a time to see if itsa failing piece( had a stick of generic(Zeus..? ) ..don't laugh..ok..go ahead that gave up a similar error in tandem with a stick of PNY..removed eror free..put back.. error RAed it and never bought that brand of memory again almost always Crucial( somewhere in the vicinity of 30+ sticks)..never had a problem out of 8 sticks of PNY either)

 

[slyedog]

hi all,
thanks so much for the info. the members on this forum have never failed me with
their knowledge of computers.i put in two new sticks of ram(crucial) and also
put the ram in two different slots.i wish i would have done one thing at a time.
now i dont know what fixed my pc. it is working fine now. no trouble. thanks again
for your interest and your knowledge.......slyedog