Athlon500/650+Asus K7M = Win2k Freezing - Pls Help...

[Shilja]

Heyas!

I have a particular problem with my machine (Athlon, ASUS K7M MB) and win2k. The problem is that windowz freeze in Office 2k applications (Word, Excel etc...) and lately even Outlook Express freezed my machine a few times.
The description of 'Freezing' would be - the screen would get the 'double-picture' blur (and would become green-ish) and the machine would freeze (I hafta reboot with the switch)

All other applications work really fine, and even games (like MDK2, No One Lives Forever) work w/o any problems.

I tried reinstalling Office, updating with SP-1a etc, but nothing helps.
And I dont have a clue what could be the reason for freezing

Software:

Win2k Professional (Installed as upgrade to Win98SE)
Office 2k Premium (With SP-1a installed)

Hardware:
Athlon 500/650
Asus K7M
128 MB of PC133 RAM (Not a brand name)
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP

Any solution/hint would be great...Thanks!

Shilja

 

[Lupes]

It could be your Voodoo card giving you problems. Try getting the latest drivers for the card.

Or you could try installing SP1 for Win2K. There is a download from Windows Update for updating compatibility with devices not originally included with the initial release of Win2K.

My Voodoo 3 3000 PCI card gave me loads of trouble until I installed SP1 and the hardware compatibility update for Win2K.

Hope this helps....