Freezing Problem on new comp

[jamesey]

I just built a new computer for my sister for her time at college. I've been using it on my own college's network to download drivers, patches and whatever and it works fine. The Temperature stays around 45-50C under high work loads. The problem comes from when the computer is not plugged into the network. When I take the Ethernet cord out, it will freeze within 5 minutes, and then I have to reboot. Here are the specs

AMD XP 1700
Abit AT7 (onboard sound and ETHERNET CARD)
Radeon 7500 All in Wonder
256 Megs of Crucial DDR
Maxtor 80 gig hard drive
Toshiba dvd/cdr combo

any help would be appreciated. I'm sure it's not video card or system overheating.

 

[minendo]

Try disabling WOL (wake on lan) in the BIOS.

 

[jamesey]

good idea. ty

 

[jamesey]

any more ideas?

 

[YoungFart]

What OS?
If it's Windows, you need to create different hardware profiles - LAN and standalone. You'll then make your stand-alone profile a "Network-disabled hardware profile".
See "Profiles, hardware" in Windows help.

 

[kursplat]

If it's Windows, you need to create different hardware profiles - LAN and standalone. You'll then make your stand-alone profile a "Network-disabled hardware profile".

huh?......don't know about your rigs but mine:
w\win98 online or off unplug and plug it don't care
w\XP pro it just puts the "network connection problem" icon on the task bar untill it's reconnected

any more ideas?

maybe the NIC is going bad. have a spare network card you can try ?
good luck

 

[jamesey]

it's Windows 2000
and
the Ethernet Card is onboard the mobo (Abit AT7)

 

[pcman2002b]

It kind of sounds like your computer is trying to access something over the network and when it can't find it it locks up. Try going into the folder that all of your network connections are stored and Disable the connection that it is set up for. My Win XP box gets moody when I have the connection enabled and I unplug the cable. Just a thought.