"Illegal Operation" Error on P3 866.

[Wind]

Guys,

1 of the system in my co had this errors frequently. Once in a while the error will pop out. Just to name a few, I had check: -

1. Bios settings. Set to normal settings
2. Any conflicts in system. No.
3. Reformat & reinstall Wondows & Office.
4. Update all drivers.

The setup is:- P3 866eb, GFXcel mobo, 128 PC133 RAM, 30 GB HDD, onboard VGA + sound., 250W PSU, Int modem.

What happen? How to solve this ?

Btw, could the large 30GB HDD be causing the probs? I was thinkin of partitioned the HDD to 20 & 10 GB.

Thanks.

 

[Squibby]

An illegal operation error is not usually due to hardware. Check the hd for errors...that may be it... Illegal operations are really easy to get (just make a program with pointers/references, and you'll see...), so it would be any one of a thousand things. Good luck...

Squibby

 

[The_Lurker]

I disagree with Squibby. If the software doesn't usually crash on other systems, then the software is pretty stable. If that is the case, then it's usually the Ram, or CPU causing errors. I can't exactly help youl. But a clean format, try moving to Win 2k, and maybe even underclock to see if that's the problem.