Suddenly System Dead

[jljordan]

It was acting a bit weeird. Considered virus, 1/2 way through Norton AV scan System stops . Only blinking Monitor light. Replace Power Supply with identical , system boots up , but hangs after about 5 mins. Running Athlon 1600 with Windows XP pro, Event viewer keeps saying-- at every hang -- error acpi.sys . cannot do anything will not acd.have to hit button , seems a bit better without network, for a while it seems better without etx modem ( modem also says that there are a few commands it cant support-seems more than before..doesnt appeaer to ahng in safe mode.
all and any idea greatly appreciated

 

[Toejam31]

I'm sorry ... there's just not information in the post to ascertain the source of the problem.

Please list your complete system specifications, and a detailed observation of what the computer was doing before the lockups began (something a little more specific than "It was acting a bit weird", please.)

Problems like this typically occur because of 1.) a bad memory module, 2.) an older ACPI-BIOS that is incompatible with WinXP (which may require a flash), and/or to reinstall the OS with a Standard HAL and APM Power Management (sometimes with the APIC Interrupt Controller disabled, as well), 3.) or an incompatible/out-dated driver for a device, such as your modem, NIC card, or sound card.

Which one of these might apply in your situation (if any) ... that's for you to discover, at this point.

Here's a memory testing program. I can provide this for you, if nothing else:

<A HREF="http://www.memtest86.com/" target="_new">Memtest86</A>

Toejam31

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