Win 2k locking for no reason?

[Guest]

I was wondering if i can gain the benifit of your guys help. I resently installed 2k on my computer and my system keeps locking. first is freezes but you can move the mouse. then if you press a button it locks up totaly. Here is what im running...

AMD ATHLON 750 (THUNDERBIRD)
Asus a7v bios rev. 1003
ASUS V7700 PURE (gforce 2 gts)
3COM ETHERNET ADPT (3C905B-TX)
Sound blaster PCI 128
Maxtor 90845d4 (8GB)
Western Digital WDC WD10 Ultra dma/66
some no named dvd and a sony cd/rw that i dont remember the name of.
Im running win2k sp2 w/ ie 5.5
Logitech ILOOK wireless keyboard
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer

Any ideas on how to at least fix part of my problem is appreciated. thx

 

[Guest]

forgot to mention. System memory is 640MB

 

[jc14all]

Did you install you VIA M/B chipset 4 in 1 drivers at initial install of W2k? If not you may want to go to the <A HREF="http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v/overview.htm" target="_new">ASUS</A> website and download the latest drivers, and/or BIOS, along with the instructions.

JC-------<*){{{>{~~~~~
Fisher of men

 

[Guest]

That was the first thing i did when installing the operating system

 

[jc14all]

Another possibility could be mouse drivers. There are some known issues with Logitech v.8.x mouse drivers.

<font color=blue>"Important Information: Do not install any version of MouseWare 8.x (or earlier) into Windows 2000. It may crash your Windows 2000, forcing you to reinstall Windows 2000."</font color=blue> <A HREF="http://www.logitech.com/cf/support/28.cfm" target="_new">http://www.logitech.com/cf/support/28.cfm</A>

However, you may not even have a Logitech mouse, just trying to help with brainstorm. Your problem sounds like a software conflict somewhere in your system.

JC-------<*){{{>{~~~~~
Fisher of men

 

[Guest]

Thats what i thought. so before i left for college i installed recent intellimouse drivers in hopes that it will solve my prob. ill know when i get home if it works. Thx for the help.

 

[jc14all]

Checkout the Microsoft Knowledge Base <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/search/viewDoc.aspx?docID=KC.Q226015&dialogID=7928028&iterationID=1&sessionID=anonymous|7281701" target="_new"> Q226015 </A> resolution. Good Luck!

JC-------<*){{{>{~~~~~
Fisher of men

 

[Ganache]

did u install the amdwin2k compatibility patch?

helps a lot for win2k

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/largePageMinimum.reg