System Locks During Internet Access

[Tony]

I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the
Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from
the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the
PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet
card.

So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went
out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware
(motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and
reinstalled again,, still no help.

I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You
can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games,
and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher
between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off
the power at the power supply to get it to reboot.


I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as
lonk as you are not on the internet.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Re: System Locks During Internet Access

Is the NIC the only PCI card you have installed?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Tony" <tonyj32@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184865984.329976.69560@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the
> Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from
> the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the
> PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet
> card.
>
> So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went
> out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware
> (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and
> reinstalled again,, still no help.
>
> I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You
> can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games,
> and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher
> between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off
> the power at the power supply to get it to reboot.
>
>
> I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as
> lonk as you are not on the internet.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>

 

[Tony]

Re: System Locks During Internet Access

On Jul 19, 1:59 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:
> Is the NIC the only PCI card you have installed?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/Userwww.grystmill.com
>
> "Tony" <tony...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1184865984.329976.69560@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the
> > Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from
> > the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the
> > PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet
> > card.
>
> > So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went
> > out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware
> > (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and
> > reinstalled again,, still no help.
>
> > I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You
> > can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games,
> > and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher
> > between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off
> > the power at the power supply to get it to reboot.
>
> > I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as
> > lonk as you are not on the internet.
>
> > Anyone have any ideas?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I ctually though it might be something like an IRQ sharing issure, so
I removed the Winmodem card and the AGP graphics card and used the on-
board video card with updated motherboard drivers, still the same
issue. I am mainly frustrated because it will run fine as long as you
are not accessing the internet,, could it be some type of boot sector
virus that a reformat did not get rid of?

Thanks,

Tony

PS, sorry for dual posting, first time in a long time I posted using
and I got impatient.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Re: System Locks During Internet Access

Your guess is as good as mine... and yours isn't far-fetched. My memory
sucks, but I *think* my idea was to somehow verify that the motherboard PCI
or power components themselves aren't the problem. Sorry, but I can't recall
exactly what I had in mind on that score in the way of step-by-step
diagnostic, and it isn't making any sense to me tonight. I'll come back and
read your initial post a couple more times and see if anything clicks, but
if I'm reading your details right, you've covered all the bases I can think
of save motherboard issues or a virus.

I presume that you've done several appropriate AV scans using several
different apps? And that when you say you reinstalled, you tested the
problem before installing *anything* else?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Tony" <tonyj32@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184985092.708833.31120@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 19, 1:59 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:
>> Is the NIC the only PCI card you have installed?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/Userwww.grystmill.com
>>
>> "Tony" <tony...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1184865984.329976.69560@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> >I have an older machine that runs WIndows 98SE, when accessing the
>> > Internet the system will lock up so bad the monitor loses signal from
>> > the video card. It is if the motherboard itself losses power to the
>> > PCI cards. when this happens the link light goes out on the ethernet
>> > card.
>>
>> > So for I have reformatted and reistalled, that did not help, So I went
>> > out and downloaded all the latest drivers for the hardware
>> > (motherboard, video, network card, modem) then I reformatted and
>> > reinstalled again,, still no help.
>>
>> > I then though I would try a different network cark, same issue. You
>> > can run the machine all day long and do word processing, play games,
>> > and it never locks. HOwever you get on the internet and anywher
>> > between 5 -20 minutes later the computer freezes, I have to turn off
>> > the power at the power supply to get it to reboot.
>>
>> > I was thinking it was an overheating issue, but it runs for hours as
>> > lonk as you are not on the internet.
>>
>> > Anyone have any ideas?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I ctually though it might be something like an IRQ sharing issure, so
> I removed the Winmodem card and the AGP graphics card and used the on-
> board video card with updated motherboard drivers, still the same
> issue. I am mainly frustrated because it will run fine as long as you
> are not accessing the internet,, could it be some type of boot sector
> virus that a reformat did not get rid of?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
> PS, sorry for dual posting, first time in a long time I posted using
> and I got impatient.
>