Hi!
I have problem and I don't know what to do. Sorry for my English. My
computer (WinXP Pro SP2, Pcchips m825, Athlon1700+, 250 ram) stalls while
i'm using Kazaa or other p2p programs. I happen usually about 5-30 minuts
after i turn this program on. Only when I disconnect internet everything
becomes OK. Usage of procesor in that moment isn't big and my memory is also
OK. My firewall is OK too. My computer is almost one year old and I'm sure
that my memory is OK and my HDD hasn't any bad sectors. System was install a
few times and each time i have this problem, i installed also different
version of Kazaa(Emule and so on...). Everything is OK while I'm using
WinMe, i have no problems and such programs like Kazaa can run long time and
computer doesn't stall. I don't know if it is caused by hardwere or
softwere. 2 years ago I had differend computer but with mainboard from the
same producent (PCChips 725mrt). I had WinNT and I had the same problem but
then I got just "blue screen" after 5-30 minutes of using Kazaa. Similary
this problem didn't happen while i was using WinMe or 98. When I installed
WindowsXP (on  my old computer) I have the same problem (but without "blue
screen"). Please help me. I've been looking for a help for half a year and
noone can help me. Maybe someone had similar problem?? Can it be caused by
mainboard? Both is Pcchips:(

MP wrote:
Show quoteHide quotePC chips is not the best motherboard...
the last time i worked on such a machine i managed to get it working
by underclocking it a bit...
you could try that.
also...if you are using on-board video...you could try adding an agp or
pci video card

Thanks. Today I'll try how it will work with agp video card. If it is not
good mayby I should buy new mainborad.

Unfortunatelly everything is the same with agp video card:(

Stalls can be the hardest thing to track down.
In fact thats what happened to several of my boards and unfortunately
its happening again on my 2nd PC.

On a Kt133a VIA board from ASUS ages ago I gave to my sister it would
freeze. I tried lots of stuff. I RMAd it to ASUS and they sent me
another one. THAT STALLED TOO !   And they sent me a curt note about
how this will be my last board ! Thats why I call ASUS a bit stingy vs
ABIT which seemed to welcome my RMAs. Anyway --- I knew I had to
figure this one out on my own and tried different things for months
until I noticed that the fan on the northbridge was intermittently
stopping. After I replaced that I havent had any problems on it. 

With your PC CHIPs it could be anything cause thats a pretty low
quality board - bad caps or dying fan - check that.  Check your temps
with motherboard monitor. Motherboard monitor during installation also
has an option for the software not to scan certain things on the board
which cause freezes. .

It could be drivers , softwareapps  and hardware problems etc.
I then bought an ABIT that melted down after a year or so and I got an
RMA on it. They sent me this board right now Im using as a second PC
cause I STILL havent gotten all my AMD 64 parts after waiting about a
month (the ATI 800XL card which they now say may take until MARCH !

This replacement ABIT unfortunately has had intermittent freezes. I
tried everything for months -- stripping my PC down, different bios,
updates to WIN, new and old drivers --- NOTHING . I searched and tried
new power supplies , memory etc NOTHING. I finally gave up as it
seemed to be concentrated on the highpoint controller.. I just avoided
that and used the VIA controller.  Now that Ive started using it again
fill time the freezing problems seems to be on the VIA controllers
too.  Thats what REALLY turned me off VIA chipsets though it might be
unfair - problems with the KT133 ( hard disk corruption that was later
patched by a fix) and now this.

I had the ASUS nforce2 after this board which I got rid of for the AMD
64.  The nforce was very stable except for sound stuttering if I
overloaded the PCI bus it seemed.

Anyway --- have you also tried memtest86 ? Looked in your events
folder in WIN XP for any reported problems?  Looked for spyware ?
Theres the free search and destroy program you can use.  You have to
be careful when you search for it. Several sleaze bags with pay
programs have setup sleaze ball sites that mimic search and destroy
--- when you go to them they load your system up with horrible spyware
and trojans etc that screw your system up royally.

If you are using a modem have you tried moving it to different slots ?
Theres probably a million other things people can think of.

As for my new problem Im ready to smash this Abit kt333 with a hammer.
Im sick of it. I dont want to spend ONE more hour troubleshooting this
piece of ka ka.  The fan on the southbridge is spinning -- maybe its
not good enough? I cleaned the heatsink out (dust) and fan. It does
feel hot. You might want to check that too. I changed the drivers on
the video etc. I could conceivably RMA it again since its never really
worked right and its still slightly under the 3 yr warranty.

I might just buy a cheap nforce board.  If I was on the mainland I
that would defintely be my plan with cheap refurb boards as low as
$30-$45 and new ones too.

A lot of thanks. Everything changed when I uninstall ZoneAlarm and install
Sygete Firewall. Now everything is OK.

After many problem with PCchips mainboards I thought that it is hardware
problem too. But it was softwere problem.

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