Re: PC locks up when on internet

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:51:24 -0800

Yes it only happens while on the net. One time it did
happen while my PC was dialing up the net. How would I
alleviate overheating?

>-----Original Message-----
>mike wrote:
>
>> My PC locks up evertime on the internet with varying
>> lenghts of time before it locks up. I can go a few
days
>> with no lockups to a few minutes before freezing. Any
>> ideas?
>
>Are you sure that it's only when your surfing the 'net?
Random lock-ups
>(and spontaneous reboots) can be caused by flaky memory,
flaky PSU (or
>one not powerful enough for your system), or overheating.
>.
>

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