Re: System Stops Reponding - Where to start loooking

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From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 04/21/04


Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:16:30 +1000

Booting in Safe Mode would be a good start.

"Bill" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1e8e01c4273d$04eebe60$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> XP stops reponding. The keyboard and mouse cannot be used
> and the only thing I can do is hit the power button. I
> have all the latest drivers, SPs. In addition, I updated
> by BIOS thinking that was the problem, but it still
> continues. Does anybody have a clue where I can start
> looking? I am running an AMD 1050 MGHZ, Award 6.0 bios,
> 512 memory. Motherboard is a shuttle AK12A. I am also
> running Norton Internet Security Professional, but I don't
> think that is this problem because it happened prior to
> installing it.



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