Ok, I think I got it... a bad stick of memory. I pulled it out, and my system seems stable now, though noticably slower :-( (down to 256Mb) Jay On Saturday 09 February 2002 02:49 pm, you wrote: > I recently upgraded to an Athlon XP 1800+, and since then have been having > my computer just lock up from time to time. I know there is the "bug" (or > whatever its being called) that requires the mem=nopentium option on boot, > and I have done that. I have yet to figure out what triggers the lock up, > other than I am always in X (but then, I am ALWAYS in X). There is nothing > in any log files I can find- it is almost as if the computer were > unplugged. Anyone have any hints on this? > > Jay -- Jay Kline list at slushpupie.com http://www.slushpupie.com -- The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain