hello gang,
at my wits end. have a compaq system that has random boot hangs. most of the time it locks up just before the desktop loads. others , about 45 sec after broadband connection is made. other times , mouse has loss of key functions. have to upplug mouse, boot, shut down , replug & reboot to have mouse to work again. system crashes on virus check, backup, or printouts.
I have gone through the restore points only to have system to crash before you can back up data files.
was getting a "file s3nbm.sys no found" on driver load. fixed that by loading driver from floppy. Ran XP repair routine several times to make sure OS was intact. CPU usage is at 0% on hangs. I have not yanked the memmory yet (128 +512 sticks)
any ideas?
