win 98 pc freezes up after 3- 5 minutes
 

I had a suggestion of checking the Fans, cards and dust
Bunnies. It is a very clean machine and all fans are
working fine. I also reinstalled win98, any other
suggestions. could it be a bad solder point on the
motherboard.

win 98 pc freezes up after 3- 5 minutes
 

I guess it didn't freeze up while reinstalling Win98.(This was probably done
in DOS mode).
Does it freeze up in Safe Mode also?
If so, it may be a hardware driver problem.

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I had a suggestion of checking the Fans, cards and dust
Bunnies. It is a very clean machine and all fans are
working fine. I also reinstalled win98, any other
suggestions. could it be a bad solder point on the
motherboard.

win 98 pc freezes up after 3- 5 minutes
 

I think I was the one who made the suggestion and my reasoning was because
it seemed like the machine had to heat up for a few minutes before the
freeze occurred. A bad solder point would presumably work just the
opposite--you would have a problem booting until such time that the machine
heated up and caused expansion to complete the circuit. Buffalo's question
about safe mode should be checked out but I don't see how the 3 - 5 minute
time frame could be involved in a software (driver) problem.
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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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I had a suggestion of checking the Fans, cards and dust
Bunnies. It is a very clean machine and all fans are
working fine. I also reinstalled win98, any other
suggestions. could it be a bad solder point on the
motherboard.

win 98 pc freezes up after 3- 5 minutes
 

Try leaving the case off and have a room fan blowing on the innards.
If this helps, it is most likely heat related.
In my earlier suggestion, I meant that if it ran OK in Safe Mode, then that
could indicate a hardware problem, but they usually don't have that 3-5min
delay like you described.
Since you reinstalled Win98, and I'm sure that install took more than 3-5
minutes, that must mean that your machine works OK in DOS mode (indicates
that it is probably not a heat related problem directly). That's why I
suggested trying Safe Mode to help narror things down.

wrote in message
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I had a suggestion of checking the Fans, cards and dust
Bunnies. It is a very clean machine and all fans are
working fine. I also reinstalled win98, any other
suggestions. could it be a bad solder point on the
motherboard.