Try to get a bios update for your MB. Had that prob with my asus p4s8x-mx MB
& p4 3.0GHz sck 478 cpu.

"Barbara" wrote:

> I am using a PC Chips m981g mb with an intel P4 3.0 478 processor and ddr
> > memory. The computer will boot for a short time (varies from minutes to
> > almost an hour) then it just freezes.Sometimes I have to pull the power
> > cord to get it to reboot. I have replaced the power supply, the memory
> > and
> > am running a newly formatted HD with only windows xp installed. Any ideas
> > on
> > what is causing this?
> > Thanks
> > Barbara
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