Windows xp home locks up

[Dale]

I also had same problem and it was a memory card that was
going bad (RAM). I ran a program that is shareware
called PC Burn (or similiar), where the memory showed bad.
I had 2 memory sticks in PC, so if you can take one out
and see if it happens and if it does not, then swap them
and I will bet you that your system will freeze.
Most cases it is not the hard drive.

>-----Original Message-----
>Windows XP home edition,
>been working fine for about a year.
>
>Haven't installed any software recently or added any
hardware.
>Current Norton AV flags system as being virus free.
>
>Every so often (about 15 minutes, but it does vary)
>the system just locks up. Mouse pointer sits there,
system doesn't respond.
>ctrl-alt-del doesn't work.
>
>have to re-boot system.
>
>I have noticed that every few minutes, the primary hard
drive kicks in
>- don't know if this is relevant or not.
>
>Any ideas out there?
>
>oh, I have added a couple of cooling fans recently, they
suck air in from
>the front over the hard drives - possible overload on
system psu?
>
>cheers
>
>Mark
>
>GA7VAXP
>Athlon 2800+
>1Gb PC2700 RAM
>Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro
>2x WD 80Gb caviar hd's
>creative cd rw
>creative cd rom
>
>
>.
>

[Mark]

cheers for the reply dale.

I'll give it a try and let you know

mark