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Michael
December 5th 03, 01:25 AM
I built a PC a few years back using a motherboard with
onboard sound/video. I was able to get windows install
but the thing was so unstable. I spent about 3 week
trying to figure it out, and ended up living with it like
that for a couple months. It crashed 2 times in that time
frame and on the second reboot of the system I downloaded
NEW 4-in-1 driver and wow. It was fixed. So you might
check for updated drivers.

>-----Original Message-----
>Is this an indication that it is bad ram? I am trying to
install windows xp
>pro onto a machine with an ECS K7S0M motherboard, which
has onboard sound
>and graphics, so the ram is the only thing that has been
plugged into the
>motherboard. I keep getting all sorts of STOP errors,
the pc keeps
>restarting etc. I finally managed to get XP installed,
but it is so
>unstable, there must be something wrong.
>
>Thanks for any help.
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