MS-6368 freeze w/ blinking cap & scroll lock

When running linux (both Redhat 9.0 & Mandrake 9.2) the system freezes with a blinking caps & scroll lock. The case Power LED does NOT blink. This can occur from a few minutes to a few hours after booting up.
I've tried pressing keys, moving mouse, clicking mouse, but it does not unfreeze.
Pressing the power button will interrupt the blinking for a short time. Holding the power button down will shutdown the system.
This occured in the MB's original 6.0 BIOS, and still occurs after flashing 6.1. The MB is version 5.0.
I'm using the optimized BIOS settings, with LAN boot off.
I've tried adjusting the ACPI settings to disable, the PM Control by APM to no, and the Video off option to All Modes->off without seeing any change.
The screen is still visible after the freeze, even with the All Modes->Off video option.
PC Health seems fine, with the CPU not more than 85F when examining it after a freeze.
I'm able to exit the freeze by pressing reset. Of course, that forces a reboot.
I've seen no information on what the blinking caps & scroll lock might mean. I would guess standby/suspend/etc, but I can't wake the system and it occurs even when moving the mouse or typing on the keyboard.
Any ideas?

Thanks!
I was so busy searching for "ms-6368" and blinking cap and scroll lock that I didn't think to check under Linux instead. This is a big step in narrowing down the problem.
I'd like to further narrow it down to a root cause from one of the following categories: a Linux problem; a RAM problem; or a MS-6368 problem.
Steps I'm taking/have taken to do this:
I've checked the syslog and found no suspicious entries at the time of the freeze.
I've done a quick ram check, no errors.
I've started a full ram check that takes 75 hours.
I'm researching what to look for to identify the root cause of the freeze in Linux.
I can swap RAM and see if that corrects the problem.
I can install a Windows OS and see if there are problems there (of course, how would I tell the difference?)
If the problem still occurs after all that it seems like the best possibility is it being the MS-6368. I'll post if I find anything interesting.
Is there anything I've missed?

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