To anyone getting windows freezing,BSOD etc

This is not a solution to everyones problems. However it has fixed mine and many other probelms with freezing/lockups in windows. It is called SP2. Dont install it and if you have either roll back or do re-install of XP with SP1.
Obviously this wont help you if its your PSU or mem thats the problem but it is worth a try. I no longer get any lockups ever.

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Originally posted by Paul Foster
I'm usually one of the first people to badmouth Microsoft so I am far from being a sheep who is happy to give even more money for software that typically has even more bugs. I ran W2K on my previous PC and never saw the need to upgrade to XP. However it does seem to be very stable and I have yet to run into any serious problems where I can point my finger at XP much less SP2.
If you experience a lot of BSODs and other problems I still think you probably have a bad driver but you might have some sort of hardware problem. Can you run Prime95 for an extended period without it failing?
Yeah Dacull nice one mate I found the patch before I got rid of SP2.
Paul not sure if you aimed the Q at me but yeah Prime95 had been running in the backround for 24 hours+ one of the times the comp suddenly froze. No SP2 and hey presto no freezes. So yup I always make sure every config is 100% prime95 stable at both tortures and the blend test.

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