hi guys wonder if you can help ? my computer is crashing whenever i install a large program like Photoshop and others, wonder whats wrong the green activity bar on the task manager is basically going over its limit... i have everest home edition, should you require any detailed info...

cheers t

here's the basics

Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 01/16/2003-P4M266-8233-6A6LWSNDC-00
Motherboard Name Soltek SL-85MIV(-L)

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 100 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type VIA V-Link
Bus Width 8-bit

Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 3 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 2 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset P4M266

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name Soltek Computer Inc
Product Information http://www.soltek.com.tw/soltek/prod...ex.php?catid=1
BIOS Download http://www.soltek.com.tw/soltek/download/index.php

Hi there Tommy , welcome to PCHF.


Sounds like it could be a heat issue , can you have a look with one of these apps what the temps are , and post back the result?

http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

Win9x:NO 64Bit:NO GiveIO:YES SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
Linked VIA VT8233A SMBUS at $0500
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
IT8712F/IT8705F found on ISA at $290
SuperIO Chip=IT8705F
Scanning VIA SMBus at $0500...
SMART Enabled for drive 0
Found Maxtor 2F040L0 (41.1GB)
Found ACPI temperature (40.0C)
End of detection


and Thank you....:undecided

Could you post the temps next the CPU , system and HD?

where will i find that ?

Have a look here for a screenshot , just below and to the right of the box you copyed the info from:


http://www.almico.com/sfscreenshots.php

Temp1 38c
temp2 -55c
temp3 27c
HDO 38c (it is ticked)
temp 1 40c

all exect HDO have blue arrows pointing downwards...
what do you think the problem is ?

T