I have a windows XP Pro system, on an intel P4 3.00ghz machine, 1Gb ram, an
Asrock MB. 1 Sata drive, (which i boot from), and 2 IDE drives. The IDE
drives are on the primary IDE channel, and the SATA is the system disk.

The problem... anywhere from 20 minutes, to 2 days, and the ide drive on the
slave connection, starts spinning, and stopping, and then the machine locks
up. The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there should be
nothing ther causing a problem, when i examine the event (system) Log, the
last reference is to too many tcp/ip connections, and it is limiting the
current upload, and download rates. The microsoft support logs has nothing
that would help me,

can anyone please provide me with some clues as to what I can do..........

"The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there should be
nothing there causing a problem..."

We hear this over and over. Merely having antivirus and anti-spyware
programs installed is no guarantee that there is not a virus or spyware on
the system.

These programs have to be used correctly and continuously updated. In the
case of spyware, it often takes scans with several programs to reveal a
spyware infection. And if the malicious software is disguised by a rootkit,
a scanner won't catch it no matter what you do.

Moreover, the finest software in the world will not protect a user who does
not rigidly adhere to safe computing practices.

"...too many tcp/ip connections..."

Sounds like a virus or spyware, which like to open TCP/IP connections to do
their work.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Colser1971" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a windows XP Pro system, on an intel P4 3.00ghz machine, 1Gb ram,
an
> Asrock MB. 1 Sata drive, (which i boot from), and 2 IDE drives. The IDE
> drives are on the primary IDE channel, and the SATA is the system disk.
>
> The problem... anywhere from 20 minutes, to 2 days, and the ide drive on
the
> slave connection, starts spinning, and stopping, and then the machine
locks
> up. The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there should be
> nothing ther causing a problem, when i examine the event (system) Log, the
> last reference is to too many tcp/ip connections, and it is limiting the
> current upload, and download rates. The microsoft support logs has
nothing
> that would help me,
>
> can anyone please provide me with some clues as to what I can do..........

What's on the 2 ide hdds?
run chkdsk /r and defrag

What controller is SATA on?
what's master/slave config?

"Colser1971" wrote:

> I have a windows XP Pro system, on an intel P4 3.00ghz machine, 1Gb ram, an
> Asrock MB. 1 Sata drive, (which i boot from), and 2 IDE drives. The IDE
> drives are on the primary IDE channel, and the SATA is the system disk.
>
> The problem... anywhere from 20 minutes, to 2 days, and the ide drive on the
> slave connection, starts spinning, and stopping, and then the machine locks
> up. The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there should be
> nothing ther causing a problem, when i examine the event (system) Log, the
> last reference is to too many tcp/ip connections, and it is limiting the
> current upload, and download rates. The microsoft support logs has nothing
> that would help me,
>
> can anyone please provide me with some clues as to what I can do..........

You might try testing the hard drive. I have been testing HD Tune.
(freeware). Download and run it and see
what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Next click on the Error Scan tab and start the Scan. It will take some
time, depending on the size of the disk. The tool has a good visual
display so that you can see how the scan is progressing.

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Hope this helps.

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"Colser1971" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7426DCDC-A89D-437A-99B3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a windows XP Pro system, on an intel P4 3.00ghz machine, 1Gb
>ram, an
> Asrock MB. 1 Sata drive, (which i boot from), and 2 IDE drives. The
> IDE
> drives are on the primary IDE channel, and the SATA is the system
> disk.
>
> The problem... anywhere from 20 minutes, to 2 days, and the ide drive
> on the
> slave connection, starts spinning, and stopping, and then the machine
> locks
> up. The computer has Antivirus, and spyware installed, so there
> should be
> nothing ther causing a problem, when i examine the event (system) Log,
> the
> last reference is to too many tcp/ip connections, and it is limiting
> the
> current upload, and download rates. The microsoft support logs has
> nothing
> that would help me,
>
> can anyone please provide me with some clues as to what I can
> do..........