frequent freezing

[Justin]

I have a custom built system that I put together from an
older e-machines computer. I have an Intel Pentium III
1.0Ghz processor with 512 meg of RAM. I recently
installed a Maxtor 160 GB hard drive and Windows XP (I
installed XP only a couple days ago). The e-machines
computer came with Windows ME, which was installed on my
old hard drive and my new one until I upgraded to XP. I
have had my currents system for about 3 years.

Last year my computer started to freeze fairly
frequently. It mostly happen when I was multitasking
(listening to music while surfing the web, watching
videos, etc.). This problem progressively got worse over
the year. Now, with XP installed, it freezes when I click
on the Start menu or try to install a new program! I know
it isn't from lack of space on the hard drive since not
even 1/4 of it is taken up.

I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me some
helpful hints on this problem of mine. Is there any tests
I can run to determine what the problem is?? Do you think
it is the software? hardware? Please help me or give me
any suggestions that may come up!


-Justin Walker

 

[sqr]

Check your memory.
Do you have one simm of 512 or two 256's
If you have two remove one and try one at a time.
You need good memory when it comes to XP