PC Crashing

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Hi, need a bit of help here.

My pc is a bit old, a 800mhz with win2k. The pc will crash
about 4 times a day, and the screen goes all funny and the
mouse messes up - in that it jumps around the screen.

I have also reformatted the disk, with a clean install!

I thought about memory, it has 128mb, which is the maximum
it can have (ie 2x64mb). I have increses virtual memory
but it doesn't help...

I'm out of options and i can't afford a new pc...

Any one have an idea what it is.

Thanks in advance
 
most likely a hardware issue, video card perhaps.

When you reinstalled, did you install and update a virus scanner, and
install all windows 2000 security patches?
 
Yep, update virus scanner (mcafee) and all win updates
done!

Should i try reinstalling the video driver? or the mouse
driver?
 
You can try, but the fact that you wiped it clean and did a fresh install
and the same problem occurs points to a hardware issue not a software issue.
 
Yep, update virus scanner (mcafee) and all win updates
done!

Should i try reinstalling the video driver? or the mouse
driver?
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Go to the manufacturer's website and see if there are later drivers for
the mouse and video, if so, install the updated versions and see what
happens.
 
how about checking your fan/heatsink. Blow the dust out of it. Perhaps time
to remove it, clean the HS and CPU, reinstall the fan/heatsink with some
good heatsink compound.
 
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