Presario 5000 Intermittent (sp) Failure

I have a Presario 5000 that seems to lock up for no apparent reason. The
lock ups occur anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes after booting (when it boots).
List of things I've tried; Removed all unnecessary peripherals, tried
different OSs (98SE and XP), swapped RAM (all PC100), cover removed to
prevent overheating (I work on it in a very cold garage!) POST gives no
indications of errors. POST works, verified by booting w/o RAM installed.
One obvious answer is REPLACE MOBO which is what will happen but this is
getting personal now. Just curious about anyone elses experiences. Any
input would be most appreciated!

There are dozens of PCs in the 5000 series. Which one do you have?
HH

"Rick Shaw" wrote in message
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I have a Presario 5000 that seems to lock up for no apparent reason. The
lock ups occur anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes after booting (when it
boots).
List of things I've tried; Removed all unnecessary peripherals, tried
different OSs (98SE and XP), swapped RAM (all PC100), cover removed to
prevent overheating (I work on it in a very cold garage!) POST gives no
indications of errors. POST works, verified by booting w/o RAM installed.
One obvious answer is REPLACE MOBO which is what will happen but this is
getting personal now. Just curious about anyone elses experiences. Any
input would be most appreciated!

Describe Lock up better.

I bet its overheating or the HD is failing
HH wrote:
There are dozens of PCs in the 5000 series. Which one do you have?
HH

"Rick Shaw" wrote in message
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I have a Presario 5000 that seems to lock up for no apparent reason.
The
lock ups occur anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes after booting (when it

boots).
List of things I've tried; Removed all unnecessary peripherals,
tried
different OSs (98SE and XP), swapped RAM (all PC100), cover removed
to
prevent overheating (I work on it in a very cold garage!) POST
gives no
indications of errors. POST works, verified by booting w/o RAM
installed.
One obvious answer is REPLACE MOBO which is what will happen but
this is
getting personal now. Just curious about anyone elses experiences.
Any
input would be most appreciated!

Are all fans turning? With the time delay you've described it could be a
heat related issue.

KC

From: "Rick Shaw"
Subject: Presario 5000 Intermittent (sp) Failure
Date: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:22 PM

I have a Presario 5000 that seems to lock up for no apparent reason. The
lock ups occur anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes after booting (when it boots).
List of things I've tried; Removed all unnecessary peripherals, tried
different OSs (98SE and XP), swapped RAM (all PC100), cover removed to
prevent overheating (I work on it in a very cold garage!) POST gives no
indications of errors. POST works, verified by booting w/o RAM installed.
One obvious answer is REPLACE MOBO which is what will happen but this is
getting personal now. Just curious about anyone elses experiences. Any
input would be most appreciated!

Reminds me of an issue we had with my daughters Intel board... I removed the
CPU, cleaned and reseated it...poor connection in my case...


"Kevin Childers" wrote in message
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Are all fans turning? With the time delay you've described it could be a
heat related issue.

KC

From: "Rick Shaw"
Subject: Presario 5000 Intermittent (sp) Failure
Date: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:22 PM

I have a Presario 5000 that seems to lock up for no apparent reason. The
lock ups occur anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes after booting (when it
boots).
List of things I've tried; Removed all unnecessary peripherals, tried
different OSs (98SE and XP), swapped RAM (all PC100), cover removed to
prevent overheating (I work on it in a very cold garage!) POST gives no
indications of errors. POST works, verified by booting w/o RAM installed.
One obvious answer is REPLACE MOBO which is what will happen but this is
getting personal now. Just curious about anyone elses experiences. Any
input would be most appreciated!