I say only one thing...VIA :( ,the root to all your trouble. I have a VIA-chipped 
mobo too and i can't use it for anything exept running a basic w98 install. No scanner 
or other cool things. Even Imaging and Word craches very often on that board. The 
funny thing is that this is the only computer that i have there nothing works...It 
must be this VIA chip.

But you can always try go to via's home page and get patches and new drivers, it 
might help you. For me no, when my mobo dies, i will keep it that way with a hammer 
(big one) :).

// Vipers






On Friday, June 7, 2002 at 12:08 am, Keppie wrote:
>I have a question about Top 
>reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000:

>Hi All,
>I am running Win 2K Pro, an Iwill KK266 mobo w/VIA chipset, AMD D750 Duron, and 
256MB 
>133Ram.
>My hope is that someone will be able to help me diagnose and fix a problem that 
has 
>just started up about a week ago and is getting worse.
>When starting up the computer and providing the administrator's password, windows 
>loads normally.  About the time it would stop loading and be ready to use, the system 
>randomly restarts.  After the restart, I wait for my cue, log in again, Windows 
loads 
>and, up until yesterday, it would be ready to go with only one restart cycle. Yesterday, 
>however, it went through TWO of these restart cycles.  I was holding my breath wondering 
>what I was going to do if it simply kept going through this nasty restart "loop". 
> 
>I am not sure it is related, but as a bit more background, IE 5.5, has started freezing 
>on me in kinda the same timeframe.  No warning.  And it freezes.  Nothing works 
(keys, 
>esc, mouse, etc) to get the computer's attention.  No Blue Screen of Death.  Just 
>like looking at a screen shot.  The only way to get the computer restarted is to 
>pull the plug to kill the power (switch doesn't work, either). 
>The random restart problem happens randomly (although it is now happening about 
once 
>every four start ups) and will occur after the computer has been properly shut down 
>as well as after one of the "IE Freezes" noted above.
>
>I have also had a ton of trouble recently trying to get  this computer to recognize 
>a Visioneer Scanner with Twain and PaperPort software with no success.  The really 
>nice support people at Visioneer had no clue what to do so they ran me through endless 
>hoops and loops for several frustrating weeks......but that's another story........The 
>relevant point is that I ended up uninstalling the scanner drivers and Scansoft 
PaperPort 
>software.  Apparently the uninstall  wasn't clean because the message that the computer 
>is attempting to configure and connect to the scanner still appears on the screen 
>at the very end of the boot up sequence.  I mention this although the random restart 
>began sometime after the uninstall of these programs.  I would sure like to know 
>how to get rid of this last remnant of the scanner program, also.
>I happen to be using two hard drives with different file formats but they have been 
>living together happily with no conflicts or problems for over six months. 
>I also run Norton Anti-virus.
>As mentioned at the top, my main concern is to try to get the random restart eliminated. 
> Is there some way for me to trouble shoot this?  Any ideas on what I might try?
>Thanks in advance for your comments.
>Chris
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