win 2000

[drafter]

I hope I am posting this in the right place. Im not sure if this is an operating system issue or a hardware issue. Recently I decided to upgrade my computer and operating system I had the following:
-winnt4.0 workstation
-4gb hdd for a master
-cdrom on the secondary as a master
-64mb 72 pin ram.
-p133 cpu

I have up graded to the following:
-win 2000 professional
-8gb hdd for a master
-4gb hdd for a slave
-cdrom on the secondary as a master
-64mb 72 pin ram. (4 16mb simms)
-1-64mb 168 pin dimm (only showing 16mb) for a total of 80mb ram
-p133 cpu

Now my computer is radomly rebooting itself once or twice a day, I don't know why. Got an Idea's?

 

[knologseeker]

The first thing that jumps out at me is that you have the bare minimum requirements for Windows 2000. However, I have successfully ran it with only 32MB of RAM so maybe that isn't so bad. The one I had was Slow!!!

It may be a hardware conflict. Have you tried running the winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly? It will check the system for compatibility with Windows 2000. Usually you would do this before installing, but it may clue you to what is the problem.

I have installed it on a 333 computer before and it worked fine for about a month then it crashed. After some research, I found out 2000 did not support some video driver I was using.

You may also want to check out the Setuperr.log(shows the errors that occurred during setup) and the Setupact.log(shows the setup actions in order) for possible hints.


I hope something here helps you.

 

[$teve]

definately not enough ram............it may just be the bare minimum for your o/s but as soon as you task it further it will fall over.
if your pocket will support it,go and buy a 128meg ram stick,its very cheap at the moment.........but beware......the price is ready to jump big time in the new year....be warned y`all!
good luck