| I have a WP which is running 98se off a harddrive and is connected to network using 3com 3c460b usb nic (very light use of network). The problem is that it keeps freezing very frequently and the mic sometimes works, and sometimes not, driving me crazy. I intended it to be used as an internet device for voice chat and stuff like that, but I am not really able to make use of it for anything because of the instability. I have looked into the forum for other posts about freezes and it appears like the extra power requirement by the harddrive and usb nic and/or the extra heat produced due to the hardrive may be the reason for the instability. So what is everyone doing to avoid these random freezes? Someone posted in another thread that upgrading to XP made his WP much more stable, but then the voice and video wouldn't work properly. In any case, if it is the problem with hardware, then upgrading to XP or linux will still have the same problem right? Can anyone confirm that installing harddrive is the reason for this instability? Is there any hope for making it more stable? Please advise.
Thanks a lot,
Hari | |
