Hi.. You know what... I just ran memtest86, and within less than 5 mins, the error counter shows 2000+ errors! My goodness... so it's a memory problem. Thanks for troubleshooting my problem. I appreciate your time spent for helping me. Halbert > > Um... what is "memtest86"? and where to obtain that program? > > A simple web search would turn up multiple hits, but www.memtest86.com > will take you straight there. > > > A hardware problem in this case is a memory problem or hdd problem? > > Probably not hdd, but it could be anything else on your motherboard if > it's hardware. > > --Stephen