ok ..... hope it goes well ........ let us know & thanks for the thanks!

ok it has been fine now with dmi thing. but sometimes when i start it up it freezes afther it says intel cleron etc and just before it dectects ides. when it does this i reset and then afther a few resets it gets past it and goes boot from cd:failure
insert system disk etc

so i reset again and the it works most of the time.???

Do the Time & Date in the BIOS stay consistent?

Sorry I forget how old this machine is but I am wondering if the motherboard battery might need to be changed.

i changed the battery and i get the same thing

I can only speculate as to your setup. You said it was custom built.

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~701 Mhz

Bus Clock: 66 megahertz

Am wondering about the RAM/ speed/ compatibilty/ etc.

Here is a good overall scan:

http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...ng=en&pageid=1

Under Motherboard | SPD will give you the RAM specs.

Is it still working "Most of the time"?

Any other problems?

yes afther it starts windows it is mostly fine but sometimes very ralely it will come up with a blue screen saying windows shut down your computer to prevend it from damage computer etc.... if this is the first time you have seen this reset it etc...

it said max 512 and i am running 256

But what is the speed?

Your board: Bus Clock: 66 megahertz.

If you want to view those BSOD errors:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your latest .dmp file.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your latest .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.

you mean sd 128 133mhz? and 2x 64 133mhz

Yes. That might be causing the issue.

Not that it won't work (as you can see it does); but it just might not always be happy.
Especially when booting & the #'s don't click.

I would guess that those BSOD's would reference this issue.