My problem is the following: windows xp freeze (3-5 seconds) followed by a screen blink (similar to vga signal blink when you change monitor's resolution) and then windows xp is unfroze, running stable again. It only happens once in a while, can run perfectly during 2 days.

I have a Kudoz 7X with a 2000 xp, 512mb ddr 333, and an abit siluro fx 5200. I tried to swap the ram, same problem. CPU is not overheating. PCI Delay Transaction is disabled in bios because I have a sb live (the famous via bug). A friend told me it could be the abit siluro getting too hot and that I should replace the stock heatsink by a good heatsink+fan. Abit would put a shit stock heatsink? I'm a bit clueless about this weird problem...

P.S: I have all latest via drivers, gfx drivers, latest mobo bios etc. installed :hmm:

just put the finger on your card and see if it is tooo hot ...

is it active or passive cooling ?!

I had an abit MX440 and the cooler was very good ....

have u tried to reinstall windows !?

and one very good advice DO NEVER install VIA drivers unless there is no other choice they suck ass !

and how much HDDs u have ??? have looked up the power settings ?? maybe the HDD powers down and then needs to spinup again

Disable
Auto Matically Reboot,
and Send an Adminstrative alert
in system properties.
if theirs a blue screen flashing
it wont reboot, but u will have a chance to read it

The abit siluro fx 5200 has passive cooling and the heatsink looks very small for such a card... I have 2 hdds, 80gb WD 8mb + 40gb seagate

I've just found some interesting url:

http://www.nordichardware.com/reviews/gr...x.php?ez=3

"I'm sad to say that the passive cooling on this board does in no way perform as good as the one on Sapphires. The heatsink gets incredibly hot just after a short while"

Gonna swap the heatsink with a copper one + fan, and also buy a 350 or 420W psu I hope it works...

P.S: I get no blue screen when puter freezes, it just recovers from the freeze after the screen blink.

that maybe the solution ....
I am silent PC freak .... but there are two things .....
passive is in my eyes stupid .... but loud cooled, too

just a small fan running at 5V does every job very well ... sure it is a bit hotter then with high speed fan but only a bit ....
and compared to passive is is wayyyy cooler ..... its equal how much air flows if just air flows .... so maybe it helps just putting a small fan on it .