Thanks Reverend and Conan! Sadly, I don't have the power management option they spoke of and disabling the L2 Cashe didn't work. My OS is Win98 SE. My board is a ECS/Elite K7S5A....no numbers no letters no plus....just that.

My last option is a bios update/flash.

I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO DO THIS!!!!!!!!!

I did this once to my gigabyte board and I did it with my hands over my face!

Can you guys lend a hand to a scaredy cat and help me out with which one I'm supposed to choose? Tons of warnings on the Elite site NOT to do it if there are no problems (well I got one!) and that I have to be sure to pick the right one.

http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm

Went into Bios and my version is AMI Bios version 1.2.11

Can't make sense out of what to pick there. Maybe its me, brain is fried, its Christmas and cellphone sales have been through the roof!!

Thanks so much for your help guys, I vote, vote, vote!

Sharon