Picked this up spelunkin... any suggestions to pass on?
 * Reply to msg originally in Technical Compute
>>>> QUOTING David Maggin to All <<<<
 DM> Intermittantly, though on a fairly regular basis, when sitting idle
 DM> (and w/system resources around 95%), Winword will lock up.  There are
 DM> no other programs running or open, and I've disabled the screen saver
 DM> as well as anything that might be running in the background (e.g.,
 DM> anti-virus software, etc.).  Additionally, there's nothing being
 DM> automatically loaded or run at startup.  When the lock-up occurs, the
 DM> HD access light is on, so I've reckoned it's due to some background
 DM> "housekeeping" (or swapping) conflict that I missed???
 DM> I don't know if it's related, but I've been unable to upgrade the RAM
 DM> to 16 megs (4 4 meg SIMMs).  Once installed, the BIOS properly
 DM> recognizes 16 megs, but Win95 halts half-way through the boot with
 DM> either an "unable to initialize VFAT..." or "HIMEM.SYS has encountered
 DM> unreliable XMS memory..." messages.  The RAM (3 different sets!) has
 DM> all been tested OK.  I've tried reducing RAM read/write speed (which
 DM> is generally the cause of this type of error), but have been unable to
 DM> remedy the problem, so I reinstalled the original RAM.  (I'm fairly
 DM> certain, however, that this problem is due to the system's old BIOS.)
 DM> The system:
 DM> AMI BIOS dated 1990 (which may not be fully compatible w/Win95?)
 DM> Cyrix Cx486DRXý33/66GP processor (386->486 upgrade chip?) w/math
 DM> co-pro 8 megs (8 1 meg SIMMs) of 30-pin 70ns RAM, 64K L2 cache
 DM> Thanks,
 DM> David
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