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Uh, well, umm, my problem is that I seem to know a lot about problems......... and I'm still learning to deal with them.

Every time I get the ol' system running sweet, WALLOP!

Another drama........ If it's not one thing it's another, and I'm always Sooooooo careful.

Is it just me?

The newest drama is when flying online......  total black system crashes at varying intervals..... the modem right?

Oh, well, back to the drawing board........  :P

In the whacky-world-of windows,, there is no way to narrow it down to just a modem that quickly.

Are you running any extras (RogerWilco etc.) when on-line ?

Does it crash and lock up,, or crash and reboot

Well, the modem diagnosis wasn't done quickly but over about 60 hours of intensive testing, pulling components out one at a time, in combination, diffferent operating systems, new formats, reinstalls, disabling or not installing software, running a bare bone system, countless hours of online and offline flying, exchanging CPU, soundcard, video card, ram......ARGHHH!!!!  

IT BETTER BE THE MODEM!!!!  

I'm not very up on P.C stuff at all. I've been using them for years and am quite proficient in operating problems and have a general (very general) understanding of the basic functions etc.
But since beginning Simming 18 mths ago, I have simply found myself out of my element. I am above average intelligence and am not afraid of new technology (although electronics have always been a mystery to me, I'm one of those kids that DIDN"T build a chrystal set............lol).
Obviously, the answer is to take a little of the spare hours I have and do some kind of computer course at College. Maybe I will.

The crux of all this, however, is that it's not you, or even the technology, I think it's the Simming habit we seem to have developed. Especially M$ Sims............lol

Have you ever had these sorts of problems with M$ Word or Excel or Encyclopaedia Britannica programs...................I'll bet not.  ;D

Just some follow up here;

It only happened in Win'98, WinXP works fine.

Still never figured it out. I gave up and fly online with XP now.