WIN 2K freezes up

My WIN 2K system has also started to freeze up. There is no specific app I'm running when it does. I've read the other threads and tried the suggestions: winmgmt /clearadap and /resyncperf; I've open my machine, all 3 fans are running, left door off, no help. I had the "NTLDR Missing" problem and used the thread to clear that. I also get a message when the machine boots that says "HardwareMonitor.exe has generated errors, will be closed by Win "

My machine ran good for about a year and has started this freezing the last month. I've run the SFC and it comes clean. I've run NAV (last updated in April) but it runs clean. I don't know how to find what it is doing when it freezes - I have to reboot. This is happening several times a day.

Environment:
M/B is FIC AZ11EA
1.2 Ghz Athlon
512 MB memory
40GB harddrive
Win2K installed from clean disk about 1 1/2 years ago.

Where to from here? Any suggestions?

 

How do I look?

I don't find the error logs in Admin Tools. When I look in Help all I find is Dr. Watson. How do I look at the error logs?

 

- right-click My Computer
- left-click Manage
- expand Event Viewer
- check both the system and applications logs for errors, failure audits and warnings. You can pretty much ignore success audits and other informational listings. In fact, under view~filter you can uncheck those to not have to see them while you are troubleshooting.

It might be easiest to clear the logs and reboot to get a fresh start so you don't have so many events to look thru.