im allmoast certen its the modem now, because iv noteced its onley been crashing when im on the net or connecting/dissconnecting from it . i did a test last night to see if reely was the modem , i started moast of my applications : LW,mame arcade game emulator,ares p2p, wordpad, WMP with g-force viz looping several songs, task manager,peergaurdian, both of my antiviruses and several folders. cpu usage was 12-45% , all while NOT connected to the internet or using the modem in any way, so i went to sleep and 10 hours later everything was running just the way i left it , cpu usage a steady 35% avrage. so i figurd that if it can run 7 apps a the same time while offline than its the modem. it shouldent be the contacts on the memory ,everything was brand new out of the box and the gold contacts all looked verry shiny. the modem was the onley thing i cheeped out on when i selected parts for this thing, i bot 2 of the same modem ,1 for my new "super computer" and 1 for my old windows 98 email macine. the older comp is doing verry simalar things sence i installed the modem (its more severe with the older comp because it crashes EVERY time you try to connect to the net) . allso the memory i got for it is listed in the mobo manuel so it shouldent be incompatebul. it has to be the modem. stay away from 8$ modems....

bitstreame i think youv been the most helpful person in here so far ,thank you. peerless being a close second.