Hi Marcel, Tks for your advice. > > I tried turning off "HWCursor" on xorg.conf as advised by a folk on > > the mailing list but the problem still remaining intact. > > If this is a new system, you should also check your memory setup in > the BIOS. > I've seen dozen of times that when memory timings aren't correct the > weirdest > "hangs" can occur. > Since than I always start from very safe settings and use that for a > week or > so, just to prove system stability. After that I optimize for speed > step by > step. Yes, this is a new system. Which memory setup did you refer? TIA I used the default setting of the motherboard. B.R. SL