My computer has allways had little quarks, for the most part ive delt with them. my ram wasnt suported by the motherboard to run at 400mhz so i had to underclock it, and later i installed a hacked motherboard bios that solved this problem. computer is super stable for the most part this is is stable unless i play games.

This problem is almost not a big deal at all because it only happens when i play games for extended periods of time and doesnt allways happen. But has re accured enough that ide like to get it fixed if at all posible.. Note that this has been happening sence befor i installed the hacked bios (witch to me seems to have done nothing but good).

So my computer doesnt crash wont restart on its own or shutdown.. But the screen freezes. i can still hear the sound and whats going on around me.. and if i mess with some key combo's ctrl+alt+delete ctrl+alt+esc heck i just throw ctrl+alt infront of just about anything, but if i do this i can usualy manage to get the mouse pointer to work again but the screen is still frozen for the most part...

This would seem to be one of 2 things.. video card or powersupply, replaced the video card problem continues, Replaced the powersupply with a thermal take tr2-500 Watt powersupply. problem continues. I even replaced the hard drive because it could put off such a result, but once again no change.

So are we talking heat.. Well maby but i doubt it.. While my temperatures arent great due to an akward athlon xp 3200+ cpu that has ran hot sence the day i got it... Ive replaced the hs&f with a thermaltake silent boost to get the temperatures at idle to 52c and at full load to 62c , while this isnt great because its been sugested that over 55c will shorten ur cpu's life span, it doesnt seem to be the cause of my immediate problem.

So video card overheating should be the next thing i think off or the first thing but i lost count.. Well it runs idle at about 43c and max load at about 55c and i cant realy argue with that.. I have it set to alarm me if it reaches threshold and it has never made a peep.

So in an attempt to not spend anymore money when im planing on building a new computer within the next year ive ran out of ideas and ran out of things i can upgrade now and still use in my next build EG power supply.. if i upgraded the ram would be useless to me very soon.

While it would seem posible to be a ram problem tho not likely because that would cause reboots ETC, I have ran memtest with flawless results for over a day, and my computer stays stable under prime95 for as long as i can throw it at it.. after all this system is running at stock speeds.

So now that u understand my problem and things that ive done here are my specs..

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OS Information:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partitio n1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 2205
Description x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label Bank0/1
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label Bank4/5
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1023MB

Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Maxtor 6Y060P0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 61492193280 (~57 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Maxtor 6Y200P0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 203925012480 (~190 GB)
Number of Partitions 3

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model SAMSUNG HD160JJ SCSI Disk Device
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 160039272960 (~149 GB)
Number of Partitions 2


Installed Printers:
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Name hp psc 1310 series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name hp psc 1310 series


Motherboard:
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Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product A7N8X-E
Serial Number xxxxxxxxxxx
Version REV 2.xx


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Name Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20041112000000.000000+000
Version Nvidia - 42302e31


Monitor:
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Description SAMTRON 96B/97B
Name SAMTRON 96B/97B
Screen Height 1024
Screen Width 1280


Keyboard:
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Description Logitech PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
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Manufacturer Logitech
Name HID-compliant MX518 Optical Mouse


Sound Card:
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Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Description NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
Device ID NVAX\NFORCE_VAD\4&30255A3&0&0000


Video Card:
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Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.9147
Driver Date 8/12/2006 2:42:42 AM
Video Mode Description 1280 x 1024 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
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Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
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Network Adapters:
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Description NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller #2 - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Microsoft TV/Video Connection

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator Serial Port 1
External Reference Designator Serial Port 2
External Reference Designator Parallel Port
External Reference Designator PS/2 Keyboard
External Reference Designator PS/2 Mouse
External Reference Designator USB1
External Reference Designator USB2
External Reference Designator USB3
External Reference Designator USB4
External Reference Designator USB5
External Reference Designator USB6
External Reference Designator ETHERNET
External Reference Designator ETHERNET
External Reference Designator Joystic Port
External Reference Designator MIDI Port
External Reference Designator Onboard 1394
External Reference Designator Line In Jack Port

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation PCI4
Slot Designation PCI5
Slot Designation AGP
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I uped the power going to my agp slot in bios and that as seemed to fix the problem.. Im not 100% on it yet but if it comes back ill reply to this post again.