Board:

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard...A-7N400S-L.htm

Manual:

http://america.giga-byte.com/MotherB...400s(-l)_e.pdf

Any info in the Help and Support Error Log?

Did you notice this RAM config: re: Dual Channel Technology?

pg. 14 of manual:

If you only have 2 sticks they should be in:

Either: slot 1&3 or 2&3; not 1&2

i do have them in 1 and 2, could this cause the problem?

both sticks are dual channel

nope, just got another lockup with sticks in 1 and 3...no error messages reported in event viewer

as for the error log, nothing either

Is you CPU still running @ 60°C?

How about the PSU? Is this new? What wattage? Voltage? Temp.?

Did you install all the board drivers?

nForce2 series system driver for example?

in the bios there is a PC health status menu and heres what it reads:

Vcore OK
DDR25V OK
+3.3v OK
12v OK
Current System Temp 37*C
Current CPU Temp 57*C
CPU fan 4115 RPM
system fan 2083 rpm


i checked this after the computer was idle for around 5 hours

as for the PSU i dont know the temp, but it is 420w

and yes i updated the BIOS and the nvidia nforce drivers today

i know your a busy bee jephree, but just upping this thread cuz i need this bug fixed

How often is this happening? What are you doing when it happens?

Any new errors & or logs?

I think your CPU is rather hot but not fatally so. In the manual Setup screen it is shown as 45°C fwiw.

To diagnose hardware I would go back to the basics.
1 stick RAM: Grapics Card: 1 hard drive.
Clear the CMOS.
Does that make a difference?

As to compatibility:

Is your RAM DDR400?

You also have to use DDR memory module(s) with frequencies equal
to or faster than the FSB frequency of the CPU you install. For example, when using a CPU with 333Mhz FSB,
you have to install DDR333 or DDR400 memory module(s).

Your AMD Athlon™ XP 3200+ =(400 FSB)

like the title says its ALMOST seemingly random

but it usually happens when AIM and windows media player are running together, and after like a half hour of GTA, but not any other game, only that one

no new errors or logs

but i looked into each log more closely and found this one as common

Details
Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 101
Source: ESENT
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: STOP_ID
Message: %1 (%2) %3The database engine stopped.

Explanation
The extensible storage engine database engine stopped.

Possible causes include:

An online restoration failed. There may be missing log files on the computer or in an online restoration, or there may be old log files that are out of sequence with the log that is mentioned in the Restore.env file.
A database could not be loaded. The directory where the database or logs exist might not have the correct permissions assigned to it in order to load the store.
An information store was unloaded.
There might be file-level virus-scanning software running against the log file directory.


User Action
To troubleshoot the problem, check the Application log and the System log to determine the exact sequence of related events leading up to this event.

For more information about this event, see article Q274321 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.



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Currently there are no Microsoft Knowledge Base articles available for this specific error or event message. For information about other support options you can use to find answers online, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx.


and yes im SURE that my ram is ddr400

http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_Q274321.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...rror_codes.asp

That error sort of relates to the log failures ... tho doesn't explain them.

If the hardware is all fine my next suggestion would be to do a new Clean Install of XP SP2.

The only other outstanding issue that i see is the CPU heat.