How does the computer run with the case open? Any crashes or problems?

its when im in the middle of being online or playin a game. Its like my online slows down and takes for ever to see pictures on it becuz it acts slow for some reason then t reboots most of the time. I took the side off and nothing really is going on in there.

I ran the computer with the caes open nothnig in there sems to be wrong.. theres only dust partivles thats all, im not feeling too much heat but its warm..

If you are still crashing can you please post the full error messages?

The most important #'s would be in this form: (what I am posting is just an example: we need to see what you actually get).

Stop 0x0000000a(0x00000029,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x8046 6d7b)

You will also see text such as:

0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

or:

0x0000007F: UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP

You may also see a faulty driver pointed out.

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

so this will show me the error numbers i been getting? ok i will try that then.

this is the same problem i have, have u been also having reboots? also i only seen the blue screen twice on my computer but now that i have i know i need to write down wat its doing it never wants to come up it would jus reboot xp again... how can u be able to see the blue screen agian? i already unclicked auto-restart..

sorry i havent been on my online was disconnected but the error hasnt come up it jus reboots, i went to event error and i dont seem ot find that at all..

Rebooting without error is generally indicative of a hardware issue.

To start troubleshooting strip the hardware as much as possible.

I would suggest: CPU; RAM; Graphics card.

If you have more than one stick of RAM go to only one.

Run the computer like this just to see if the problem persists.

We can add or remove piece by piece trying to find the problem.

ok but how will i strip the hardware? ive been running the computer with the lid off as well..

ill also post my info on my computer as well cuz im not sure if i have another stick of ram..