[Matix]

I am becoming extremely annoyed. If i could format my computer i would, but unfortunately i had the comp custom made and they wanted to charge extra for the disc so i have no disc to reformat. long story so Anyhow..

Almost every game i play, my computer will either freeze up during play or my computer will just reboot(without error)

I'm running

AMD Athlon XP 1.6ghz
768MB PC2100 RAM
Ge-Force FX 5700 Ultra 128MB
Win XP
400 watt power supply
Asus A7V333-X Motherboard

I have all the latest drivers for my vid card and MB.

My Hard drive is an FAT32(it's been partitioned into 2 drives). My main drive is my C: Which is only like 18gb, not nearly enough for my games. My other drive is 55gb which is where i have my games installed. I "think" this might be the problem but i don't know why it would be. My 2 other games run fine when installed in my D drive. Which is Conquer online(1.5gb) and Continuum(like 5mb).

 

[RSM123]

Welcome to the forums,

Firstly you might like to follow the tip here :

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak433.aspx

To diasble the default setting whereby XP will just reboot on encountering certain errors. That way the next time it occurs you will get the 'Blue Screen' with an error message. You can then either post the message here / or run a Google search for other people who have reported the same error previously.

Just for info - I had the same situation some months ago. The error thrown up suggested it was related to a graphics driver problem - Google searches for the error (nv4_disp.dll) took me to sites where others were recommended to experiment with other drivers. However in my case it was related to a faulty stick of ram (I had 2 x 256mb).

Switching the ram around did not correct the problem - however with them each in place individually, I found the system would not boot with one of them.

As you state you have 768 mb, I am assuming you have 512 + 256. You might try the above if only to rule it out.

 

[McTimson]

It could be bad RAM, or maybe they sold you an overclocked computer, and the parts can't keep up. I would check each part (CPU, memory) to see what they're rated at, and then check the BIOS settings.