Ram is pre tested in a different system I owned and is good. The video cards I've used are also pre-tested and work fine in a different system. What's happening is whenever I try to open a 3D game I get almost immediate and complete system lockup. The...

System Lockup Need Help. I have a home built rig that I have been running since April 2007 with the following general specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz Dual Core CPU Wintec Ampo 2GB (2X1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 PC2 6400 Dual Channel Memory EVGA...

sure whether there is a more graceful way to get out of system lockups than what I have been doing previously. Any help is really appreciated. Also, i did read an article about some interupt key patterns to use if the system locks up, but this last time...

problem with system lockups when the computer sits idle or loading a program.have reformated the hard drive and only thing on hd is xp...but still lockup have to reboot to get it unlocked any help ? the systen is running xp pro 384 meg memory 80 gig...

System Lockup. I have been running WinXP Pro 2600 with automatic updates enabled since February/March and at its best the system ran very well for more than 6 weeks. Then I bought and played Dark Age of Camelot. That game caused many hard lockups forced me...

The lockup just freezes the picture and watever sound was playing just repeats over and over - I cant ctrl alt del, I have to reset the system. Sometimes it will run fine if I remove the side of the case. I've put extra fans in but that did'nt help. The...

DVD+RW causing system Lockup. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware () I have a Philips DVDR824P (Philips' latest DVD+RW recorder), and it daily and more, causes my system to hang, or sometime restarts it. I have all the latest XP...

System Lock-Up/Freeze. Hey all, About a few weeks ago my system began freezing completely, in random intervals. From I/O errors, to windows files corruption, I thought the clear problem was a failing hard drive. (The problem persisted after several re-installs...

System Lockup upon loading any game. Missing text. Or are you trying to delete the topic? Use the Edit button and check the Delete Box at the bottom. I can't seem to edit those two posts :/ A couple of weeks ago...

System Lockup. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain () I am at wits end. My machine will freeze up on me anywhere from 20 minutes on. Reboot from the case is the only fix. I have reinstalled WIN XP Pro several times and...