System freezing in XP

[ChrisC2600]

Every time that I am running any kind of CPU intinsive application like a game or encoding video, my system will freeze. I am not overclocking anything. Please help.

 

[edblor]

Sounds like an obvious driver issue!

Make sure you are using the latest video card drivers for your video card! If it is a VIA based chipset....the latest 4n1 drivers may help.

It could be heat related though. Confirm the heatsink is snug to the core and that nothing is obstructing it! Along the same lines, confirm that all your PCI/AGP/ISA devices are snug in their seats too!

G/L with this

Edblor

 

[ChrisC2600]

I had already installed all the current drivers, there is no problems with heat, everything is in nicely... it runs fine during normal operations, but whenever anything like a game or a demanding application is running the system will totally stall. Thanks for any help.

 

[Tal]

Power Supply Wattage? At least 300Watts for an AMD.... My buddy had this. As I have mentioned in several posts in the last few minutes, he had it running fine in Winxp, and could surf and so on, but when he ran any games or high proc usage apps, the thing would eventually bomb. Would freeze up and the sound card would just continue to buzz (As if repeating the last note indefinitely until we powered it off) He checked and thought his PSU was big enough, but it was not. Upgraded to a 350W PSU and has not had ANY problems since. -TAL