Having just replaced my Asus V7100T (32mb) with a GForceIIPro 64mb, I thought I would solve a problem with all 3D Games. It doesn't seem to matter which game I run, even those as old as Quake2, or as recent as Steet Soldiers, anywhere from five seconds to ten minutes into the game, the whole screen locks up.
Sound is unaffected, the hard drives and fans are still spinning. Have fdisked & formatted the c: drive many, many times but still no luck. Have downloaded all the latest patches, video drivers, sound drivers.
Have disabled find fast, acpi function in bios, still no luck. Reenabled all performance defaults in bios, still no luck. Only programs running in background are explorer and systray. CPU is 700mhz Athlon, mobo is MS6330, Ram is 384mb of PC133, Soundcard is Live!
Value running Liveware 3.0. Mobo reports CPU at 45C. Could it be something as simple as faulty Ram? With all the cheap ram about at the moment, is this something I should check?
verything else works perfectly, including graphics work, and office apps. PC is standalone, no net connection, no viruses (Nortons 2001 AV, latest updates).
I repair computers in my spare time, so know the usual caveats in setting up things, but this one's got me stumped, unless it is just the ram.
