hey cmbl,

first check your cpu and system temperatures in the bios. if your cpu is over 60c, its very hot and below 60c is fine. also how much power are you running on your computer? 350watts? 400watts? what brand is your power supply?


you can also try changing the videocard drivers from your videocard and see if that helps get rid of the problem. another thing you can do is to check the eventlog and see if the computer post any errors. you can go to the eventlog by:

right click on my computer -> click on manage -> click on the eventviewer on the left hand side. then see if you get any errors mesages and post it here so we can help you further solve the problem.

another thing you can do is to test out your ram for any errors. check out www.majorgeeks.com and download memtest86 from the memory section. then you will need to put the program on a cd or floppy and boot from the cd or floppy. of course you will need to change your first boot device in the bios to cdrom or floppy. then the comp should boot to memtest86 and the program will begin testing out your ram for errors. let memtest go for about 10passes minimum.

 

Hi

You might get a better idea of what's happening to your temperatures if you monitor them when running the more demanding games software - try this:-
http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

If you want to ensure that there is no possibility of the original virus infection still remaining on your drive, I would suggest running the drive manufacturer's utilility/diagnostic software and re-setting the drive to zeros - you can download the software for free from their site.

Should you try this option, I would recommend using the original mainboard drivers and the same ATI drivers that you had when things ran OK - if all is well, then try upgrading the drivers.

Peter

 

thanks for the help guys, as for the error logging, i went there and found these errors and warnings:



as i mentioned, i have hade two restarts today, and the only errors today have been caused by ati2mtag. whats that?

i downloaded the temperature monitor, but its not clear what temperature is for what:

 

video
please go in your device manager to make sure its clean..no yellow signs..
if the video card has a fan, make sure its spinning.
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no, there are no yellow signs in any of the sub categories in the device manager

 

video card fan?

 

the vid card fan is goin strong, but it seems the fan is blowing alot of dust into the (empty) extension slot under it, but i guess that wont be the problem

 

about the psu, its a Thermaltake 'purepower' model: HPC-360-102 DF

how do i check how much power it is providing?

again, thanks for the support :heartlove

 

hi
you need to have your machine cleaned out with canned air

but it seems the fan is blowing alot of dust into the (empty) extension slot under it

 

well, as luck had it, just as i was downloading registry mechanic 4, it restarted! yes! ive been trying to trigger it because i changed a windows recovery option, so now when it screws up, it shows the error instead of restarting. In the blue screen that appeared, it said that if there was a driver listed below, then basicly go fiddle with that driver. and this was listed:

ati3duag.dll - adress BFB2A2FD base at BFA77000, datestamp 42c2obd6

that clearly points towards my video driver, which just so happens to be the very latest driver available on ati.com.

what i need now is an older driver for my radeon 9600 XT, if anyone can point me in the right direction, i would be very grateful. google returned ro results for me.

 

check here

 

thanks, but i acctually downloaded a driver from that site earlier today, an earlier driver, but the problem persists.

im beginning to think that my vid card is going/gone, cause a friend said that his old 9800se caused the same problem, because he increased the frequency too much.

the last time i increased the frequency was when another friend came over and increased the frequency from i think 68 to 75 hz. surely that wouldnt cause my card to fry?

 

ok. i uninstalled the drivers, put in a 6600GT card and installed those drivers, and while i was playing a game it did the restart thing and it came up with this error:



what do you guys make of it?

 

you need to run the machine with the side off and floor fan blowing in to see if it helps. do a memtest from the link below...is your ram listed as an approved make for your board?
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i still have a different gfx card in my comp and i was playing generals and i got this error. im beginning to think that my ram is gone/faulty.