hi there! i'm new here in the forums and i thought that i'd share to you my problem.
here are my PC's specs...
processor: P4 2.40 GHz (533MHz FSB)
MoBo: Foxconn 648FX4MR-ES (3PCI 2DDR AGP8x)
Vid card: ATI Radeon 9200 SE 128MB AGP8x
Memory: 512MB PC400 DDR SDRAM
HDD: Seagate 40GB 7200RPM
OS: WinXP Pro
now everytime i play a game (whether it be NBA Live 2004/2005, NFS underground 2), after some time during the game (usually after 10-20 minutes), my PC will automatically restart. now, i did the thing with my computer wherein i turned off the "restart my computer on system failure". once i turned this off, STOP messages appear (pretty scary...) like
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
i've already tried a few things but to no avail...
a. updated my display driver (same result; it even frequented the crashing!)
b. reformatted my PC (same result)
take note that it only happens when i play video games. everything is normal when i'm not playing anything... i sent my video card back to my vendor and they tested it for one whole day. no flaws/reboots according to them.
also, i am not sure if this could be an issue, but during BIOS my memory frequency is 200MHZ (im using a 512mb pc3200 (400 MHz) DDR SDRAM ).
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Merry Christmas to ALL!
here are my PC's specs...
processor: P4 2.40 GHz (533MHz FSB)
MoBo: Foxconn 648FX4MR-ES (3PCI 2DDR AGP8x)
Vid card: ATI Radeon 9200 SE 128MB AGP8x
Memory: 512MB PC400 DDR SDRAM
HDD: Seagate 40GB 7200RPM
OS: WinXP Pro
now everytime i play a game (whether it be NBA Live 2004/2005, NFS underground 2), after some time during the game (usually after 10-20 minutes), my PC will automatically restart. now, i did the thing with my computer wherein i turned off the "restart my computer on system failure". once i turned this off, STOP messages appear (pretty scary...) like
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
i've already tried a few things but to no avail...
a. updated my display driver (same result; it even frequented the crashing!)
b. reformatted my PC (same result)
take note that it only happens when i play video games. everything is normal when i'm not playing anything... i sent my video card back to my vendor and they tested it for one whole day. no flaws/reboots according to them.
also, i am not sure if this could be an issue, but during BIOS my memory frequency is 200MHZ (im using a 512mb pc3200 (400 MHz) DDR SDRAM ).
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Merry Christmas to ALL!
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