serious problem - need help asap

[effi rubin]

every game i play freezes after a couple of minutes, and not only that the game freezes it stuck the entire system and besides reseting the computer i'm unable to do anything...

thanking you in advance, effi.

[Raptor]

ASAP?!

[2k dummy]

How about SNAFU and FUBAR - does that bother you too?

Mellow out, young man. Letting such trivialities get to you will put you in an early grave.

[effi rubin]

well it is very urgent for me ok?

i've tried lots of things to fix this problem (including formating the computer) and nothing helped..

so please help me...

[Raptor]

Information about cleaning computer components

If you formatted and properly installed Windows, your hardware may be overheating. Better maintain your computer or install a more decent cooling solution to see if ithat solves your problem.

[Joleen]

Take a look at your cpu and graphics card fans and ensure they're working ok.  Maybe you could give us some info on the computer you're using like cpu, ram, graphics etc.

[effi rubin]

i doesnt seem to be the problem...

it happens even when i only start the computer..

[Joleen]

Have you made any hardware changes recently?

[effi rubin]

intel pentium 4
256 ddr
nvidia geforce4 440 mmx ,128mb
60gb hard drive
windows xp sp2

[effi rubin]

a new external adsl modem, but the problem started even before..

[Joleen]

Have you tried reseating your components?

[effi rubin]

yep...

[Joleen]

And the fans are working ok?

[effi rubin]

yes they are working just fine..

[Neil]

Sounds like your RAM or another piece of hardware has gone bad, especially if formatting hasn't helped. I tedious way to find out is to get a good friend's computer and swap compenents back and forth until you find your computer works again... whatever you just swapped must be the problem. Only swap one thing at a time though and be careful when handling hardware.