This computer runs fine out of any type of game, but after an amount of
time in a game such as Half-Life 2 or even World of Warcraft, (usually
between 30 minutes to and hour and a half) the monitor shuts down, and
any music running in the background shuts off too, but the computer
itself stays on. Another issue that might be somehow related, ill tell
you why after, is that during the part of startup where you see the
windows 2000 graphic and the loading bar in the centar of the bottom of
the screen, it freezes up. This has a random chance of occuring as if i
manually restart the PC enough times the startup process will load as
normal. I think that little issue is related to the main issue becuase
they both started after i upgraded from an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ to an
AMD Athlon 64 3700+. This change required a new motherboard and this is
the exact motherboard I bought.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128259

Specs are as follows:
Radeon x800 Pro
1gig 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
Motherboard as in link above

Im pretty sure this is a hardware issue as software-wise I havent
changed anything.

"LtChicken" <ryansongy@hotmail.com> wrote:

|>This computer runs fine out of any type of game, but after an amount of
|>time in a game such as Half-Life 2 or even World of Warcraft, (usually
|>between 30 minutes to and hour and a half) the monitor shuts down, and
|>any music running in the background shuts off too, but the computer
|>itself stays on. Another issue that might be somehow related, ill tell
|>you why after, is that during the part of startup where you see the
|>windows 2000 graphic and the loading bar in the centar of the bottom of
|>the screen, it freezes up.

On the W2K the startup dots reperesent drivers being loaded, if your
having problems at that point it's most likely a driver issue.


|> This has a random chance of occuring as if i
|>manually restart the PC enough times the startup process will load as
|>normal. I think that little issue is related to the main issue becuase
|>they both started after i upgraded from an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ to an
|>AMD Athlon 64 3700+. This change required a new motherboard and this is
|>the exact motherboard I bought.
|>
|>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128259
|>
|>Specs are as follows:
|>Radeon x800 Pro
|>1gig 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
|>Motherboard as in link above
|>
|>Im pretty sure this is a hardware issue as software-wise I havent
|>changed anything.


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"LtChicken" <ryansongy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Can't say I agree with your diagnosis completely.

While many folk have successfully upgraded hardware on W2K/XP it's generally
accepted the 'best' results are obtained by doing a 'complete' & 'fresh'
install avoiding any potential conflicts from residual leftovers from the
old hardware's drivers.
Your description of startup freezes is suggestive of driver conflicts. Only
realistic fix is to backup your data 'format' & reinstall.
Another possibly is RAM faults. Google for 'memtest' to soak test your Ram
to eliminate that as a cause.

The Lockup after 30-90 minutes is suggestive of a heat problem, either
incorrectly mounted CPU heatsink, or poor airflow through the PC.
CPU temperature can usually be monitored by checking in the Bios under
'Health' or similar. Often your MBoard will come with a temperature
monitoring utility.
To test for case air flow problems, remove the side of the case and direct a
personal 'Fan' at the internals of the PC.

I had two PC's that would bomb out at 59/60 deg.C which was well within CPU
temp specs. Turned out it was the chipset getting to hot because of poor
airflow, an old Powersupply fan mounted in the bottom of the case blowing up
fixed them.

Cheers
Paul.