Re: XP Crashing in Games. Is this going to be Resolved?

In article <4d0f01c34149$1743c040$a401280a@phx.gbl>, OneGamer@Aol.com
says...
> I've read that other people have had this same problem
> that I'm having. Now the funny thing is, I had NO issues
> when I first loaded up my XP and then the games.. they
> all ran just fine. Somewhere between then and now they
> begin to crash & I believe it is somewhere in either
> Direct-X or the compatability between my video card &
> XP. I have uninstalled/reinstalled ALL my drivers..
> updated them to WQHL cert. I've tried it with 8.1 Direct
> X, then with DX9 and same issue. I've gotten all updates
> for Windows & ive cut down the acceleration. I've checked
> all loaded up programs & cut all non-essential ones.. I
> have reformatted my HD once already & installed NOTHING
> but the basics along with updated Vid drivers & STILL the
> same issue. I am using a AOpen Nvidia GeForce4 MX440 V-64
> video card & have 512 Megs of ram with a 40g HD & 1.7ghz
> Athlon CPU. My computer has no reason to do this & no one
> seems to have an answer either at my Vid card
> manufacture's site or even at Nvidia's. Can SOMEONE
> please shed some light on this and not give a runaround??
> I'm a veteran at the computer so give me something to
> work with. Thank you!!

Do you get any error messages when it crashes? What are your system and
CPU temps at? What brand and speed memory are you running? Have you
tried relaxing your memory timings? What motherboard? What brand and
wattage power supply? Go here http://www.memtest86.com/ download
Memtest86, make the bootable floppy or CD then boot from it and let it
run on the system foe a while to see if it reports any memory errors.

Doug