new system need help playing game system crashes

[Eric]

just built 3 weeks ago a new system an athleon 2500+,azus
mother board,radeon 9600 agp video card,512 ddr mem,40g
h/d,nvida gforce2 sound card on board and running windows
xp
i bought startrek elite forces2,swat3,and hitman i start
to play the game and the system freezes sometimes it
rebots the computer and sometimes it just goes to the desk
top and stop the game
i have tried to install new drivers on the videocard and
on the sound card
i have tried to lower the sound card to basic,lower the
video setting and it gets a little better but eventually
the problem starts again.any help would be greatfull thank
you eric

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Eric,

Did you buy a good sized power supply for the system you built?
Sounds like you would need to have at least 350 Watts for it.

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| just built 3 weeks ago a new system an athleon 2500+,azus
| mother board,radeon 9600 agp video card,512 ddr mem,40g
| h/d,nvida gforce2 sound card on board and running windows
| xp
| i bought startrek elite forces2,swat3,and hitman i start
| to play the game and the system freezes sometimes it
| rebots the computer and sometimes it just goes to the desk
| top and stop the game
| i have tried to install new drivers on the videocard and
| on the sound card
| i have tried to lower the sound card to basic,lower the
| video setting and it gets a little better but eventually
| the problem starts again.any help would be greatfull thank
| you eric

 

[Guest]

I would be having the video card check by the retailer.