I've had this problem for about a month now and I'm not much of a gamer but its annoying nevertheless.
Basically, any game I play or any application I use that utilises DirectX or even OpenGL crashes after a minute or two or freezes for a couple of second then unfreezes. Sometimes my system even restarts when this problem occurs.
It can't be the gfx card because I have tried 3 cards and all yield the same results. I don't want to reinstall WinXP either because I don't have the time to reinstall everything. Nothing is overclocked on my system either.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled DirectX 9.0c using DirectX Happy Uninstaller without any luck.
Running 3DMark03 crashes my system 95% of the time before completing all of the tests though the crashes and freezing are random throughout.
What could the problem be?
System specs:
Windows XP Professional
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz)
ASUS A7V333
400W WinPower PSU
512MB PC2700 DDR333
nVidia GeForce FX5200
40GB/120GB/200GB HD's
LiteOn 16x DVD-ROM
NEC-2510 DVD Writer
Basically, any game I play or any application I use that utilises DirectX or even OpenGL crashes after a minute or two or freezes for a couple of second then unfreezes. Sometimes my system even restarts when this problem occurs.
It can't be the gfx card because I have tried 3 cards and all yield the same results. I don't want to reinstall WinXP either because I don't have the time to reinstall everything. Nothing is overclocked on my system either.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled DirectX 9.0c using DirectX Happy Uninstaller without any luck.
Running 3DMark03 crashes my system 95% of the time before completing all of the tests though the crashes and freezing are random throughout.
What could the problem be?
System specs:
Windows XP Professional
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz)
ASUS A7V333
400W WinPower PSU
512MB PC2700 DDR333
nVidia GeForce FX5200
40GB/120GB/200GB HD's
LiteOn 16x DVD-ROM
NEC-2510 DVD Writer