so are you having the same problem as me???

yeah they are both graphically intense games...can I ask what your graphics card is??

Ok will do, cheers.

right, I'll have to test with other hardware, Ive just puchased a USB vacuum cleaner so i'll give it a thorough cleaning and see if that helps..well Im off to bed (it's late here) cheers.

yeah, all of the lights on my joystick go off and nums lock etc cant be turned on or off. Yeah i was using the exact same hardware when i got it, so it must be something to do with that. Umm...is it...

ok, Ive read all of your suggestions, thanks. I checked my events viewer, nothing out of the ordinary. I doubt it would get time to log it, everything dies. One strange thing about this is that my...

hey, Ive been thinking about the MB/GC compatibility problem. To me it just doesn't add up. (although you know way more htan me, and i'm probably wrong). If it was caused by not being compatible or...

cool, I'll do it when I get a free moment (poor busy student). Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes, thanks for all of your help!

haha yeah, ok I checked my BIOS, no advanced features, however i did find the flash utility which gives the option to install from floppy, I'll give that a go (right after I put my floppy drive back...

yeah I'll check out those advanced features..otherwise I'll have to do the flash.

i ran it and just pressed enter (twice I think) is that all that is needed?

cool so I download that? Im just curious to why this only happens during gaming, the graphics card is always in use isnt it?

ha ok..it's rev 1.x

k, the BIOS says/is v6.00pg F4, as for the rev number I had a look in the sugested place but couldn't see it, I'll have a look around now. cheers.

Nope it's 478!..as for the BIOS Im not sure

Yeah my MB is a gigabyte GA-81848P (-L), thanks for all of your help so far BTW, hopefully I'll get this sorted.

nope it's no where else, setting to agp 4x also doesnt work, as it just reverts back to 8x!! umm..yeah fast writes is there and i can turn it off...but it turns back on when i click apply.

hey, yip fast writes is turned on and AGP is set to 8x (of course) so I turn that off?? oh yeah.. AGP version for all is 3.0..damn! just tried to turnfast writes off..it just goes back on

ok..Im getting the latest chipset drivers for my MB..maybe that will help??

lol..yeah that may be smarter. Um..ok i downloaded coolbits what now, do I go into my BIOS startup again?

cool thanks, I'll give all of those things a try. If all else fails I may get a new graphics card..maybe that will solve the problem...anyway cheers!

nope, I checked everywhere (Advanced BIOS, CMOS etc) but just can't find it! any suggestions?? I just rebuilt my PC and it has a fresh install of XP, i thought this may have solved the problem but...

hey thanks, I'll give that a shot when i wake up! cheers

hi, im pretty noob when it comes to this side of things, so bear with me. Im on AGP 8x (6600GT), how owuld I go about turning off fastwrites, is searched in my startup menu but couldnt find it....

Hi, my events viewer has several errors with MSPAC and application errors as the source. My CPU is always at about 30-40 degrees (C). Umm..as for the dust, there is a bit in there, do you think that...

Hi there,
This problem is so annoying. When I am playing games (FSX, FS9, COD2, BF2 etc) my computer randomly freezes. I can't do anything, no ctrl-alt-del, alt-tab or slt-f4..nothing works! my USB...