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Old 06-07-2009   #1
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Ok.

I just build a budget pc, installed the os and installed some basic programs.
One of them was Winamp I always have this cause it basically rocks.
As i was playing some music on Winamp i decided to switch to visualisation mode (milkdrop) and after a couple of secondes, the program freezes and my pc restarts instantly!

I'm running this pc on onboard graphics card and onboard audio.
I'm gonna buy a video card sooner or later though but i wan't to solve this problem first.(Is hardware?, bad OS? corrupt .dll file? drivers?)

The only thing i did so far was re-instaling the os, but it did the same thing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Intel Core 2 DUO 2.80 Ghz
Asrock Wolfdale 945GCM-S
2 gig DDR2 RAM
Onboard VGA 224MB?????
OS: Window XP professional SP 3
(need more details? let me know)

Right now I'm trying to find the newest VGA and Audio drivers see what happens.
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Hello there name_less, welcome back to PCHF!
I will mark this thread as open to encourage the more knowledgeable staff and members to come and take a look

Thank you for your patience

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Thank you smokeycheech,

By the way I found the solution for my problem.
It was the Graphics chip driver. (VGA driver ver:14.25.50) I dunno if it was too old or buggy but i found the newer version on the intel website:
( ver. 14.32.4.4926).

The Asrock Wolfdale 945gcm-s Is a solid Mobo and cheap.
Easy to overclock (If you know what your doing)
Just look for the newest VGA driver online and your good to go.
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Thanks for getting back to us, name_less. How wonderful that you located your fix!

I'll get this marked as RESOLVED.
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