I've recently run into this problem that every time i play a game it crashes within 5 minutes. doesn't matter what i play. Sims, Oblivion, nothing works. I never used to have this problem, in fact most of the games i play reccomend pretty high settings.

my specs:

abit KU8 mobo, AMD64 3800+, 2GB DDR 400, Radeon X800pro, Sceptre X20WG monitor at 1680x1050

i tried updating all my drivers, defragmenting my drive and looking for help online. none of this worked so i reformated my drive, reinstalled everything, updated all the drivers and i still have the same problem. does anyone know what i should do or what i should look into?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Om3rta,

Welcome to PC Help Forum.

Could you describe the crash at all,

Are you getting an error message?

Does the computer freeze up? If so can you still move the mouse cursor?

Does the computer reboot on it's own?

Is it only in games or do CPU intensive programs cause this to happen too?

basicaly the game locks up, the sound starts skipping and sometimes the screen goes blank. on a rare occasion it will restart itself.. I've only noticed it happen with games. what sort of CPU intensive programs would you suggest i try to see if it happens there too?

Pretty well anything that converts or compresses sound or video, a benchmarking tool, or you could try CPU Burn-in. This will really push your CPU for about 5 minutes.

Also you could try downloading Motherboard Monitor (This time should work) to simply keep tabs on your boards temps.

Thanks for the suggestions. could you possably repost the link for Motherboard Monitor, your link is broken.

Ok I've made an edit on the link it will bring you to MajorGeeks and all you should have to do is click on one of the mirrors.