is your system crashing on downloads or installs?

The instillations. I removed an obselete network card I wasn't using, and my floppy drive that I never used anyway. I managed to get the actual game installed I guess it was sheer luck. I started to patch the updates but during instillation it randomly reset again.

I dunno how much this will tell us but I turned off the auto restart under system options and got this blue screen:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Technical Information:
Stop: 0x000000A (OXACB00080, OX000001E, 0x00000001, 0x806EE2DC)

Nothing seems to help my situation...I'm fresh out of ideas with my knowledge. The only things hooked up are CD Drive, Harddrive, Speakers, Mic, Soundcard, Video Card, Mouse, Keyboard.

Could it be a harddrive driver?

unless you have already, have you tried googling some of those numbers/codes? like "OXACB00080" ...when i got a blue screen i would just search online and it would tell me what was wrong, but i guess you already know whats wrong....worth a shot i guess.

I did it says pretty much the same thing, a device driver error. I'm just wandering what is wrong considering that the only thing that I have had trouble with is instillation of newer/larger CPU games.