Ignore the 6.1 or 6.2 that was me being a nub but there is Nvidia drivers as well.

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=26 get nVidia Omega Driver 1.6177

Tried crippling the ram yet? Set it to cas3, 266mhz and give it a spin.

Could be worth trying but remember that my old RAM was running at safe timings and the problems were just the same.  Thats the hook here - the new hardware is experiencing the same problems as the old.

Can you put the rad back in and look at any error messages you get, or can you try the ram & cards in another system?

Too little time Im afraid.

Temps ok?

IIRC, the CPU temp is around 52 deg or so (straight after gaming).  Warm, but not so blisteringly hot as to cause so many crashes.  Besides some crashes/freezes/BSODs are happening hours into a game.

Ive now tried running one stick in slot one (again) and it crashed this time within a few minutes.  Therefore, Im now inclined to think that it could be something to do with a background event.  Some prog or something trying to do something thats pulling the rug from under the CPU and/or memory.  Just generally being annoying in a Windows stylee...  

Heres what I have running when gaming:

Red indicates what I can successfully shut down/stop before starting a game.  The ones left alone are those that either I cant shut down or wont because I dont know whether I should...

McSheild and CTHELPER definitely wont stop.

CAN I run games from Safe Mode?...  What about creating a new user with F-all going on in the background?  How would I acheive that?




 

Cheers.

Fair cop on the mobo but out of interest, what makes you think its the PSU?  (550W Enermax).

Settings again:

http://www.tekforums.co.uk/posts/list/75/761.page#10031

If it came to it, and I had to install a new mobo, would I have to reinstall Windows?...  :shock:

Yup, you can put the xp disk in after swapping the mainboard, choose install new but when it detects your existing install itll say hey I can sort that out," and you click repair and itll sort itself out.

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Cost of cheap motherboard & 50p ebugger psu for testing + spares drawer: £peanuts

Time taken farting around & staring at laras boobs waiting for a crash: hours n hours

Put a price on your time - throwing money at stuff like this is the best thing to do.

If it is the mobo you best bet I think would be to try and get a second-hand NF7.

Might try that anyway.

have you treid the other thing they sugested ? turning down video acceleration ?

On the list!

Cheers, all.