A7V333 Possible Problem

[Angracey]

Hello, i have an acquaintance with these specs:


A7V333
Athlon XP 1700 w/AC3 45 deg C under load
MSI GeForce4 Ti 4200
512 PC2100 Generic RAM
Maxtor 20 GB Slim Drive
Creative 32x CDROM
300W PSU
Aopen HQ08 w/ 3 case fans
Win98SE and XP Home

and plays 2 main games (unreal tournament and dark age kamelot).

The system boots him back to the windows 98 desktop after about 5 hours of gaming.
I've checked CPU Temp and reseated it, same deal.

He upgraded his OS to XP Home, but it is still booting him back to the desktop after about 5 hours of gaming.
I have no idea what the problem could be, and it would take days to troubleshoot.

Any ideas guys?

Thanks in advance.

 

[CraigRT]

5 hours of gaming? that can't be hardware related... must be something installed on the PC that stops the game from working. after 5 hours, the computer should prove its pretty stable...

 

[Angracey]

I totally agree.
I forgot to mention that he had installed IE 6 on his 98 OS originally (before he did the "upgrade" to XP Home).
I did the original install personally (using a copy of windows we have at the shop).

 

[mechBgon]

Maybe look in Control Panel > Tasks for any scheduled tasks that recurr (Windows Automatic Update, Windows Critical Update Notification, or so forth).

 

[Angracey]

The fellow won't be back in the shop til after xmas.
So i'll check it over, but thats the strangest problem i've ever seen.