General computer problem

[IrocZman223]

I built this computer, but I am still a noob. I was playing UT2004 and whenever I went to play, the game minimized itself. Then when I went to hit CTRL ALT Delete, the task manager would not show up. Now this may be simple, like I said I am a noob. I was playing NFS-MW earlier and all was good. Any help is appreciated

 

[stevty2889]

How about listing your system specs so we have something to work with?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Has it worked before and suddenly stopped working or did it never work?

Is this when you're installing it or first running it?

 

[IrocZman223]

Sorry....

AMD 3500 w/ecs nforce4 Motherboard
1 gig Mushkin value ram
XFX 7800gt
Seagate 160gb HDD

Nothing is overclocked and like I said earlier, NFS-MW worked fine today. Also, the power supply is only 350 watt I believe, but has been working fine since the install of the 7800gt

 

[IrocZman223]

Yea it has worked fine before. BTW this is the 64bit version I am using. The thing I don't get is that I can't bring up the task manager now. Should I boot to XP pro 32bit and try it that way?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Is that a generic 350 or a brand name 350?

Try 32-bit, 64-bit has some issues that 32 doesn't.

 

[IrocZman223]

I believe it is no name, but I am gonna boot to 32 and see if that works

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Even if 32-bit does work for you, getting a nicer PSU would probably be a good bet for peace of mind.

 

[IrocZman223]

Yea I know I need a new PSU, but right now I am broke after Chrismas. Anyway, booted to 32 and I don't even have it installed. So it will be a few before I can install it. Task manager will now show up since the restart, but UT still acts funny. Maybe I will just reinstall it. Thanks for the help.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

XP 64 is retarded. There's no performance benefit, and it's really incompatable with a lot of programs and drivers. It's basically just for bragging to n00bs.