System Lockups while Gaming

[spooky617]

I am wondering if anyone can help me with this dilema.
I have recently made an upgrade from a AthlonXP 64 4000 to AthlonXP64 X2 4800, at that time I had Abit A8N Motherboard. I started to have alot of system lockups. I have tried the Microsoft Hot Fix, AMD Drivers, AMD X2 Optimizing Utility etc. (I do not use Cool'N'Quiet).

Then I decided to swap motherboards because I wanted to do SLI.
I have purchased ASUS A8N-SLI-Premium.
Since the install of OS I have had the system freez up on me twice (in 2-3weeks time). Each time was during a game play (one was World of Warcraft other was Call Of Duty 2). Each time the freez up happened the Audio is still running but it is stuck on a single note from the game, cant move mouse, CTRL+ALT+DEL does not work. When I RESET the PC there is nothing in the event logs for the OS, which is a little strange.

So, i am wondering if anyone else has seen this.
I have installed all the same HotFix from Microsoft, AMD Drivers for the X2, the motherboard drivers are from the CD, not website, Creative drivers are from the CD.

My system currently is below.
Thank you
Mark

 

[dfuze]

How are your system temps, especially the video card?

 

[spooky617]

Hi
the system temperatures for most part are around 103F while playing any game, the motherboard temp (as far as the ASUS probe tells me) is around 110F. The video card temp is about 56C when playing games.

 

[daveybrat]

Just for testing sake, try pulling out the Audigy 2 card and using the onboard audio for a bit.

 

[wanderer27]

Go into your Hardware Device Manager and check for IRQ conflicts. The way the IRQs are setup in this MB, it's easy to have PCI devices with IRQ conflicts. This will cause exactly the problem you are experiencing.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: wanderer27
Go into your Hardware Device Manager and check for IRQ conflicts. The way the IRQs are setup in this MB, it's easy to have PCI devices with IRQ conflicts. This will cause exactly the problem you are experiencing.

XP is an ACPI compliant OS. You shouldn't get IRQ conflicts unless there is something seriously wrong with your motherboard - ACPI devices are made to share IRQs - as far as XP is concerned, you can have every device in the box on a single IRQ.

The hang is most likely just due to bad hardware - I suggest OP should simplify the system by removing or disabling hardware until you find the culprit.