The problem may lies with you RAM.
See if you can swap it with a different stick.
It may be defective or corrupt.
Or run the memtest86.
It has to pass with zero errors.
http://www.memtest86.com/
3d games (or anything using 3d) crashes to the desktop. I've upgraded to the latest via drivers and latest drivers for my video card. Problem started when I upgraded my mb, processor and memory. I have tried a clean install of windows xp with a Jaton 4x geforce ti4200 and an asus radeon 9600 se (both 128 megs of ram). I have direct x 9.1 and have run dxdiag with both cards and pass all the tests. Can not get any games to work. Any advice would be great!
MB - Asus a7v600
Vid card 1 - Jaton Geforce Ti4200 4x 128mb
Vid card 2 - Asus Radeon 9600 SE 128mb
Processor - AMD 2500+
Sound card 1 - Onboard sound on A7v600
Sound card 2 - Soundblaster Live Value (tried both)
Memory - 512mb pc 2700
Power supply - 550W
If you have any suggestions or need more info on my system, feel free to email me at zeltamar@hotmail.com
Thanks,
Casey

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