I would play games and then at some point, my whole comp freezes on me and I just hear this long continuous beep. I can't soft boot or do anything whatsoever. I can only reset with the switch and it runs scandisk and windows comes back ok again. This problem happens randomly.

Hmm, sounds like either a driver problem or hardware. What are your specifications?

Off the top of my head I can think of a few things... heat, driver problems, RAM, power supply... just to name a few. A little more information is need though.

I would suggest taking out a few fans if the computer is freezing, and perhaps turn up the heating real high in the room of your computer. If that doesn't work, try putting it in the oven

If you mean the computer stops responding, that problem is usually because some hardware/hardware drivers are not set up correctly. I always start with looking inside 'system' and 'device manager' to check, and then find any drivers that are not installed properly so I can sort them out.
Windows XP is a very stable OS so more than likely you need to look at your hardware configuration

If you are using win9x or ME, upgrade the OS and install updated drivers.

If your machine only freezes when it's playing a game, the first thing I'd look at would be overheating in either the CPU or video board. Do you have a thermal checker on your motherboard that you can monitor? Gaming puts a lot of stress on your system whereas typing on a forum does not.


You might also want to use a diagnostic tool like SANDRA or the like to check your components. Just a suggestion.

Rome

P4 2.5 Ghz
32 MB ATI video card
256 SDRam
OS: Win98SE

It's annoying because it does that when I'm at a good part in a game and it seems to know the exact moment to p**s me off. I can't save in time either. I'll look into SANDRA and see if it helps. If anyone has more suggestions or ideas, please let me know. Thank you.

hi i just got asus p4p800 and i installed everything right but 4 some reason when i start my computer it lags..all my programs and explorer takes awhile to start...but inlike 30 mins later everything is running at full or atleast regular speed like when u double click explorer it pops up quik instead of lagiin and takin like 3 secs to respond and another 3 secs to load page..if any1 can help me please ...im running windows xp and i tried check hardrives 4 error or bad sectors and reinstalled windows after i formatted my drives..and i scan and deleted all the cookis in my comp..i dunno what to do...please help..i also have pentium 4 and 512 rams

try taking a fan and blowing it directly at ur video card..because i had that prob too...so i tried that with a little house fan and it werked so i went out to get some comp fan and i havent had my pc freeze since.basically ur video card is over heatin even if u touch it and its not even hot..

HEY I have that same problem(yeah in the best part of the game :@ same card and everything, but it only happens to me when Im playing 2d games, does the problem happens also with 3d games, Im almost sure that maybe is overhating.

I checked SANDRA out and it says my motherboard fsb is over chipset rated speed. It's at 4x 133 mhz but it's suppose to run at 4x 100 mhz / 2x 133 mhz. I tried to go to my CMOS to change the voltage to 100 but it's locked. I cant change it even by pressing page up and page down. I don't know what to do?

That would probably explain it. Clear the CMOS by removing the battery for a second or resetting the 'clear CMOS jumper' and see if the BIOS lets you change the value to what it should be.