Hi, I'm new here and i would really appreciate if you can give me advice about my computer problem.

My computer is working fine but whenever I'm playing games (counterstrike zero, sims, feeding frenzy 2, zuma etc,,) my computer hangs up and i can't even strike any key. I just click the restart button on my cpu.

I downloaded speedfan to check my computer temps and heres what i got:

GPU: 61C
System: 127C
CPU: 42C
AUX: 19C
HDO: 42C
COre: 61C
Ambient: 0C

My specs are:
P4 3.2Ghz
160G HDD
1Gig Nvidia gforce 8500
1gb ram

Please help
My Psu i new with 500w, processor fan is also new.

A thing you can do;

Download and install Everest - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Run it and select Computer, Sensor - mark down the idle temps and voltages.

Minimize Everest (don't shut it down).

Run your AV scanner and a malware scanner at the same time, then call up Everest again and watch the temps and voltages (they dynamically update).

Mark those down.

Then report both sets of readings, side-by-side, here.

thanks, but i only have Eset NOD32. how is that?

You want something running that is CPU intensive and can be minimized so you can watch Everest.

Download Malwarebytes - it's useful anyway.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Hi. I did what you said.
Idle temps are:
gpu: 56C
Seagate: 37C
I downloaded the malware and i run it with nod32 at the same time. Did some texttwist game and after 10 mins the temps are:
gpu: 58C
seagate:44C

Well, that tested the cpu and it isn't overheating.

Now, do the same thing using Everest and a game with an active graphics page (ie, something that makes the graphics engine work a bit, not an immobile screen).

Hello again, I did what you said again.
Run the everest and played sims unleashed.

Idle temps are:
GPU: 55C
Seagate: 36C

after 15 mins of playing:
GPU: 57c
Seagate: 40C

Never having played the 'Sims' I don't know how intensive the GPU has to work, but that isn't getting it too excited, is it!

In any case, your temps aren't running high with that game and you said it was one that, when played, led to lock ups.

So, it may be RAM or drivers.

If you have more than one stick, eg, slot A1 and A2, then take the ram from A2 and play.

If no lock ups, then switch that ram with the module in A1 and try again.

OK, I'll try what you've said. But I don't think it's the ram because I bought a new 1gig and replaced the old 2x1gig installed. I'm using the A1 slot. I'll do it now and post again what will happen. Thanks so much.

Still locks up with my memory inserted in A2. I don't know what to do now..

Did it lock up with the old Ram?

wait..... you replaced 2X1 gig matched ram, with a 1X1gig stick?

What ram did you have, and what ram did you replace it with? Did you make sure the new ram was also compatible with your other hardware?