Ok this is one of the strangest problems. Please help.

[imtim83]

Ok i recently brought a new athlon xp 1800+ retail processor and a Leadtek GF4 ti 4400 my vivo video card. Ok when i first installed it i was using windows 2000 pro with sp2 i even tried sp3 with it to see if that was my problem but it didn't help anything. Ok but in windows 2000 pro with sp3 i will freeze in games every now and then. It doesn't always happen. Most of the time it happens in 30 mins to 2 hours + in a game. I mean it just totally freezes my whole system. I tried everything to figure it out. Even disabling ACPI. Ok here goes for the strange part. I chose to go to Windows XP because someone told me they had a problem like this and when they went to Windows XP it fixed their problem. So heck i said why not so i did that and guess what? I got no freezing in my games at all. Heck i even ran 3dmark2001SE for like 12 hours if not more. Didn't even freeze in 3dmark2001SE either. I don't get it. Everything is the same when i went to Windows XP. My case sides are still on. I know its not a heating issue if games don't freeze on Windows XP. Thing is i wish i could go back to windows 2000 but i can't sense it freezes in games :( Did MS do this lol ? Does anyone have the slightest idea how the OS that use the same kernal could have no freezes in games then the other have the freezes ? I don't get it. I mean heck i had ACPI left on in windows 2000 pro just like i have ACPI on in my Windows XP that is working fine.

Thanks.

[thcdru2k]

were those clean installs of windows 2000?

[imtim83]

thcdru2k yes. I tried like lots of times too. I reformated and reinstalled windows 2000 pro. I did the same with windows xp before i installed it too. So its not like that was the problem. I am using the same bios settings too on both windows 2000 and windows xp. I tried getting windows 2000 pro stable for like 30 days straight when i first got the new video card and processor. I had no success. Its just annoying not being able to run my os of choose which is windows 2000. :(

[thcdru2k]

in that case, MICROSOFT IS A SCHEMEING MONOPOLY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TP UPGRADE TO XP

[LORD-eX-Bu]

I had the same problem, but it was with a GF2, I upgraded to XP and it went away. On another box tho, even with XP the GF2 kept on freezing, so I upgraded to a GF4 and it went away. Could nVIDIA and MS be working together against us? jk, nah, they wouldn't, anyways... I think it may be that XP has more recent drivers(not only for vid card) supplied with it than 2000. I used 2000 for a few months and it was great, but then I decided to go to XP and its been the greatest. I could never go back to 2000 or 98.:D

[imtim83]

|TX|-LORD-EX-BU yeah but i still want my windows 2000 back. I do believe Nvidia and MS could be working together to cause this issue so we wil upgrade. Or maybe its just MS doing it. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was true. I wish there was some way to get this problem fixed in windows 2000. :( Does anyone know?
I thought it was my mobo at first, a heat issue, or my power supply but it wasn't. Scary thing is |TX|-LORD-EX-BU will MS do this with the next OS after this? I sure hope not or i am going to raise heck.

[LORD-eX-Bu]

Yeah I know what you mean, I don't have any suggestions, but I do hope you resolve your computer troubles tho. Best of luck!:)

[imtim83]

|TX|-LORD-EX-BU i have by going to windows xp but its annoying because i want to have windows 2000 as my os. :( Thats the thing.

[LORD-eX-Bu]

Well, why do you want to go back to 2000? maybe I can help you, if you are online right now, 10:26 pm, you can IM me on AOL instant messenger, my sn is Johnajohn1, and if you don't have that you can do the same on MSN messenger, my e-mail is John_ajohn@hotmail.com . BRING ON THE SPAM! lol, anyways, who knows, if it is just for looks, you can always make it look like 2000.

[thcdru2k]

yup, very true, set your theme to windows classic, and boom there you go an unbloated clean looking gui.

[LORD-eX-Bu]

Plus, if you are seeing bad performance, by setting the gui to classic style, you can free up resources and improve performance.:D

[imtim83]

|TX|-LORD-EX-BU thanks for the offer but i don't have 2000 installed right now. Plus i need to backup my stuff before reformating and reinstalling windows 2000. I don't really feel like doing that sense it will take a good 2 to 4 hours. Maybe more. I am very disorganized always. I hate it. But i may ask you for help if we can even figure out how to fix it sooner or later someday.

[LORD-eX-Bu]

No prob, anytime I am online you are welcome to chat.:D

[imtim83]

|TX|-LORD-EX-BU cool ok. I appreicate you being able to take the time to help me if i ever feel like trying to fix this problem again you know. I will try sooner or later maybe. Having two good computers would be so helpful because then when one is having a problem you can have one working one and one that you can do whatever you have to do to fix it. Too bad. Sooner or later i am sure i will have 2 good computers. Heck i wouldn't mine 10 or more but good ones.

Thanks again.