need some help

[LA_MERC_Mercy]

got me a new machine,
specs:
AMD64 3400+
Gigabit nforce3 motherboard
1gig of Corsair pc3200 ram
120gig SATA Seagate 8mg cache HD
Geforce FX 5950ultra
Audigy2 6.1 soundcard

now to the problem, when i install games, about half way though it will tell me either i dont have sufficient disk space or not high enough permissions on the computer to install the software. Now it will finish the installation, and the games will play, but the games will crash back out to the desk top after about 10minutes. Any ideas?

I have tried reinstalled windowsxp twice now, plus gotten all the updates. I have tried 3 different nvidia drivers.

any and all comments or suggestions appreciated

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Install Linux :)

[LA_MERC_Mercy]

dont do me any good when i cant play swg on linux...

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

Take out one of the sticks of ram and reset your bios to defaults.. then reflomat and try again

[bighead]

for someone who just installed XP again max you sure do talk alot about linux :P

[LA_MERC_Mercy]

well narrowed it down to two things, ram and video card...going to try a different card in the computer later today and see if it works...if so, time to return new card and get a replacement...

[LA_MERC_Mercy]

well it appears to be the video card that is causing the problems...will be calling on monday to get a new one sent and hopefully i will be good to go then

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

XP lasted about 36 hours :) I swear linux is like crack - you just cant quit :)

[Mrs.B[s]]

well if i could get coh and swg to play on it, i would probably give it a try...

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I use Transgaming's WineX for CS - seems they are working on support for SWG, so give it time.

Steam/CS works flawlessly - can't tell the difference from Windows...
Only other game I really play is UT2k4, and it's native to linux, so no problems there.

To answer your original question - I would guess like toby said, a bad stick of ram or some other hardware issue - how are your temps?

[LA_MERC_Mercy]

temps are fine...it is the video card that is causing the problems