ok, so i got this new gaming rig, and on two games so far its gotten about 45 minutes in when the sounds starts looping fast for about 5 seconds, then i get the blue screen of death for 3 seconds saying somethign like hardware problem, i cant really read it, it flashes to fast, but this only happens on two games so far but its consistent, i dont want to spend $1.40 a minutes on tech support, is there a way to see the error log, or does anyone know why its doing this?

From a previous post, I know you have a P35 board, Q6600, 2GB RAM but you never mentioned which video card? Tell us about your power supply....make/wattage & ampergae ratings on the +3.3v, +5v & +12v rails.

Alright, my video card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS, my power supply is a ULTRA V-SERIES 600W POWER SUPPLY, heres the specs on it AC INPUT 115V/230V - 60/50Hz DC OUTPUT +3.3V +5V +12V +12V -12V -5V +5VSB 600W Max Combined Watts 25A 30A 18A 20A 0.6A - 2.5A 600W so basically my dilemna is, on warcraft 3 and splinter cell, they get into the game, then all of a sudden it gives me a blue screen saying hardware problem or somethign like that, but what doesnt make sense is that i can run games like Lost Planet and halo for hours with no problems. When it turns back on i get that microsoft "box" saying it recovered from a serious problem and to send this to microsoft. and then i looked at the more in depth technical problem log it gave me. do you want to see that?

We also need the error message(s) verbatim.

OK, I seem to recall you mentioning that PSU before (may have been someone else). The specs are good but they *may* not be enough for your video card. Some PSU manufacturer's are returning to a single +12v rail with mega-amperage because the split design just isn't cutting it anymore. Your PSU has 18A on the +12v1 rail...that's strictly for the CPU. The +12v2 rail has 20A, but that has to be shared by the fans, optical drives, HDDs, video card, etc. It's very possible that it isn't enough. Have a look at what I just wrote in response #3 in this thread: http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...

That's what i thought too jam, but im running a brand new game "lost planet" on high graphics and everything else cranked up and that runs for hours no problem? and it's only on these two games, is it possible its because there older or?

As Sabertooth said, knowing the exact error message would be helpful. Do you have your system configured to restart when there's an error rather than displaying the error message? - right click on My Computer - click Properties - when System Properties pops up, click on the Advanced tab - under Startup & Recovery, click on the Settings button - under System Failure, uncheck the box next to Automatically restart.