I have been having a ton of problems with my system for over a year now and have never found a fix: AMD 1.4Ghz, 528 MB DDR RAM, 2 40 Gb Hard Drives, DVD, CDRW, Floppy, Radeon 7000 (64MB DDR) and SoundBlaster Live! I have two problems: (1) The infinite loop error that occurs and reboots my machine; (2) More recently my machine will freeze and then I get a message saying the display device has failed and reboot to restore functionality. This now happens within a minute of me starting the machine. I have tried a ton of different things: (1) Reflashed MB BIOS (2) Updated all drivers to latest versions from both ATI, GigaByte and tweaked drivers such as Omega. (3) Flashed Video Card with latest BIOS. (4) Removed and swapped RAM Modules (5) Unplugged various power using devices to see if power supply is to blame (6) Installed VIA 4-in-1 chipset drivers. (7) Jigged BIOS settings such as lowering AGP and the like. Nothing works. My strong suspicion is that this is a hardware issue with either (a) a faulty video card; (b) Bad RAM or (c) a failing MotherBoard. My issue and my question to anyone with advice to give, is that everytime I run tests such as Burn-In-Test, MemTest86 and many others everything checks out just fine. System is hunky dorey, go nuts .... except I reboot and we are back to square one. Is there any other way to narrow this issue down. I have no problem going and spending $150 on a better video card, but what if it is in fact the RAM? Or I go by the RAM and the Video Card and it's actually the MotherBoard? By then I could have upgraded to a brand new machine!! Advice would be very welcome! Thanks

I would suspect the graphics card, but if u can either borrow or get hold of a cheap £5 second-hand card from a computer fair to test with, I would do that first. GoodLuck

This is a small extract from the links provided . http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ASP/FileView.asp?File=/KB/BSOD.TXT http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=BSOD.TXT http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/bsod.asp http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325011 http://windows.about.com/library/weekly/aa030599.htm http://windows.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q192/4/63.asp http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/TroubleshootingXP/error.htm http://sft-cyber.com/stoperrors.htm http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm Troubleshooting Windows STOP Errors (BSOD) and Freezes Last Updated: 06 Jul 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** PLEASE NOTE: Link(s), If Provided, May Be Wrapped *** The following issues are easily responsible for 99% of all system instability issues, particularly with Windows: • Bad or Flaky RAM • High CPU/Case temperatures (Insufficient cooling) • Bad Drivers (usually with el-cheapo hardware) • Inadequate or Dirty Power • Overclocking (some devices cannot run out of spec) • Improper Permissions/Rights (results in Access Denied) • Dirty Upgrade from Win9x/ME to 2000/XP • Virus Infection (can result in a wide variety of problems) • Incorrect jumper settings on your hard drive • Improperly terminated drivers and controller • Disabled or Misconfigured Services SYMPTOMS OF COMMON ISSUES • Bad Drivers ............ BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) or Spontaneous Reboot • Overheating ............ Spontaneous Reboot or System Freeze • Bad/Flaky RAM .......... Spontaneous Reboot or System Freeze or Failed Install • Dirty Power ............ Spontaneous Reboot or System Generated Errors • Inadequate Power ....... BSOD or Spontaneous Reboot or System Freeze • Overclocking ........... BSOD or Spontaneous Reboot or System Freeze • Improper Permissions ... BSOD or System Generated Errors • Dirty upgrade .......... BSOD or System Errors or Slowness or Erratic Behavior • Virus Infection ........ Inexplicable slowness or Highly Erratic Behavior • Wrong Drive Settings ... Inexplicable slowness or Failed Install or Long Boot times • Bad SCSI Termination ... Inexplicable slowness or Failed Install or Long Boot times • Disabled Services ...... Poor System Performance or Installation Problems or Limited OS Functionality

pop in your windows xp disc boot with it go through setup dont choose the first repair option and go through install choose the second one, it will overlay everything with a fresh unupdated version... guess what sp1 sometimes screws alot more things than it fixes try it out