Computer freezes a few minutes in on any game (GRAW or The Sims 2)

First a little bit about my system:
Intel P4 3.2 Ghz
ATI x800 All in Wonder (AIW)
Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Vista beta drivers 5.12.10.1162 dated (8/29/05)

Problem:
In any of the games I've tried running in Vista my computer freezes after
playing the game for a few minutes (maybe 5-10 min). I say freezes because I
don't get a blue screen, the machine doesn't restart, and I can't alt-tab or
ctrl-alt-del back to windows. The sound of whatever I'm playing continues
for a while then begins looping, but other than that the computer is
unresponsive.

I've read that other people have been able to play at least two of these
games (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and The Sims 2) in Vista without any
problems so I'm baffled why they aren't working. I have installed the games
in Vista thinking that my duel booting with XP was messing it up but they
still do not work past a certain point. Any ideas would be appreciated;
thanks.

Is your machine OC'd?

"Lt. Bob" <Lt. > wrote in message
news:05B7E844-F40D-4A18-A130-...
> First a little bit about my system:
> Intel P4 3.2 Ghz
> ATI x800 All in Wonder (AIW)
> Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Vista beta drivers 5.12.10.1162 dated (8/29/05)
>
> Problem:
> In any of the games I've tried running in Vista my computer freezes after
> playing the game for a few minutes (maybe 5-10 min). I say freezes
> because I
> don't get a blue screen, the machine doesn't restart, and I can't alt-tab
> or
> ctrl-alt-del back to windows. The sound of whatever I'm playing continues
> for a while then begins looping, but other than that the computer is
> unresponsive.
>
> I've read that other people have been able to play at least two of these
> games (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and The Sims 2) in Vista without
> any
> problems so I'm baffled why they aren't working. I have installed the
> games
> in Vista thinking that my duel booting with XP was messing it up but they
> still do not work past a certain point. Any ideas would be appreciated;
> thanks.

Nope, nothing on my machine is OC'd.

"Zapper" wrote:

> Is your machine OC'd?
>
> "Lt. Bob" <Lt. > wrote in message
> news:05B7E844-F40D-4A18-A130-...
> > First a little bit about my system:
> > Intel P4 3.2 Ghz
> > ATI x800 All in Wonder (AIW)
> > Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Vista beta drivers 5.12.10.1162 dated (8/29/05)
> >
> > Problem:
> > In any of the games I've tried running in Vista my computer freezes after
> > playing the game for a few minutes (maybe 5-10 min). I say freezes
> > because I
> > don't get a blue screen, the machine doesn't restart, and I can't alt-tab
> > or
> > ctrl-alt-del back to windows. The sound of whatever I'm playing continues
> > for a while then begins looping, but other than that the computer is
> > unresponsive.
> >
> > I've read that other people have been able to play at least two of these
> > games (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and The Sims 2) in Vista without
> > any
> > problems so I'm baffled why they aren't working. I have installed the
> > games
> > in Vista thinking that my duel booting with XP was messing it up but they
> > still do not work past a certain point. Any ideas would be appreciated;
> > thanks.
>