.crashtacular.

Ok so I'm having this problem with programs crashing to my desktop at random times. This happens especially when trying to play America's Army. Everything else on the system seems to be stable after it does its thing. This is happening more often and I have no idea what the deal is. I've been getting low virtual memory errors as well.

I also have another problem with video playback. I moved some video files over from an old HD recently and some of the files that played fine before are lagging and skipping, usually at regular intervals.

Here are my system specs. The processor was clocked up to 2.03GHz but I turned it down in spite of these recent events. It was overclocked via the bios by turning up the system clock(FSB) if that matters.

(sorry if this is space hogging)
Processor
Model : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+
Speed : 1.99GHz
Model Number : 2423 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2878 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64 byte line size)
Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : No
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
System : VIA Technologies, Inc. KT333CF-8235
Mainboard : KT333CF-8235
Total Memory : 511MB DDR-SDRAM
Chipset 1
Model : VIA Technologies Inc VT8377 Apollo KT400/A/600 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 147MHz (294MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 220MHz (440MHz data rate)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : Iiyama S901GT VisionMaster 450
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : MAXTOR 6L060J3
Hard Disk : MD00800-BAEM
CD-ROM/DVD : TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6602B
CD-ROM/DVD : HP CD-Writer+ 8200a USB Device
Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A : N/A
Hard Disk (C : 12.7GB (8.5GB, 67% Free) (NTFS)
Multim3dia (D : 76.3GB (8.9GB, 12% Free) (NTFS)
on3 (E : 14.3GB (7.7GB, 54% Free) (NTFS)
tw0 (F : 29.0GB (16.9GB, 58% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (G : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (H : N/A
Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB 2.0 Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : Unknown Device
USB Controller/Hub : HP USB CD Writer Plus
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
Human Interface : Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Game Port for Creative
Device : Creative AudioPCI (ES1370), SB PCI 64/128 (WDM)
Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line
Network Services
Adapter : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX)

 

have you tried the latest VIA chipset drivers?

 

Yes I have I downloaded them a couple of weeks ago.