Halo pc frezzes/ wont load direct 3d

first i have a nice homebuilt pc
p4 3.2ghz 1m cashe
ASUS p4p800 se
ATI Radeon 9000 64mb [ yeh kinda crapy..]
seriel ATA 150 hd 200gb
topGun thrustmaster USB joystick
case w side fan and mre...

the problem:
when I run halo pc, it runs fine then a while into the game it freezes from 1 to 30 mins into the game (faster on legendary)..
I have set all of the video settings to low, with no avail...
I have dounloaded a newer video driver... didnt help..

also when i reboot after it freesing
Halo will run until it changes screen res, then minimizes to desktop
runing Dxdiag direct3d tests gives me

"you cancled the test by pressing a key "

i have ctrl-alt-deleted some procces like ccApp.exe and a few outhers
then it will run ok(it will still freeze if I play campaign), but then miltiplayer wont/hardly work best ive gotton is a black screen

rebooting normaly after that alows me to run it agan, but it will still freeze from 1 to 30 mins into the game (faster on legendary)

i have made changes back and forth in
Display Properites
Settings
Advanced...
didnt help mutch (far as I can tell)


I flewently program in 4 diffrent languages but,
Wth

help me

 

being a home built system, have you installed the chipset, video, sound drivers etc...

If so, it may be a heat problem. After your system crashed, reload immediately and go into the bios setup and look for your cpu temp.

Also, a crappy power supply or ram can cause frequent lockups. You could always try "memtest". Should be available on this site, it will check your memory for you. If it comes up with an error, then either the power supply is bad or the ram is bad (bad power supplies can cause memory problems).

Check your bios settings also, if you have tried to overclock or use memory timings that are too aggressive, that can cause problems.

 

You could also be running clean out of memory, either on your PC or VGA card (probably the VRAM). If its happens more on legendary then all the little aliens could be filling up the memory. Try turning the settings down.

 

sorry for the delay in responding...

I ran memtest to 200% and had no errors... BUT..

yesterday while browsing the web I got A BLUE SCREEN ...

it said this:

Memory_Management

***STOP: 0x0000001a(0x00000781,0x0030ee80,0x00000000,0xe10fc000)

then it dumped Phisical memory...

so uah...

 

If it's the first time you got this, or if it's been a while since, ignore it, it happens to everyone. (especially pulling XP out of standby etc)

If you want to investigate it, our very own Adrynalyne has written a guide HERE.