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sorry onyrmrk thats not the problem anymore.. look ^ to my post.. i also posted that in a pc forum.. hope you can help!

issue is RAM timing. your memory timings can cause these sporadic problems quite often, as could a bad power supply, but most times it's memory.

GlassWolf wrote:after that quit using system restore.
disable it in system properties.
all SR does is give viruses a good place to hide, and slow the entire system down, eating up resources.
useless feature.

Ditto. System Restore is aweful. The only "system restore" type thing that I've seen, that is good, is Dell's. They actually have a hidden partition on the hard drive with all of your computer's original programming. You can access it when you start the computer with one of the F keys. This is only on the newest Dell's (within the last 6 months I believe).

issue is RAM timing. your memory timings can cause these sporadic problems quite often, as could a bad power supply, but most times it's memory.

It most likely is the memory. Rosewill is, to say the least, really cheap memory. I personally wouldn't spend on anything less than Corsair Value Select. RAM is somewhat delicate and crucial to the system (no pun intended).

It may also be that power supply.

Patriot is pretty good. I'm using Corsair XMS twin-X and OCZ Platinum in my two main boxen at present and both do very well when the timings are set properly, but in the many systems I've built over the years, I've found that RAM can cause the most sporadic issues, and the problems excelate as machines get faster and more complex with dual channel boards and dual core processors, etc and higher bus speeds.

I have a pair of Patriot. It is pretty good stuff. Really stable and quick.

corsair xms twin-x here as well. it is well worth the money. I has some patriot before this i tried in my old system and it was acting crazy, i messed with the timings as wolfy mentioned, and it was fine. I have also ran into a problem in the past with the memory not seated properly in its socket, this causes major problems because it will work long enough sometimes for you to get everything installed, then screw up. I believe I used to have this problem from being to "gentle" with the module. anyways that is something else to try. also, most of the computer gods I know reinstall xp every 3 to 6 months anyway to clean it up. gets SOOOOO bogged down with bullshit.

i changed out the memory for my memory(512 kingston) and it still did the same thing. a pc forum said possibly check if the mobo is shorting out on the case.. im gonna check that in a minute.

i was thinking could it possibly be the jumpers from the case itself to the mobo?(the ones that connect to the mobo ie ower switch, hdd light etc)

I wouldn't really call them jumpers, they do look like them though.
I'd go over those as well. Those are easy to get backwards if you aren't really careful.

You did put the ram in slot 1 right? (or slot 0 however it is numbered) Mobos are pretty picky when it comes to that. Does it make any warning beeps?

You can try resetting the bios too.

-the connector things(lol what is the correct term for them?) are all correct.

-tried ram in both slots, still the same

-reset the bios already, no dice

Is the humidity really low? i.e. static electricity? It is possible to zap the mobo/processor

BUT try switching the video card if you can. Also, remove all the unnecessary cards and try again.