Assuming he is not over clocking the CPU or the video card ...? And is
experiencing no other problems like BDSs or lockups when running windows
...?   Then I would suspect the video card drivers. A Celeron 533 with 128
megs of ram Voodoo 2  should handle any game with ease as long as the game
is set up correctly. However I have a 550 with 250 megs of RAM and a
Diamond TNT2 ULTRA and I get these little hangs occasionally when playing
Quake III. I write if off to a problem between the video driver and the
game itself.  But you say this occurs with any game and every 15
seconds..which would make any game unplayable..... so I would try a
different video driver ...maybe the 3D FX reference drivers....

Voodoo 2
http://www.3dfxgamers.com/view.asp?PAGE=V2drivers

Voodo 3
http://www.3dfxgamers.com/view.asp?PAGE=V3Drivers


>My friend has a Voodoo 3D FX (2000?) I think..Graphics card, running under
>W98, Abit motherboard
>128 RAM, Celeron 533 chip
>
>He is playing a game--any game it seems and the video all of a sudden
>stalls--stops moving for a sec or two, then continues on again.. This
>happens every 15 seconds or so...
>Kathleen LaValley
>
>

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