dunno if this belong here but problem is
asrock K7S8X, athlon XP+2800, 256meg ram, x2 80gig maxtor HD's, geforce fx5200
windows XP home (OEM)
OK hear I go; clean install of XP on new hard drive seems to be working fine but system locks when trying to play certain games ie all age of empires and derivatives and all westwood command and conquer even back to dune 2000. all install fine and will start but within a min. or two lock up
system itself locks up but not on a regular basis nor with a bsod so no error report. have updated all drivers and bios and patched games; tried clean installs, compatability, reg mechanic et all but no success
thinking possible hardware failure (graphics card?)
any help or pointers much appreciated

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