I have been having a nightmare with my PC lately.  This rig is 18 months old with the following spec:

Intel q9550 2.8 @ 3.4ghz

Asus Rampage Forumula x48 mobo

8 gig corsair DDR2 Ram

Power Color 4870×2

In a antec gaming 900 case with enough fans to power a hover craft.

All was well in the world of my baby for the 1st 18 months of life till I started to place Battlefield Bad Company 2.  For the 1st time it crashed in a game! It has never done this before.  I am running Windows 7 x 64 and this is a dream system.  Even after 18 months it feels as good as the day we bought it despite 2 changes in OS and a constant stream of experimental beta apps.  Windows 7 is awesome :)

And now.. it crashes!! it even turns the monitor off when it feels like it! Like many people I blamed BFBC2.. it does have a few bugs after all. However, things just got worse and even in 2d use things were starting to fall apart.
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