(to clear up any thoughts, I DID NOT buy this system, it was given to me, and I applied thermal paste when I received it)


after reformatting, the system is stable, I now think (I REALLY THINK&#33 that the culprit behind my nightmare problem was creative's web update drivers, which I refrained from updating this time around, and it has not restarted since. And yes the motherboard is a POS, I've always known it was a POS, and I will be getting a nice new ASUS badass SE deluxe and a new psu to eliminate any future possibility of asking that question again.


anyways thanks for the help, I am sorry to have wasted everyone's time again but you can understand my situation. It affects about a million people on the 'net.


by the way...I never knew JUST how much of a piece of shit this board is, those forums are scaary, I really can't wait for my fucking paycheck .