Big Computer Problem

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This is the problem: every time i try to run a 3D application, computer shuts down, or come back to Windows.
My computer configuration:
Intel Celeron 600MHz
Acorp 6A815EP1
2x 128 Mb 100 and 133 MHz
40 Gb Western Digital
350 W power source
nVidia Riva TNT M64 made by Jetway
I tryed both Win 98 and XP, and the same problem appears. Even in Age of Empires II, after 5-15 minutes of play, the game exits instantly and computer returns to Windows.
Some told me that the video card is old, but i tryed with other cards and the problem is the same. My video card on another computer works fine.
Others told me the ram is bad, but i tryed with another ram and was the same, and my modules worked on other computers.
Please help, i went to a computer service and they told me that it wasn't a hardware problem, but i don't think they were right. I used different versions of the drivers i needed, but this didn't fix the problem.
I'm waiting for your answers. Thanks.
 
hmm..is the card overheating?
I assume you have newest direct-X, drivers etc..?
Also, are you using nVidia drivers for your video card, or the ones from the manufacturer?
 
My video card is overheating, but i tried another card and had the same problem. I used Detonator drivers, but also on a new install of Windows (98 and XP) i tried the original card drivers.
Note: anytime i try smth. new, i reinstall Windows
 
Has this system always had problems running 3d programs, or did this develop as of late? If it has worked in the past, try and think of anything you've changed or added to the computer shortly before it started malfunctioning, no matter how trivial.
 
I bought this motherboard in 2002, and worked well until nov 2003. Somebody told me that i have problems with the L2 cache. I couldn't find a PIII to test the system with another CPU.
 
this may be stupid but im just trying to help :D :D :D check the 3d programs minimal hardware requirments.
 
How is yout tnt2 going to overheat? Mine's been rocksolid in ambient temperatures of 40+ out here for years, heat should be your last worry with such a tiny old card.

On a side note, AOE II isn't 3d I don't think... I thought it was still all sprite based.

If it's not the video card and it's not the ram and it's not the drivers... faulty motherboard?
 
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