yeah i took it to Compusa and they ran it for 7 hours no problems i can take it back within the next 14 days but i dont know how much good it would do. i have replaced most of the parts (Video card, RAM, MB, and PSU) since im running a dual core i was gonna look into AMD and replace the MB and CPU in on shot seeing as how i only have that and HD to replace. anyways i was really hoping it would be a simple OS error or an easy fix of some kind so thx for the help and ill take it back to CompUSA