I ran memtest, **** it took a while, but I got all passes and no fails, so I assume I may just need to reinstall. Oh well, I was looking at "upgrading" to media center anyhow. thanks, and if the problem persists, I will be ****ed that i have to do more troubleshooting.
EDIT* Reinstalled, finally got it working and all seems well, so far....
EDIT* Reinstalled, finally got it working and all seems well, so far....