Remember that some games have a copy protection. Most of the new games have a copy protection so if your trying to make an image of the new games out there you might have some problems.
P.S. Try alchohal 120% (forgot how to spell alchohal)
i would take out the drivers first in add/remove programs the turn off the power (on the power supply) then be careful while taking it out and unplug it then put your new one in and hit the power. you resolution will be 800x600 because you need the drivers once you get the drivers in and restart...
blackjack is right in my house i have 5 computers all on internet and sometimes all of us are on at the same time so all you need is a router and for the laptop there should be a slot on the side to put a card in the one i have in my laptop is a d-link if i went with anything i would go with a...
like i said my dad is a genious lol and when i was asking you about it he was already buying a new motherboard and he pointed out that motherboards are not supposed take sudden power downs
if anything i would say its either your RAM or your video card i suggest trying different parts but.. make sure those parts are compatable or your gonna have a few problems
it may be your internet i know its dumb but some internet provider only allow 1 connection per modem also it may be the router cant take it try a differ router and is your network card shot?
id say its a conflict of programs in your system ive had a problem like this before. when i installed this program to get the video off VHS's my window media play didnt work. try using differ programs for burning
the reason my motherboard died was because my old power supply had a heat problem and it shut off when i was playing games and mother boards arnet supposed to take that so it wore down my motherboard i got a new power supply a few days ago