Windows XP home editon is freezing when I play my on-line game ONL

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Can anyone tell me WHY Windows xp Home Edition would give me problems and
suddenly FREEZE when I am playing my on-line game? This is also
accompanied by a VERY loud BEEEEEP! non-stop untill I have to re-start my PC.
Any ideas anyone?? I was told to re-instal the windows CD, which I did, and
during the process I received messages telling me certain files could not be
copied,and to put the CD in the drive so this could be done, BUT the CD was
already in the drive! I clicked retry over an over but the message just kept
popping up! th einstal process continued, but I am wondering... will this
give me any problems now? any thoughts on thiis would be appreciated! TY :)
 
Can anyone tell me WHY Windows xp Home Edition would give me problems and
suddenly FREEZE when I am playing my on-line game? This is also
accompanied by a VERY loud BEEEEEP! non-stop untill I have to re-start my PC.
Any ideas anyone?? I was told to re-instal the windows CD, which I did, and
during the process I received messages telling me certain files could not be
copied,and to put the CD in the drive so this could be done, BUT the CD was
already in the drive! I clicked retry over an over but the message just kept
popping up! th einstal process continued, but I am wondering... will this
give me any problems now? any thoughts on thiis would be appreciated! TY :)
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"Beeps" from the tower are the system's way of communicating a problem to
the computer user. Different patterns of beeps signify different types of
problem. Unfortunately, the meaning of the various beep patterns changes
depending on which BIOS is implemented for your motherboard.

From your description, it sounds like a problem with overheating -
processor or video card. Since this happens most often playing games,
that's a reasonable guess. However RAM that is marginal could cause random
freezes as well. The problem with getting the Windows CD read properly and
with consistency could be flakey RAM too.

First step would be to find out what BIOS your system uses and then look up
the meaning of the beep code (single continuous beep) that you are hearing.
NOTE: If this system was built by an OEM (Dell or Gateway, for example),
you should look in their technical resources first as they sometimes adapt
the BIOS for their machines.

Or you could skip right on over to hardware diagnostics - running a RAM
tester, checking/replacing fans. If not comfortable doing this work on your
own, take the system in to a reliable tech to have it serviced.
 
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