Comp rebuild/issues....

Hey guys its been awhile.... Last week I decided to rebuild my comp. I went to the nearest Fry's Electronics (100 miles away round trip) I bought my parts.... got half way home and realized they gave me the Intell version of a motherboard i wanted as an AMD..... turned around went back to get there just minutes after they closed their returns computers.... it gets better...They closed the only on ramp to do a repave... And they didn't post a detour to get back onto the highway, which gave me 30-45mins driving around trying to find my way to another freeway on ramp.

Well The next day I go back swap out my motherboard, Get home put it all together... to find the ram is not posting...............

*eye twitches*

Go back the following day.... With computer in had and all my parts! Their techs took a look at it before having me do a return. they came to the same conclusion... we exchanged the motherboard for the same make and model.... rebuilt it.... TADA!...... *suspense building* slot 1 still not posting! So we try the ram..... slot 1 still not posting.... *thinks* well maybe its brand issues.... try 3 other makes of ram same thing..... Conclusion STAY AWAY FROM ECS BRAND MOTHERBOARDS!! went back to good old asus for $100.00 more, it worked!

Here is my build.

Athlon 64 5200+
Asus M3A
2x ddr2 1 gig ballistics low latency 1066
Nvidia 8500 GT
Soundblaster Audigy HD (used from my old comp)

Did a complete re-format and fresh install/ installed motherboard... updated all drivers including directx9c... every things working great! installed and patched LOTRO..... Game loads up.... log onto my char..... take 4 steps or so Comp locks up and get a sound glitch after a few seconds of it being locked up...... Have to hit reset button to fix issue.

So i lowered the graphics.... nada... tried windows mode.... to make sure the game wasn't locking up so i could exit out of it.... its the whole comp... not just game.

Im kinda thinking its the video card..... and not a software issue.... anyone have any ideas?

Thanks and looking forward to playing again.... soon hopefully!!!

Also.... I just finished re-installing Battlefield 2

It is running flawlessly!

which leaves me reconsidering software.....

heres something that might help.. my sis plays entropia which is only 220 MEGA bytes, and its far more complex then this, this uses a whopping 9,000 MEGA BYTES!!!

Well after i updated BF2 it was crashing that game aswell.... I wen't back to fry's and returned the 8500gt bought a Radeon hd 4850 and now its up and running wonderfully! see you guys in game!