Ok here's the deal...... I tried to play AH the other day and all of a sudden my system started locking up. When I tried to go in game I would get to the tower then it would freeze forcing me to do a manual shut down. (press the power button and hold it).
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but no joy. I tried newer drivers and no good, older drivers same thing. I downloaded the game again and no good.
So I did a format of my system. Took Windows XP out and tried it with Win 98 SE and the same thing. Re-installed Win XP and no good either. Did another format, installed Win 98 again.
I'm runnin the 30.xx series drivers for my GeForce3 card (so no conflicts with drivers optimized for the FX cards), a SB Audigy sound card, and a fresh install of AH.
When I try to play off-line I get an "invalid model number" error. I tried to up a plane and it crashed my system. I tried it on-line and still I lock up in the tower after about 3 seconds or so.
I have also turned down hardware acceleration in my video settings and Direct X 9.0b for sound.
Any ideas??
(I also have run multiple virus scans and come up clean)
HELP!!!