Windows XP restarting and screen ripples

I have posted to this forum quite a bit now and your probably getting fed up with me. Anyway I will take the chance and hope you will have mercy on me. My computer will work fine for a while and then the problems will start. It will restrart spontaneously. Now originally when I posted a thread regarding this you gave a lot of very good advice and I did discover that I had failing ram. I bought new ram and my wee computer was working fine. I also had screen rippling which I thought I had resolved by downloading drivers at your suggestion and indeed that seemed to help.

However the same problems seem to be occuring again at frequent intervals. As said before the computer will restart spontaneously and I do not even get a chance to read the blue screen error its gone so quickly. My daughter and I play the Sims 2 game a lot and it has happened while we are playing the game. Could this have anything to do with the problems?

The rippling occurs usually when the computer has been on sometime and usually when it heats up.

Heres my OS info:

OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 1532
Description x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label RAS 0 & 1
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label RAS 2 & 3
Capacity 268435456

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~768 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 767MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST380011A
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 80031974400 (~75 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name Lexmark X1100 Series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name Lexmark X1100 Series

Name CAPTURE FAX BVRP
Port Name NUL:
Default False
Driver Name CAPTURE FAX BVRP


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product K7VT2
Serial Number 00000000
Version 2.00


BIOS:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Name Default System BIOS
Release Date 20021210000000.000000+000
Version AMIINT - 10

Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Description VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM)
Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_41611106&REV_50\3&61A AA01&0&8D


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 33554432
Description NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro (Microsoft Corporation)
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.5673
Driver Date 08/04/2004 05:29:54
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0147


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model SoftV92 Data Fax Modem
Name SoftV92 Data Fax Modem


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

This is the last system error I got from event viewer:

Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 20/12/2005
Time: 1029
User: N/A
Computer: BRENNAN-6BOOF1Z
Description:
Error code 1000000a, parameter1 80ed47e8, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000001, parameter4 804e6655.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 38 30 eters 80
0030: 65 64 34 37 65 38 2c 20 ed47e8,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 31 2c 20 38 30 34 65 01, 804e
0050: 36 36 35 35 6655


I am not a computer expert so please be gentle with me

Many many thanks

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Your errors are indeed repeating from your earlier posts

Did you ever change your auto-restart setting?

rt. click My Computer then click Properties then Advanced then Startup and Recovery Settings then unclick Automatically restart

I've been reading horrible reviews of your graphics card: NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro

Including many heat issues. Would you happen to have another card that you could test?

The latest drivers for NVIDIA's TNT2 are here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.89.html

Please make sure to read the Driver Installation Hints Document before you install this driver.

I would first verify that that card is indeed a NVIDIA card & not some other manufacturer using NVIDIA's chipset. To do that try Start/Run/ dxdiag | Display
What is the Device listed? If it is NVIDEA then you might try the updated driver.

Post future errors as you get them.

Thank you for your reply. I don't have another graphics card but the device listed in dxdiag is Nvidia Riva TNT 2 Model 64. I will try your suggestion and download the driver.