I have been playing Neverwinter nights 2 mask of the betreyer. Well i do not have a clue as to what happened but suddenly while playing the screen went black, then the sound started skipping then it stopped. I couldnt get the computer to do anything. Had to do a hard boot, tried starting the game back up again. After i hit the button to load my game back up it did it again about 30 seconds into the load up. tried this a few more times with the same results. Each time having to restart the system.

Have uninstalled the game and reinstalled it and updated all the patches. to 1.11 if i RECALL. the same problem STILL persists. Have looked all over IGN's boards for any information that would sound familiar to my problem. But did not come across anything.

I have not, to my knowlege changed anything in the computer that i could even imagine doing something like this. Only thing i can think of, would be i couldnt update the AVG free edition i have for the last few days. so i uninstalled it and reinstalled it. After MESSING with the game. Before i screamed and pulled my hair out figured it would be best to ask for assistance

AMD 3000+ 64
1.80 ghz
windows xp home /w sp2

1 gig ram

AVG Free
super anti-spyware
comodo fire wallshould have mentioned

NVIDIA 6600

and already checked for updated drivers for the card before i posted.

Agin any assistance would be great. have you overclocked your CPU or GPU?No not at all. Have you tried RUNNING any other games? Actually i had not tried any other games. But i have fixxed the problem. I spoke to a friend and was TOLD that over time Video cards can vibrate themselves loose of their slots. Well i tried re seating the card an walla. It's working again. Is there anything i can do to fix the vibration problem. its a Nvidia 6600 and it has a fan on the card. Was just wondering. But wanted to thank everyone for their input this issue for me. Aside from removing the fan (not advised) there really isn't anything you can do to stop it. Make sure the card is screwed to the case or otherwise secured if you case doesn't have screws for expansion cards (like mine, it has a special clip that holds the cards down).the back of the card (where the monitor plugs into) should be secured either by a screw or a clip, also, your motherboard should have a clip on the PCI-E slot to secure the connection between the video card and the motherboard.