Okay, it's been happening since the first builds of Vista. First, it was sound issues, but that went away, but it still does it now. I'm on Pre-RTM and I am not liking the fact that it may do it if I ever buy it. Now, here's the deal:

If I listen to music and browse, fine, but out of the blues, it will lock up with a high pitch sound. The mouse will not move and the only way to resume operations is by reseting it.

Now, that's not all. If I play videos, it will lock up eventually, so with 3D gaming, that recquires DirectX 9 or higher.


Why does it lock up??? I want to use it standalone because it's all stable and stuff, but if it locks up, it kills the fun


Specs:
ASUS P4S800D-X
Intel Pentium 4 HT 3GHZ 800MHZ FSB
1GB RAM DDR400 Dual channel (Currently running 2GB RAM DDR333 dual channel. it will be reverted back to one shortly)
Nvidia Geforce FX5200
160GB Maxtor DiamondMax 9
10.2GB Fujitsu HDD
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 sound card
A 430W Antec PSU
LG GSA-4163B DVD-RAM drive
Afreey 52X CD drive