Video Overheating Issue?

[The Real Bingo]

First off, I have a XFX 5900 128Mb video card, Expox 8RDA3+ motherboard, and an Athlon 2500+ Barton @ 3200+.

Ok, whenever I play BF1942, my whole system freezes. Before when I was overclocking the video card, it would freeze very early into the game [1-5 mins], but normally only once every time I play. So I put the settings back to defualt assuming it would alleviate the problem, but now it still does it, it just takes longer to freeze[20-30 mins]. When I say freeze I mean it just stops at a frame. Sound-wise, if there are guns going off they will still keep going off in a repeating tone. Keyboard wont work when it freezes either. When it freezes it does so for about 5-10 seconds. Then when it gets un-frozen, it makes a weird sound in the headphones. Tough to describe, but it does kind of sound like a machine gun, but not. After it has done that it plays flawlessly.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Any suggestions would be valued.

[tony_j15]

Update any and all drivers. Update the game as well. Doesnt sound like a heat issue, but to check, you can take off your side panel and have a box fan run over the components.

EDIT: It could be your proc, not the vid card. Put it back down to stock and see what happens.

[The Real Bingo]

Hmm, thats probably it, come to think of it. When it was around a 2800+ it didnt do that. I'll do that and get back to ya.

Thanks!