VERY strange problem with battlefield

[completeandutterNEWB]

i have found a very strange driver problem with battlefield
if i try to play the game after i've been using WMP or Winamp the game will restart my computer. for some reason realplayer does not do this
and if i try to play the game after the computer was in standby mode the game will restart the computer
and sometimes battlefield just randomly closes
and after the restart windows says it was a driver problem and it cant identify whats causing the problem

i think this happened because i had to reinstall windows (without reformatting the entire disk) after i was playing around with the system kernel (yea i know i'm stupid :D )
however i dont remember if battlefield had this problem before that (i think it didnt)

my system specs are in my sig and i'm currently running XP and Norton internet security and antivirus 2003 (if that matters)

thanks for any and all help :)

edit: i might be doing a full disk reformat pretty soon to get rid of the junk that has accumulated over the past 4 months

[Werewolfdaddy]

Are you using the newest drivers for your motherboard/video card, etc? Also is your direct X up to date? Have you overclocked your video card/processor or memory?

[Werewolfdaddy]

I've been doing a little research on the battlefield site and I was wondering if you were using a third party refresh rate fix program. You may need ot uninstall it if you are. Those have been known to drive battlefield crazy.

[completeandutterNEWB]

i have the latest cat 4.4 drivers and i recently got directx 9.0b
my vid card and proc used to be (long time ago) overclocked but now are on stock

and what do you mean by motherboard drivers?

[Markoman01027]

chipset drivers.

They should of came with your motherboard; if not, then go on asus website and download from there.

[completeandutterNEWB]

hmm there is an intel udate utility program on the disk that came with the mobo and when install it and restart like it says, i cant even find the program

and on the site there are a bunch of drivers and utilities
im so confused :confused:

[tomster2300]

On the asus site you should be able to find your board. On the board's page should be a link to drivers or technical help or something. Have you solved your problem yet?