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try this:
take everything out except the Video card. If your not using anything USB, go into the BIOS and shut off its IRQ.
Go to windows safemode (hit F8 several times right before windows starts to load, and select option 3) and check for duplicate / ghost devices in the device manager (Windows key+Pause). If you see listings for devices you don't have/use, delete them, one by one. If you see duplicate listings for a device, delete all listings for that device, and then reboot into windows normal mode and let windows reinstall the drivers.
Go to Start > Run > type MSCONFIG, hit enter. Select "Selective Startup". You should safely be able to uncheck Config.sys, Autoexec.bat, and Load Startup Group Items. (basically, you want do siable any and all unnecessary items loading at startup... you can be more selective by clicking on the Startup tab at the top and unchecking items. I suggest killing any antivirus utilities or crashguard utilities, AIM, ICQ, etc, for these tests).
Save your changes.
Reboot once again, and try playing your game. No lockups? Good.
Now install the soundcard. I suggest you do NOT install any cards in the PCI next to the AGP slot since it usually ends up sharing IRQ's and other resources with the AGP slot.
Still working?
Install the Nic (reboot after each install and test of course). lockups?
are you overclocking?
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