Help.. I'm a newbie

[WallerMan]

Hey Thanks for the advice... Yeah I've tried that a couple of times... I actually purchased the Microstudio disc and have reloaded it twice now.. And yes, I selected the default drivers and rebooted and rebooted, and rebooted...And then rebboted again.. I downloaded all the driver updates from Compaq for my firmware, I even sacrificed a chicken on my patio per the Microstudio instructions. Maybe I said the incantation wrong, but dangit I'm getting frustrated. Does support have PCanywhere? maybe if they could see what I'm seeing they could help..
Just burned another coaster.. system locked up faster this time...track 6... Checked resources... Got plenty of memory now...plenty of drive space.. correct drivers...Whats the deal? I think I must be missing something here...