I wouldn't be so quick to rule out the AMD x64 chip as being a contributing factor. It seems that everyone here is using an AMD chip, and the majority are x64 based. Maybe x64 combined with advanced video cards is causing problems.

This issue does seem to be exclusive to AMD cpus.

I too run XP x64 OEM on annother hdd on this system, but hardly ever use it becuse I dont have any antivirus for it yet.

The fact that your using an x64 chip with no problem doesn't rule it out as a contributer to the problem, just means you dont have the other contributers.

Thanks for the link though, seems to be the same solution as previously mentioned here for ATi based cards.

Booman: under the processes tab in Task manager (Cant remember if this works in XP Home) check to see if limewire.exe is using some huge amount of your cpu.

If not, I would suggest that your problem is not the same as the others here. If it is, recheck your display drivers. Your system is so uncannily like mine, that I would be very suprised if it was a different cause.

fingers crossed,
Chard