Hey all.

When i'm playing World of Warcraft, and I go to alt-tab, about 2 minutes later while alt-tabbed my computer just freezes up, all my USB ports stop working (keyboard, mouse, mic) and my monitor is still on, and my computer is still running and my headphones are making a high pitch buzzing sound. At this point I have to hard boot and the problem is fixed until I alt-tab for a few minutes (while in WoW).

It's strange because in the afternoon I alt-tab while playing other games, and it doesn't freeze up (I don't think I'm alt-tabbed for 2 minutes+ though..) and it only seems to freeze up around 9:00 pm+ after the computer has been on for a good 7+ hours. I'm not sure if that's an important factor, but I thought I'd just mention that. My CPU temperature is around 19-24°C and my System temperature is 30°C at the time of the crash.

My computer specs are as followed:
Duo Core 3.16ghz
EAH3870 X2 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM
ASUS P5E3 Premium Wifi-AP @n Edition

I thank you ALL in advance, and I am open to all suggestions.

This post has been edited by RedMageTaru: Jun 25 2008, 08:49 PM

It just happened when I was playing Warcraft III, and I didn't alt-tab or anything. It just froze up and I had to hold down the power button. I have Vista Home Premium 64-bit.