dont know why it started happening but it did. i can load everything in vendetta just fine, but once i'm in it takes about 3 minutes before my whole system, MB HardDrives and all, just shutsdown. This is from the errors.log file minus the chat:

[Fri Oct 10 13:03:26 2003] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 21.0. Load @0x08267248
[Fri Oct 10 13:03:26 2003] Instantiate address: 0x401cb090
[Fri Oct 10 13:03:26 2003] Found driver: "Open Sound System driver". Type 1, Version 6.1. Load @0x08269240
[Fri Oct 10 13:03:26 2003] Instantiate address: 0x4001ad40
Found 0 joystick(s)
osssound: ospace info: fragstotal=8, fragsize=8192
osssound: dspbuf = 0x49303000
OSS sound initialized: 44100Hz, 16bit stereo, 371ms buffer
LoadGKMeshes: Can't load 'tech_beacon_01_lod2' in 'gaf/tech_beacon_01_lod2.dfs'
LoadGKMeshes: Can't load 'ship_furie_hull' in 'gaf/ship_furie_hull.dfs'


i'm assuming that the "Can't load"s might be a problem but not shure if that is it.

Hmm, I don't think the Can't Load errors are causing your problem. I think it may be your video drivers. Try getting either newer or older drivers from nvidia.

been there, done that.
however, why would my video card have the ability to shutdown my computer totaly? i'm not talking about a computer lock up and i need to reboot either. i'm saying that when it shutsdown theres no power to it.

Yes it could do that. What wattage is your power supply, and did you try checking your temp?

600W and the temp is fine. i've had this comp for 4 months now and it's never acted up like this. only when i play vendetta. i dont believe it is the video drivers cause i can play RTCW: Enemy Territory to death with no problems, and go hardcore on Blender with no problems. i didnt have this prob before 3.3.3 so i dont know what when on after for the linux code.