Hello, and thanks for reading my topic. Any help would be appreciated with this problem.

WELL to start things off, let me present some information about my computer:

Windows XP Professional  
AMD Athlon 1800+
1.49 GHz
512 MB Ram
Service PACK 2
Shuttle XP G2
Radeon 9500- Drivers: Radeon Omega Drivers 2.6.75a (Catalyst 5.10a)

First of all, I've been playing the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI for well over a year. On November 5th, while i was playing  my screen suddenly froze, and the sound started looping. My mouse and keyboard stopped functioning. My computer then restarted. I thought this was just a fluke mishap, so i continued to play. This happend 6 times; the intervals between each freeze KEPT getting closer.

Now I checked my error log, and found the following message:
"The driver ati2dvag for the display device \Device\Video0 got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your hardware device vendor for any driver updates. "

Now i tried uninstalling, and then reinstalling the upgraded drivers for my graphics card. That didnt work. Now I'm stumped on what to do. Also, my graphic card's fan has been broken for a while. Could this mean that my graphics card is only now OVERHEATING?

I did a Google search on this issue, and it is one complicated problem. Forums list probable causes for this as anything from the video card itself, to problems with the power supply, memory, motherboard and even the processor.

However, the fact that your card's fan has died suggests you would just be wasting your time troubleshooting this problem. It's there for a reason, and your card won't last long without it (if it hasn't died already).

Sorry, Anzai. You need a new video card.You also risk damaging other components in that machine if you continue running it this way. Most notably the MBoard and or the CPU.
One of those fans is certainly cheaper than a new CPU...

patio.  uninstall sp2.........Bad advice. Disregard the above and be careful of anyone who suggests this. There is absolutely NO documented evidence to support this position.

Little you know.......but to follow me.......More gibberish, from the master of same.forget the last post......she has lost the plot.

insight into sp2>http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=sp2+problems&meta=Anzai, disregard anything Merlin says. There's a reason he has no respect here.

Uninstalling SP2 will not change the fact that your video card has a fan that no longer works, and will not solve your problem.