Front row Freezes while playing DVD

Front row stops responding to input from the remote and keyboard after watching a dvd for some period of time, usually happens after and hour or so. The dvd's are store bought and seem to be okay. The problem usually only occurs after watching a movie for more than an hour. If at some point I hit pause the movie will not respond and keep on playing, keyboard commands don't do anything. I can get it to stop playing only by hitting comaltesc and which causes the system to either freeze or give me only a arrow that I can move around but do nothing with. I am thinking that my MBP is DOA since it has been doing this since the day I received it, May 21, 2006. Any suggestions would help, intermittent issues are a pain in the butt... Thanks
PS everything is up to date.

Have you guys tried the play/pause + minus button to get out of Front Row? This usually gets you out of most problems in Front Row. Trust me when I say your Mac hates you to unplug or power down hard - only use as last resort.
For better results in Front Row quit out all "i" media apps before using Front Row. Then allow Front Row to open the various apps for you. I know this is slower. Front Row is really only a "front" for the other software. If you update iPhoto or iTunes and then go into Front Row it can easily hang due to the updates. I am now in the habit of just quiting out all "i" apps when I update them. Works like a charm.

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Hopefully I can describe this issue accurately enough for some assistance.
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MSI P35 Neo-F (MS-7360): Computer randomly freezes while playing games

Hi there,
I have reached the end of my technical knowledge right now and I'm not even sure if this area of the forum is appropriate. The problem:
While playing higher-end games like Crysis 2, Anno 1404, Mass Effect 2 etc. my computer randomly freezes and the last few milliseconds of sound are being looped on my speakers (kind of like a buzzing sound).
By "freezing" I mean that my computer becomes unresponsive to any action other than pressing the Reset-Button or holding down the Power-Up-Button (no reaction to Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+F4, Alt+Tab, no mouse movement... you get it).
There's no exact timing as to when these freezes occur. The fastest freeze happened after less than a minute of playing a game, slowes one (just today after switching to my newer case with better cooling) took about 2 hours.
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Mainboard: MSI P35 Neo-F (MSI-7360)
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz
RAM: 4x 1GB DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2
Graphics: Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W (upgraded from Xilence XP600, 600W)
New CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 13 Pro (upgraded from OEM Intel Boxed Cooler)
New Case: Zalman Z9 Plus w/ 4x 120 mm Fans (Upgraded from a Case with only 1x 250mm side Fan)
2 Western Digital HDD (1x 2TB, 1x320 GB)
1 DVD Reader/Burner (unimportant for that error I guess)
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2 Screens: 1x 24" Asus VS248H and 1x 21" LG Flatron Wide W2240T
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reinstalled games where the freeze occurred
updated all Drivers (including cleaning old versions in safe mode; also tried older drivers)
updated BIOS to v1.A0
Reinstalled Windows
bought new Case and CPU Cooler to improve Air Flow/Cooling
checked Seating of all components (took out, cleaned, reapplied thermal grease where neccessary, re-inserted)
cleaned old case of dust (obviously no problem in the new case, which is 2 days "old")
ran 7 sequences of Memtes86+ without any errors
ran Prime95 without any errors for about 45 Minutes
ran Furmark for 15 Minutes under full load (burn-in test) without any problems, even though my graphics card hit the 100°C frequency-cut level
ran Furmark and Prime95 simultaneously without any problems
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Regards
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Quote from: Bernhard on 10-July-12, 13:15:30
Lets be realistic. A system with a 560TI is recommended to have a around 31Amps under full load, a CX500 would be sufficient.
Have you monitored your CPU and memory utilisation ?
As suggested before, test the GPU in another computer to see if the behaviour is the same.
Whew, I thought for a second there that my common sense had left me when I saw that 60-Amp-Post ^^
Yes, I monitored CPU and RAM usage, there is no recognizeable pattern to be seen and it almost never happens under full load.
I will see if a friend of mine can test my GPU on his computer, and I will test it underclocked right away.
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