Slideshow module causes system to crash

Hi,
I have a strange problem with Lightroom on Win XP SP3. When using the Slideshow module, I can typically play the slideshow for a couple of shots and then the whole system crashes. Typically so that the screen just goes blank and the computer reboots. This occures in two different computers, and the only common thing in these are Windows XP SP3 and Matrox G550 (latest stable drivers). The error also occures with both LR 2.1 and 1.3. I haven't been able to reproduce this with any other applications on these computers.
Has anyone else seen this? Have you been able to fix it? The way the computer crashes would indicate that the problem is in a low level driver, but there must be something in Lightroom that trigggers this.
Regards,
Mike

Thanks for replying,
> Possible solution YES.
Well, not in my case. I can reproduce this reliably even if I render 1:1 previews for all photos right before going into Slideshow.
>Can you post a crash report from the control\admistrative tools\event viewer logs for that particular crash.
No. The system just dies and reboots. Nothig is written to the event log, nor are there any crashdumps generated. And this is the same on both computers.
> How much memory do you have?
4 GB on both. Tried both with and without the /3GB switch, same problem regardless of this setting.
(Btw, system one is Asus MB, Pentium 4 HT, Matrox G550 AGP, single DVI monitor. System 2 is Intel MB, Core 2 Duo, Matrox G550 on PCIe, double DVI+VGA monitors.)
Mike

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