being that this issue is occurring on all 3 of my machines at random times i do not believe it to be a hardware failure related issue or airflow issue. i have a thermatake tower for my main machine and the temp in there is nice and cool. also the memory sticks have their own heat spreaders. either way, re-seated all hardware and tested... same deal

I'm now noticing a directx error everytime saying "unable to detect directx device."

will do some research on that now though but thnx for the support