I have Intel DG41RQ mobo. I have 4 GB DDR2 RAM and zotac 9800GT Synergy Vcard with 1GB. The PSU is 750 VA. When I try to ply Flight Simulator X game on this configuration, within 2-3 minutes the monitor looses signal and I have to hardboot the CPU. Any help !!!

Your motherboard can support up to 8 Gb of ram, of type DDR2 667 MHz or 800 MHz. In practice 667 would do I believe as the performance difference is not great in practice. The board has 2 DIMM sockets for this.

It depends somewhat on your OS and what you want to do. I'd try 4 Gb first. Bear in mind that added ram doesn't actually speed the computer as such, only a faster CPU does that, but it will allow more windows to be kept open, and cut down on data swapping to virual memory on the hard drive.
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When the CPU overheats then it will shut down (i.e. thermal overload) and won't boot up again until it has cooled down. If this is the problem is not fixed then the CPU will eventually fail.
A faulty fan causes the problem or the fan and heat sink assembly are clogged with dust.
Check the CPU fan to see if it spins freely, if not replace the fan.
If the fan and heat sink is clogged with dust the remove the dust and make sure the vents are clear and dust free. Use a small brush and can of compressed air to do this.

Unfortunately I don't think your pc meets the Graphics card requirements so you won't be able to run it on your laptop.

Product Requirements :
Farming Simulator 2011 any PC version, download or boxed
Windows XP (SP3) / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Intel-CPU 2 Ghz or higher
Nvidia Gforce 6800 Series, ATI Radeon x850, S3 Chrome 430 GT graphicscard or better (at least 256 MB VRAM)
1 GB RAM
1 GB free disk space

A slow computer could becaused by a number of things - 1. InsufficientRAM memory - if your computer has less than 512Mb of RAM then increase it to atleast 1Gb of RAM. 2. Registryproblems - clean and repair the registry, it will contain unused registry keys.Use programs such as Registry Mechanic, Microsoft RegClean etc. 3. Uninstall/removeunused programs, this will also free up hard disk space. 4. Notenough hard disk space - swap file space may need to be increased if Windowshasn't been configured to manage it. 5. Installlatest Windows updates. 6. Updatevirus definition files and scan computer for viruses, Trojans, malware etc. 7. Clearthe Internet cache for faster browsing. 8. Harddisk maintenance is required at least once a month to keep it functioningefficiently. Runthe following programs - Disk Cleanup -removes temporary files that are no longer used and to recovers hard disk space. DiskDefragmenter to make fragmented files into contiguous files and thereforethe hard disk access is faster.

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Yes, perfectly fine. read this:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17250/eng/DG41RQ_TechProdSpec.pdf

Sorry, the motherboard has been fried - nothing you can do, it's dead. Replace it.

try swapping power supplies or improving internal cooling. your not overclocking the cpu or the video cards, are you?

Your mobo is quite old and its chipset can only support a maximum of 512MB PER SIDE (technically called a bank) of a memory module. I would guess that your 1gb memory module has 8 chips that are all located on one side of the module, putting all of the 1 GB on one bank. Thus, only 512MB of your 1 gb RAM is detected and usable by your motherboard (the remaining 32 mb is most likely being used by your onboard video). You'll need to find a double sided 1 gb memory module (usually 8 chips on each side).

Very few laptops allow you to change the video, it is integrated (built in) to the motherboard. All computers also have a maximum limit to the memory capacity based on the number of slots and the type and size of memory modules supported by the CPU.

The Acer Aspire 3624WXCi was a budget system with a Celeron 1.6GHz processor. The Celeron series is just not that good at video tasks, such as your flight simulator demands. The integrated video is an Intel Media Graphics Accelerator 900 with 128MB ram, not bad but not optimum for your applications.

The Acer Aspire 3620 series uses DDR2 memory and has two slots. Each memory slot can hold a maximum of 1GB, so the system is limited to 2GB of ram. If you are at this limit, it is true that you can not add more but must move onwards and upwards to a newer more powerful system.