Recent content by gso94190

no ideas huh... well, I flashed my bios to 1.90 (msi k8n neo) thinking it would update something and the problem keeps happening. It even happens when surfing the web sometimes... Oh well, no more self bumps for me. I appreciate all your imput, if no one else has any ideas, i'll let this...

This is really frustrating. I ran a mobo monitor logs on quake 3 and star wars: knights of the old republic just like I did on HL2. The results were not consistent. Quake 3 did not crash. the max cpu temp while it was running was 53 degrees celcius, but the fan was going 4623 rpm's...

Wow, Mother board monitor is great! I never knew about it before. I ran an interval log in the background while I booted up HL2. I told it to make a log every 5 seconds. After about a minute in the main menu screen of HL2, my comp pooped out (as expected). I turned my comp back on and found...

Well, I think we've narrowed it down to a heat or power issue. How can you make a log of CPU temps and rail voltages? Does windows have a program that can track this info for you or is there some utility that you guys could direct me to. Thanks.

Do you think it could be the heat sink fan on the processor? I was reading on another board and came across that. I have the stock heatsink that came with my 3400+ installed. Are there typically problems with stock AMD heatsinks? Just a thought...

nope, I don't get any warning. Like I said I was just on the Main Menu of the game looking in the options. Then all of a sudden, the lights on my tower go off, the fans shutdown and the monitor clicks off (loses signal from the tower). Its just as if I had told it to shut down. Thats why I...

I checked the event viewer and nothing of consequence is listed. thx for the quick reply

I figure I'd throw my problem out for all you guys to chew on. I'm all out of ideas about whats going on. Ok, Heres my situation. I put my computer together around last christmas. specs: MSI k8n neo AMD ath 64 3400+ 1 gig kingston ram BFG geforce 6800 nu (now GT, i'll explain later)...

wow.... I guess the sad part is that there is a market for stuff like that.

Hey guys, thanks for all the info. I'll get the 6800nu and cross my fingers on the extra 4 pipes working. Oh and tfcmasta97 I'll think about that hundred dollars...

well, sounds like the consensus is the 6800NU. I read that unlocking the the four pipes only works on some cards, sometimes the pipelines are defective. Do you guys know what the chances are of getting a 6800NU that can open up to 16 pipes and run with no problems? are we talking: almost...

Being my first post I want to say what a good forum you guys run here, definitely the spot for high end info. Ok, here's the deal, I have a $300 budget for a VC for the gaming rig I'm putting together. Can't spend more cuz I need to buy everything else too. I've been reading and reading about...