Thanks for the replies guys.
There are some things that i want to clarify. My old mobo was a Chaintech VNF3-250 and the PSU was reading a solid 12.10 back then. Note though that the old mobo was using a 20pin connector and the new one is using a 24pin connector. The Enermax PSU that i have...
My system specs:
Athlon64 3000+ 754 socket
512MB DDR RAM
MSI K8N Neo3
Enermax Noisetaker 485W 24pin
120GB WD HDD
I set up this system last Friday and i saw that the +12 line has a 11.48 reading. Should i be worried?
I had an Epox 8RDA3+ some time ago and it was giving me some of the problems you mentionned. Most impotantly though, it was giving me freezing screens. EVERYTHING would freeze and i had to click on the reset button for them to fix. In the end, the mobo simply died.
Definetely do a BIOS...
From the thread you linked me to, only one person seemed to have problems. And that could of been because of something else going wrong in his system, not the PSU. But oh well... who knows.
Im supporting Enermax because i bought lately a 485W Enermax Noisetaker, to replace my old and crappy...
Sheesh, why the hell isnt anyone recommending Enermax?
http://www.enermax.com.tw/products_page.php?Tid=1&gon=261&Gid=18&Gid2=45
Best PSU maker on the planet.
I am also having some kind of weird problems as well and for two nights i ran Memtest and Prime95 for about 8 hours each: No errors.
Btw what are your system temps?
What you say doesnt make sense.
If it is a HSF problem he would have higher temps. It isnt a temp problem, especially when his system seems to be well cooled.
Project86, you should consider running memtest.
I have ran dxdiag tests many times and i passed them all with flying colours. But here is the interesting part: I read your suggestion and i decided to run dxdiag again anyways. When dxdiag was loading, the system rebooted...!!
After i came back to windows, first i got this message...
Ok before i start, take a look at the initial thread i made about how the problem developed, it should give you plenty of info: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1524712&enterthread=y
This is the message i get lately when i play Battle for Middle Earth after it...
OOOk the Direct X error message appeared again after a full week of non problematic gaming. Here is how the message looks like: http://users.tellas.gr/~ilias78/DX%20error.jpg
This problem seems to happen only with Battle for Middle Earth. On a sidenote, my mobo temps are mysteriously high at...
Thanks for your advice Yilar, the problem seems to be solved now. Although im still cautious about it...lol.
I uninstalled the 66.93 drivers and installed the 71.81 ones. I ALSO reinstalled DirectX 9.0c because at some point my games would give me an error message concerning DirectX. Perhaps...
My system specs:
A64 3000+ socket 754
Chaintech VNF3-250
512MB RAM
Geforce3 Ti200
120GB Hard drive
The problem: I can play any game without any issues, freezes or lockups. But when i exit the game im playing and load another one, i get this weird image clipping, my screen is almost cut...
I thought of that too. Look at my voltage readings btw. I think the 12V one is too low.
http://users.tellas.gr/~ilias78/PSU%20temps.bmp
What do you think?
Hmmm, i assembled this system myself and i was extremely careful during the installation of everything on it. Besides, the A64 heatsink installation is such, that its impossible to install something wrong.
As for the temps, its around 45-46C when playing Battle for Middle Earth. I think this...
First of all my system specs:
Athlon64 3000+ socket754
Chaintech VNF3-250 Nforce3
512MB DDR-RAM
120GB WD hard drive
10GB WD hard drive
Geforce3 Ti200
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW dual layer
Chieftec 360W power supply
Using on-board sound audio
Ok here goes:
A few weeks ago, after installing...
I will comment on the hard drive issue:
If it was a hard drive problem, you wouldnt have problems just on your games but on your ENTIRE system activities: Browsing, installing things (especially that), uninstalling, copying e.t.c. I had a 120GB WD with 40KB in bad sectors. Needless to say...
Spike, im certain that after some correct AS5 application, my CPU temps will drop to more normal levels. I mean, i had your CPU temps with my AthlonXP 2400+.... :-) So heres hoping,
I have a simillar problem as yours.
I have two 80mm panaflo's as outake fans and two ZALMAN 80mm fans as intakes.
As thermal paste i didnt use Arctic Silver 5, but a thermal compound that came with my motherboard. White, sticky and suspicious but i had to use it cause i wanted to build the...
Yes i know what you mean. I have a floppy drive on my system, but its not even connected.
Anyway, i think i will wait until i apply AS5 on the CPU and see what happens then. The white thermal compound i used (that came with my Chaintech mobo) clearly wasnt quality stuff. But as i said...
Akira, i used one of the utilities you mentioned on an ABIT-NF7S. I did everything according to plan but the system NEVER rebooted properley and stayed dead.
Never again will i use such a method.
Before i answer your questions, an update:
Today i bought two 80mm panaflo fans and an Arctic Silver5. The two panaflos serve as outake fans at the back of the case, there is another 80mm fan working as an intake at the side of the case and another intake 80mm Zalman fan in the front. Note...
Yes i did remove the pad from the retail heatsink because i thought it was one of those old type thermal pads that had a hard wax like texture. The moment i started to rub off the pad from the heatsink, i realized my terrible mistake. I had some thermal compound (like AS) to replace it, but...
Hello to everyone.
Yesterday i assembled a new motherboard and CPU combo. The processor is a 754 socket Athlon64 3000+ and the motherboard is a Chaintech VNF3-250. My problem are the temps. While doing minimal tasks, like playing an mp3 or a movie & browsing the net, the CPU temps are...
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