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3D Games crashing to desktop / crashing computer

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skypilot

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I recently completed a new build with the following:

GeForce 7100 Motherboard
E5200 (stock clock speed)
4GB DDR2-800 (2 sticks of 2GB)
Nvidia 98000 GTX+ Video Card
500GB 7200.12 HDD
Vista Business X64

About 80% of the time I play a 3d game (QW:ET, Fallout3, Age of Empires 3, Dawn of War 2), it will crash to desktop or BSOD the computer anywhere from the first minute of playing to 20 minutes into playing.

* All temps are fine (video card stays under 60C, CPU cores under 55C).
* Nvidia drivers are the newest.
* CPU/RAM check out with all popular stress tests (memtest, intel stress test, pi, prime, etc)

I'm thinking maybe the power supply, but I bought a brand new 500 Watt one for this build (Link)... Is this PSU enough for this computer?
 
I see your problem. The 98000 is ten times the 9800. Kidding

Have you tried changing the power connectors to your card? Your PSU only has 1-6pin connector? If you're using an adapter, switch up the leads you're plugging into it.
 
Am going to try a PCIe power adapter tomorrow, as opposed to the PCIe 6-pin coming off my power supply. On the other hand, it's a 500W power supply from a decent manufacturer... Shouldn't it be enough for a dual core chip and a single 9800 gtx+? One hard drive, one optical drive, a couple of fans... Cmon!
 
Have you read the dumps the BSOD creates using the Windows Debugging Tool? It's pretty nifty for finding out exactly what could be causing your crash. Hell, it could be a conflicting sound driver or some other program. 🙂

At least this way you know what file to look for. I actually used it a few days ago to find out that my friend's Abit GURU program was freaking out because he installed some other voltage monitoring app. It's nice! 😛
 
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