All Games crash after 30 minutes or so of play.

[Racewiz]

I'm running a 2.53 Intel CPU with a GeForce 4 4600, XP Home, Direct X 9.0b, 1 gig of RAM DDR 400, a 80 gig hard drive with 8 meg of cache and a SB Audigy Gamer 5.1 . I'll load Never Winter Nights for example play for 30 minutes and then get nwn.exe has caused an error in something. I'll run Norton System works and find 2 bad registry entrees where there were none before. It doesn?t matter the game. I have replaced the RAM, replaced the motherboard because of different issues and just formatted and reinstalled. THE CPU runs at 55 to 57 degrees at 100% usage. I?m thinking video card may be getting to hot, ideas?

Thank You!

 

[rainypickles]

try leaving the case open and pointing a fan at it. if it works, it is definitely a heat issue then.

 

[Racewiz]

I tried that, it still crashed. I watched the heat on the CPU and saw no difference in temp.

 

[BFG10K]

Make sure you have latest BIOS and chipset drivers for your system and don't overclock anything.

 

[jim1976]

It could be numerous reasons for doing that.Any o/c's?
Is this a new built or problems just appeared now? I had similar problems in the past with my built concerning ram. Sometimes mobos are way too picky with some brands.

 

[Racewiz]

I'm running an MSI 648F Neo 800 fsb. I'm not overclocking anything. I have not checked for a new update on the bios yet, I'm up to date on video and sound.

It has been getting worse over that last month. It is to the point now where I can watch the clock and wait for it to crash.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: Racewiz
I'm running an MSI 648F Neo 800 fsb. I'm not overclocking anything. I have not checked for a new update on the bios yet, I'm up to date on video and sound.

It has been getting worse over that last month. It is to the point now where I can watch the clock and wait for it to crash.

I can't speak with certainty but it is very possible that you have memory problems.
MSI is PICKY with memory. I use an MSI neo2 865pe and in the beginning my 3d applications crashed with my first brand. I changed to kingston ddr400 value ram and never seen other problems.
But look for a bios update at msi site, they have updates that fixed similar issues.
And if you don't want to take any risks with it, change your ram if you can with a good brand(corsair,buffalo,kingston etc)

 

[Racewiz]

I have checked the MSI site and I have the most up to date bios. There are a couple of fixes for CPU coding and boot from LAN issues but nothing about memory. That was problem with my last mother board. The memory controller had issues. I replaced the ram that came with the system and added another 512. To different brands so this is something I'll check out.

Thanks!

 

[LordJezo]

OOO!!

I think I know!!

infinite loop propblem. effects geforce cards. nvidia never did anything about it.

Happened to me too. I got real sad. Formatted 3 times in one night, tried different drivers, still got sad.

More info on the problem here:

http://members.home.nl/marf/Infinite%20Loop.html
Anywho, to fix it I used these drivers:

http://www.omegacorner.com/

Get rid of your current nvidia drivers, install his, and see what happens. Worked for me.. hope it works for you.

 

[edmicman]

also check your sound card. i had a similiar problem, games would lock up after 30 mins of play or so...it really killed a LAN party weekend for me. I had a GeForce4 4600 and a SB Audigy, too. I bought new RAM, added case fans, a bigger processor fan, etc. I ended up getting a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and the problem went away. Who knows why, but I don't think I'll be getting another SB sound card for awhile now.

 

[Homerboy]

power supply?

 

[Racewiz]

Its new Antec True power 450.

I had a feeling in the back of head it might be sound. I think it may have been an issue with the mobo sound being enabled for some reason. I shut it off and played NWN for over an hour with no crash. We'll see.

Thanks