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Computer Freezes when doing anything Video Heavy

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tornadobox

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My friend's computer keeps freezing whenever he does something video-demanding on his computer (like playing games). He has an AMD T-Bird 700MHz on an FIC AZ11 mobo, with an ATI Radeon 32DDR video card. We've tried several things, and can't seem to find the source of the problem. I even took out his video card and used it in my machine and I had no problems, so I think it's safe to assume it's not the video card.

We updated the drivers to the most recent official Radeon drivers from ATI's site, and that seemd to take care of the problem (we played Half-Life multi-player for several hours, and his computer didn't freeze), but the other day he said it froze again on him.

Interestingly, his +12 and +5 voltages are very high, running around +15 and +8. Do you think this could be the underlying cause of his trouble?
 
that would be a likely culprit. i've also seen weird things happen when a box gets too hot. does the pc have plenty of ventilation, fans, etc?
 
Well, his old case was really small and cramped. I just upgraded to the Antec SX830, so I gave him my old case which is a bit bigger than his old one. He has 1 case fan also...but I'll have him try a new PS and see if that works. Thanks for the input.
 
take the side panels off, leave them off for quite awhile, 🙂 that should drop temps a tad!

or, run RC5, if it freezes, its prolly heat related, considering Rc5 and games bring CPU usage to 100% full load, and casue stability problems!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Good Luck,

Bryan
 
Looking at those voltages, I am surprised...What does it have as core voltage as? Where are you reading these numbers at?

15 volts on 12volt rail is way past the 10% percent (worst case scenario, if my memory serves me) they may sometimes vary.
 
looking at numbers through Sisoft Sandra 2001 (i run sandra 2001 on my system too and get normal voltage readings). Core voltage is at 1.8, that's normal right? (I get the same on my computer).
 
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