Computer keeps crashing

dms541

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Jun 18, 2006
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Hey. I've been having troubles with my comp for a few days now. The darn thing won't stop crashing. I haven't been able to narrow down exactly what causes the crashes but, for example, I can't complete a run of 3dMark06 without it locking up. I have been able to complete PcMark05 with no problems however. I've run Prime95 and memtest with no problems. Basically every diagnostic I run says there isn't anything wrong when quite obviously there is.

I've completely redone everything on my system. Flashed the newest bios, reformatted/reinstalled windows, have the most up to date drivers, and have been using clean boots to run all my tests to no avail. Does anyone have a clue what I might be able to look into next?

My setup is:
Windows XP Home w/ SP2 and all updates
Biostar TForce4-sli mobo
Athlon 64 4000+
Powercolor X1900XT
2 x 1GB A-Data Vitesta DDR400 ram
2 x 250GB WD Sata2 Caviar SE16 hdd's in a raid 0
600w Kingwin AbsolutePower psu
a couple dvd+_rw drives

I've got virtually no software installed except drivers and the benchmarking programs right now. I'm not running anything overclocked. Temperatures seem to be in the normal range.
 

Newf

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Jun 18, 2006
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Which temps seem normal?
If you're convinced that heat is not the issue, then it's probably the PSU going out to lunch.
 

Davegod

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how long you running prime and memtest?


fwiw 3DMark failing appears to rule against either video card, RAM or CPU, with an outside chance against other software or hardware.
memtest appears to rule out RAM, Prime appears to rule out CPU. I'd suggest trying the videocard underclocked but dont void warranty, you might be needing it.