Hi, I just bought a new mobo, CPU, GPU, and ram for my old computer, because one of the pins holding the heatsink and fan on my previous mobo fell off (lucky me).
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Allendale 2.0GHz
GPU: PNY VCG86GTSXPB GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
ram: Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
After installing everything, the only problem I had, initially was Windows failing to startup and giving me a BSOD, but this was resolved after repairing Windows using the install cd.
Now, whenever I try to play Bioshock my computer freezes/locks up after a few minutes. (I'm not exactly sure how to describe it, but the image that was previously on the monitor is still there, except extremely skewed, I can hear sound, there's no BSOD, and the computer refuses to restart/doesn't respond to ctrl+alt+del). I guessed that this was the graphics card's doing, so I downloaded and ran 3dmark 2006, and, sure enough, the computer locks up during stressful scenarios in this program also.
But, other than this, the computer is fine, which leads me to believe that it might have something to do with overheating.
So, I have a couple of questions: What is the normal fan speed for a Core 2 Duo processor? (Mine says 800 RPM, but this seems extremely low, since I switched from a P4)
Has anyone else had this problem before? Was it the graphics card or the mobo or someting else?
Is there any way to test which piece of hardware is experiencing the problems?
Could there be something wrong with my installation of Windows XP?
Thanks,
James
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Allendale 2.0GHz
GPU: PNY VCG86GTSXPB GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
ram: Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
After installing everything, the only problem I had, initially was Windows failing to startup and giving me a BSOD, but this was resolved after repairing Windows using the install cd.
Now, whenever I try to play Bioshock my computer freezes/locks up after a few minutes. (I'm not exactly sure how to describe it, but the image that was previously on the monitor is still there, except extremely skewed, I can hear sound, there's no BSOD, and the computer refuses to restart/doesn't respond to ctrl+alt+del). I guessed that this was the graphics card's doing, so I downloaded and ran 3dmark 2006, and, sure enough, the computer locks up during stressful scenarios in this program also.
But, other than this, the computer is fine, which leads me to believe that it might have something to do with overheating.
So, I have a couple of questions: What is the normal fan speed for a Core 2 Duo processor? (Mine says 800 RPM, but this seems extremely low, since I switched from a P4)
Has anyone else had this problem before? Was it the graphics card or the mobo or someting else?
Is there any way to test which piece of hardware is experiencing the problems?
Could there be something wrong with my installation of Windows XP?
Thanks,
James
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