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Could my PSU be causing this??

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Genesis15

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I figured 300w Antec would be plenty for my setup or X2 3800+ AM2, 2gigs of Corsair, 1-80gb hdd, k9MM-V Msi mobo, XFX 6600GT 8x AGP....

but my games are freezing after 10-15 mins, but on videos etc. my pc runs fine, no over-heating and i tried different drivers/formatting, the GPU also doesnt appear to have any burn marks etc.
 
Sounds like heat. Tape a thermometer over the PSU's exhaust and read the temp at freezing, then check it while viewing video clips. Bet it is running hotter while gaming.
If this 300W unit is over three years old, open it for inspection. You might find bulging/vented Fuhjyyu caps.
 
This was happening to me, but only during gaming. I replaced the power supply and BAM! .... no more freezing. I had a similar setup.
 
as far as heat... full gpu = 82, full cpu = 54.... not a heat problem, my parts are basically new except for my GPU and HDD.
 
has it always been doing this? happens in all games? what video card? could be ram,video overheating, or its time for a format.

please tell us what video card you have, even if its not overheating there are some older cards that if are not ran really cool, will cause it to crash underload. i went though this with my 6800gt. never over heated temp wise, but there are knowned issues if these cards arnt kept realy cool. i rmaed it and the new one worked good.
 
Your problem sounds to me like a stick of RAM going bad (or just not receiving enough vdimm). Download MemTest, and let it run overnight. If it happens to pass with no errors, you'll know it's most likely your video card. BTW, did you use Driver Cleaner Pro, when you were switching between the different drivers? Having remnants from the old driver can sometimes cause crashing/freezes.
 
Originally posted by: John
Are all games freezing? Try running Orthos for 12 hours
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Yeah, I just thought of that. He's most likely not giving his cpu enough voltage. I still can't believe that the morons at AMD don't know how much vcore their dual core chips require at stock speeds.:roll: Or have they finally gotten that fixed with the AM2 versions?
 
Yea, I have a gut feeling that there is a stability problem to resolve. Keep us updated Genesis.
 
ok I ran the program, my PC froze after like 20 minutes of running it... the performance while it ran was fine though... what gives??

im using a 380w antec now..
 
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