Could my PSU be causing this??

[Genesis15]

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.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

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.

 

[HVAC]

This was happening to me, but only during gaming. I replaced the power supply and BAM! .... no more freezing. I had a similar setup.

 

[Genesis15]

ok, I replaced my 300Antec with a 380w antec, still doing it.... wow.

 

[Genesis15]

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.

 

[user3657]

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.

 

[user3657]

wait 6600gt?? if this happens only under load(games), its the video card. rma it.

 

[Genesis15]

how can you be so sure? I'd be more then happy to rMA or purchase a new card if i knew for usre.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Might want to remove the case side cover and direct a desk fan at the VGA card. See if that helps.

 

[Genesis15]

I tried that no luck...ive tried pretty much everything i could

 

[BoomerD]

Can you swap the card with a different one to see if that may be the cause?

 

[Genesis15]

if i could i would have allready, i think my friend has a Geforce 4 ti4200 i could try in a week or so..

 

[myocardia]

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.

 

[Genesis15]

ok i ran memtest, came up iwth no problems... i used drivercleaner

 

[John]

Are all games freezing? Try running Orthos for 12 hours, then run rthdribl for an hour and see what happens.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: John
Are all games freezing? Try running Orthos for 12 hours

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?

 

[John]

Yea, I have a gut feeling that there is a stability problem to resolve. Keep us updated Genesis.

 

[pcslookout]

No your power supply is not causing this.

Have you made sure your video card drivers are up to date ?

 

[Genesis15]

I used latest drivers, no affect.

i have no clue what the problem could be?!

 

[Genesis15]

if i run rthdribl and it checks fine what do i post up??? what does this mean, i tried orthos and it confused me lol

 

[Genesis15]

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..

 

[Genesis15]

bump

 

[Joony]

Give memtest86 a try!

http://www.memtest.org/