Having freezing probs in games with current O/C any help ??

[Camofrog]

not sure if this would be the best place to ask this but... here goes
the programs i'm having trouble in are SWKOTOR and Commandos3
I seem to be able to play BF1942 just fine tho....

Here is my system set-up

CPU: Intel P4 2.4C 2400MHz @ 3015MHz
O/C is 250fsb vcore is 1.565
thermaltake Spark 7+ cpu cooler, Thermaltake tiger 1 NB cooler

Motherboard: ASUS P4P800E -Deluxe
BIOS;
Memory excel mode: Auto
Performance mode:Auto

Memory: 1536mb (2x512mb, 2x256mb) of GeiL Golden Dragon PC3200 - 400 mhz Dual channel
this is at a 5:4 (320mhz)(which still runs at 400mhz because of the change in fsb), CL timings at 2-3-3-6, 2.8 vdimm
thermaltake active memory cooler

Video Card: Nvidia Geforce4FX 5600 ultra 256mb (FX 5600)
53.03 drivers no O/C (standard 325mhz core, 400mhz memory)
had O/C'd stable at 350mhz core and 460mhz memory but changed back to default to see if would make difference


Hard Drive: Maxtor ultra ata 133 8mb cache 120.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS
Additional Hard Drives: maxtor ultra ata 133 40gb 2mb cache
Monitor: sony CPD 200 trinitron 17"
DVD Manufacturer & Model: Sony DVD-rom 48x
CDR/CDRW Manufacturer & Model: Sony CD-RW 48x24x42
Sound Card: Audigy 2 ZS platinum
Operating System: WinXP Pro SP1
Other Components: 420 watt Enermax power supply.
Blue cold cathode light.
Kingwin Black Aluminum case with windows both sides and top.
5 - 80mm & 1 120mm case fans + power supply fans.
CPU fan, chipset fan, memory fan, all round cables.

i think it might be a video card prob or maybe memory based problem.
What is exactly happening is it will freeze all of a sudden whether 5 mins into the game or 30mins.
and i reset and try and go back into it, its never at the load screens just when i go into the games.
and i havnt had any freezes on the desktop, (just watched the first 5 "Band-of-Brothers" DVD's one right after the other with no probs)
I hav not had a chance yet to test if it happens in other games besides the ones mentioned.
Is it my O/C that is causing my problems, I ran Prime 95 for 18hrs the other day and had no errors, I've run 3DMark01 & 03, as well as PCMark04, Sisandra, i use the latest version of MBM, and i have no viruses (scanned with the latest Norton 2003 *updated*)
The only thing i was about to do and probably will tonight is run Memtest86 and i will post what that says......

ANY INPUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

 

[Camofrog]

BUMP

 

[zShowtimez]

I would assume memory. Not many boards can take all 4 DIMMS being in use. Try to lower to CL 2.5 and see if that helps.

 

[djohn3853]

Don't think anything is wrong with your setup just because you can't play SWKOTOR. From what i've read and seen, few can. My son got it for Christmas and it won't even load on his P4 machine. See the site below and you'll see you're not alone.

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[zShowtimez]

Some games use memory alot more. I know I though my old system was stable (Gigabyte SINXP1394, 2.4B, 256 PC2700x2) And all my games ran fine, everything was good. Except Warcraft 3, gave memory error after about 30 minutes of playing.