And I am ANNOYED.
See, it goes like this : 80% of the times I play games like return to castle wolfenstein or wizardry 8 or Alice or , well, any 3d game, computer locks up after a random while. Sometime I can play without fault for hours, sometimes it takes 15 minutes before I get graphic glitches, 2 second lockups following eachother , and then , (after perhaps half a min) , screen hangs and sound goes into a neverending loop, and then, just after, screen goes black. The hanging part can be delayed for like half a min if I make less things go on on screen (stare into a wall; i.e show few polys and stuff).
Usually after this has happened, it tends to happen more often until I shut down the computer for the night (or whenever it's off for a few hours). And usually after it locks up in a game, and I restart the comp, I get screen glitches and a hanged computer after just a minute or two, even if I ain't doing anything worhtwhile.
That is symptom numero 1.
Symptom numero 2 manifests itself sometimes when I try to launch an application (ANY application, even open My Computer) ; system locks up for half a minute(and main hd tries to chew its own tail off; meaning it works-works-woorks), then it responds to input for 3 seconds, whereafter it hangs for 30 seconds, responds to input for 2 secs, and then it hangs final. Or something like it.
And it seems random..sometomes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, but once it's started, it continues to happen pretty often 'till i shut it down for some hours.
When it dosplayed symptom nr.1 for an extended amount of time, I tried switching vid drivers, no difference. New Soundcard-drivers, no difference. There are no hardware conflicts. I changed some things in BIOS; no difference. I set my CPU to normal FSB speed, no difference. (ANd CPU-hangs due to heat are different, mostly.)
So I unplugged my sound-card. No issues for for a while (perhaps 5 hours). I tried putting the soundcard back in and unplugging the networks-card. No issues, and everything worked for as long as I tried it.
But..the next day, problems are back. And I who had thought it had somehting to do with the powersupply not supplying enough power! I run XP , and sometimes when it has crashed in a game and restarts , it shows a dialog where it says ' Display device could not finish drawing humhumm(somehting)'
I only tried overclocking the dang thing once(vid card), but found out Kyro's don't oc well, so I have it at normal speed now. (And I never had these kinds of issues when I ran it too fast)
Oh, and sometimes when comp hangs and screen goes black the hd powers down. Don't ask me why.
Anyone have any clues about what malady my FREAkin' comp is sufferin' ? ANY help is surely appreciated.
C'iao
EDIT: before anyone asks, here are my important specs :
P-3800@~896(ystech fan, alu taisol)
256 SDARM cas3
ABIt BH6 rev1.02 (newest bios)
SB LIVe (newsest drivers)
XP pro (not updated)
Proview 765 mon (mentioned because according to windows(only show refreshrates monitor can handle) it can't handle 85 Hz, but it does)
Herc Kyro2 (tried a gazillion different drivers, currently underclocked)
:|
See, it goes like this : 80% of the times I play games like return to castle wolfenstein or wizardry 8 or Alice or , well, any 3d game, computer locks up after a random while. Sometime I can play without fault for hours, sometimes it takes 15 minutes before I get graphic glitches, 2 second lockups following eachother , and then , (after perhaps half a min) , screen hangs and sound goes into a neverending loop, and then, just after, screen goes black. The hanging part can be delayed for like half a min if I make less things go on on screen (stare into a wall; i.e show few polys and stuff).
Usually after this has happened, it tends to happen more often until I shut down the computer for the night (or whenever it's off for a few hours). And usually after it locks up in a game, and I restart the comp, I get screen glitches and a hanged computer after just a minute or two, even if I ain't doing anything worhtwhile.
That is symptom numero 1.
Symptom numero 2 manifests itself sometimes when I try to launch an application (ANY application, even open My Computer) ; system locks up for half a minute(and main hd tries to chew its own tail off; meaning it works-works-woorks), then it responds to input for 3 seconds, whereafter it hangs for 30 seconds, responds to input for 2 secs, and then it hangs final. Or something like it.
And it seems random..sometomes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, but once it's started, it continues to happen pretty often 'till i shut it down for some hours.
When it dosplayed symptom nr.1 for an extended amount of time, I tried switching vid drivers, no difference. New Soundcard-drivers, no difference. There are no hardware conflicts. I changed some things in BIOS; no difference. I set my CPU to normal FSB speed, no difference. (ANd CPU-hangs due to heat are different, mostly.)
So I unplugged my sound-card. No issues for for a while (perhaps 5 hours). I tried putting the soundcard back in and unplugging the networks-card. No issues, and everything worked for as long as I tried it.
But..the next day, problems are back. And I who had thought it had somehting to do with the powersupply not supplying enough power! I run XP , and sometimes when it has crashed in a game and restarts , it shows a dialog where it says ' Display device could not finish drawing humhumm(somehting)'
I only tried overclocking the dang thing once(vid card), but found out Kyro's don't oc well, so I have it at normal speed now. (And I never had these kinds of issues when I ran it too fast)
Oh, and sometimes when comp hangs and screen goes black the hd powers down. Don't ask me why.
Anyone have any clues about what malady my FREAkin' comp is sufferin' ? ANY help is surely appreciated.
C'iao
EDIT: before anyone asks, here are my important specs :
P-3800@~896(ystech fan, alu taisol)
256 SDARM cas3
ABIt BH6 rev1.02 (newest bios)
SB LIVe (newsest drivers)
XP pro (not updated)
Proview 765 mon (mentioned because according to windows(only show refreshrates monitor can handle) it can't handle 85 Hz, but it does)
Herc Kyro2 (tried a gazillion different drivers, currently underclocked)
:|
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