i think my pc is broke i have no idea. HELP CRASHING HARD-NOT UPDATED FEbB 13 2003

[BmXStuD]

LMFAO i fix the problem. It was my f*c*ing case omg how can it be my case you would say. It is b/c i did the light wiring and power button button and reset wiring myslef i guess my psu was shortin out on thoses... But anyway i orderd a ALLIED PSU 300watt better than this compusa also. Heres my new case.


my case but mine was cheaper and i got no psu w/ mine no biggie

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UPDATEDOK heres my problem that pisses me off sooo bad..

I built me a new pc and @ first i put windows xp on it and when i play games it would just hard crash the game still on screen no movement no sound.. like stoping time. So i thought it was my psu i had a 235watter in and so i went and brought a 300watt and than i crash again..So i switch to windows 2000 which was the most stable. but now i just expen. this same old crash hard crash keep happening himm.

i dont believe i had this crashing problem till i got this video card but i doubt its the problem
My specs are
DUron 1300 o'c to 1404mhz-- it crashed @ 1300 before anyway
256 PNY ddr memory- i upgraded from sdram
SHuttle AK32L mobo from tigerdirect
Radeon 7200 64mb sdram agp-
20gb HDD WESTERN DIDGITAL
Fail safe bios so i know its @ agpx2 than.
also it dont matter what driver they all crash HARD!
if u need anything else about my ssytem post here and i tell you


this has been going on forever format after format

system temp usaually At about 50 for cpu and bout 34 for system

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Welcome to Anandtech bump 4 ya ..did it crash like that with sdram..?

 

[BmXStuD]

yes with everything

 

[ScrapSilicon]

I'm inclined to believe the mobo is the culprit

 

[BmXStuD]

:/ hmm
wonder what i can do.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: BmXStuDer
:/ hmm
wonder what i can do.

you could try the mobo out of the case to make sure its not a grounding issue(would not believe so tho..) could try with a different vid card and/or different harddrive..testing is how to isolate the problem ..and good luck

 

[BmXStuD]

hmm ihad xp running on here lastnight w/ a 3gb and it ran good but slow.. i just updated to sp3 and the crash is gone :/ maybe i could dual boot xp on other drive

 

[BmXStuD]

going back to power supply its a compusa cheap 300watt one for $40.00 if my win2k runs smooth. but xp craps the psu couldnt be it right? If ican rember it never crashed when i had my tnt2 in here till iwent and got this card and xp :/ could it be my mobo and vid card dont go w/ each other.?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: BmXStuDer
going back to power supply its a compusa cheap 300watt one for $40.00 if my win2k runs smooth. but xp craps the psu couldnt be it right?

most likely not

If ican rember it never crashed when i had my tnt2 in here till iwent and got this card and xp :/ could it be my mobo and vid card dont go w/ each other.?

yes
or could be your BIOS settings and or drivers

 

[human2k]

wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

 

[BmXStuD]

 

[BmXStuD]

maybe i save up to get a gf3 ti and than the cheap 1600 amd xp +!

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: human2k
wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: human2k
wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

nice

ditch the vid card if the tnt had worked w/out issues its either the Radeon (or its compatability w/ the mobo..) or its drivers

 

[BmXStuD]

;( i love getting over 100 fps in quake3 :/, my tnt2 is just crap ;( well i keep 2k on here till i can save moo lah for a new card. not ati.. back to nvidia!

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: human2k
wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

You didnt do anything to help this thread. What an awful reply:|:disgust:

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: human2k
wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

You didnt do anything to help this thread. What an awful reply:|:disgust:

actually he did..by bumping it I actually was bored enough earlier this afternoon to deliberately crash mine ..numerous times..one of 'em I got it to post as an Athlon 2800+(itsa 1800+ .. ) but could not get Windows as always YMMV

 

[BmXStuD]

;( i wont my pc running xp ;(

 

[BmXStuD]

Originally posted by: human2k
wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

umm ty btw you suck also.. my pc didnt do jack to me heheh

 

[sandorski]

I'd be thinking mobo, but before spending any money, go to Shuttle's website and check for an updated BIOS.

 

[Mem]

Have you tried the Radeon 7500 in another PC like a friends? Just to see if it works or is a faulty card.

If the TNT2 worked fine with the same board I doubt it`s the board,my guess is driver or video card issue,btw that`s a VIA KT266 board right? So did you install the VIA AGP driver(needed for 2K and best to have latest version for XP).I always use the same BIOS tweaks for my video cards like disable video ram cacheable,disable all video shadowing,disable system bios cacheable,you should set the AGP aperture size to 64mb or 128mb(with your 256mb ram ,64mb setting would be the wise choice).

Btw I presume your cpu /case temps are fine and are the same with either TNT2/7500 card. Another option would be to borrow a Geforce card from a firend and see if stability is fine with that card in your system,it `ll help narrow the problem down.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: human2k
wow that computer is surely crap, heck if I owned that computer I would expect it to crash too.

Well, that's not the answer the guy is looking for... so crap elsewhere!!

 

[BmXStuD]

ty for the support of that crazy person who posted something not helping... but i use the same for xp as 2k and i always put via 4in1 hyper. and before that came out i had the other 4in1 and yes its a KT266. man i cant afford to buy another mobo thats even $54 im a teen who saved for this one. weeks but i fillany got it and cant get my #1 os on it.

 

[Siddhartha]

How old is the hard drive?

 

[BFG10K]

DUron 1300 o'c to 1404mhz

Was your system overclocked when you installed Windows? If it was there's your problem.

Also make sure you have the latest BIOS and chipset drivers for your system.