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kicked out of game to desktop... ?!? ..

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blazerazor

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Im playing HL2, and as a bunch of zombies are coming at me BOOM!. Blue screen of death. Ok, I say, Its been on for 2 days straight. (i just been pressing pause between work and sleep)
So i reboot it and go straight to game, I play for about 1-2 minutes and Boom!, back to desktop this time. ??? So I reboot it again and check my Temps CPU=96F Sys=87F
Is this too hot? Ive got a 2200 athlon@1999.9, 6800oc@stock,
Powersupply? maybe??
+3.3v = 3.24
+5v = 5.08
+12v =11.79
-12v = -11.95

Funny thing is Ive been playing this since lateSunday/monday with not a problem..
 
What is the rest of your system???

Those temps aren't too hot, but keep in mind temps sensors are often off, and if its never crashed before i wouldn't expect it to be because of temps. Run Prime95 to be sure, if you don't get errors your temps are fine.
 
Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
What is the rest of your system???

Those temps aren't too hot, but keep in mind temps sensors are often off, and if its never crashed before i wouldn't expect it to be because of temps. Run Prime95 to be sure, if you don't get errors your temps are fine.
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Well, even if you get prime95 errors the problem might still not be temp related (my idle temps are 32-34c and load are 38-40 with a AXP 2500 @ 2.2ghz). For the life of me I cannot get my computer to make it past 41 min in prime 95, yet that is about the ONLY program that crashes my computer. If you discount prime95 my computer has now crashed 5 times since I did the latest XP install (11 monthes ago).

the first thing I would be to load a saved game sometime back to determine if the crash is just occuring at this one place you are at or in general. If the crash does not occur again until the same place it is happening now then it is time to google and/or contact valve about that issue as it is probably their bug.

If you crash no matter where you are in the game now then first thing I would do is install new drivers. Second would be to run benchmarking programs like 3Dmark2005 to see if the card is having issues in general.

Last option would be to load a restore point in WinXP to a date before the game crashed. This will change ALL your settings to what you were at before the problem and uninstall an programs, drivers, etc that have changed. This has worked for me before a few years ago when I had issues with MOHAA.

-spike
 
Dude, CheesePoofs. Your system is so like mine. Athlon xp +2200. Dont see that alot. I can get it too 1998.8ghz-148fsb but any thing past 2ghz and it reboots if I run a benchmark. Im finding 1945ghz-144fsb too be the safe oc I can get on air. I put my bios back to optium(1.8ghz) and upped my apg from 128 to 256. Now Im playing again ok so far.

rest of my system... dfilanparty, 80 gig IBM hitachi, bfg6800oc, 512-pc4000+256-pc3500. Plus usual stuff: floppy, cd, cd-rom, 802.11b wireless (i need to put this in my sig)

BTW cheesePoof, does that sound card help take some load off your cpu? Enough to warrant buying one??

SPIKE.. thx for the input. I needed some temps to compare mine too. I dont run 3dmark05 cause its so choppy, its a disgrace.
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Well, even if you get prime95 errors the problem might still not be temp related (my idle temps are 32-34c and load are 38-40 with a AXP 2500 @ 2.2ghz). For the life of me I cannot get my computer to make it past 41 min in prime 95, yet that is about the ONLY program that crashes my computer. If you discount prime95 my computer has now crashed 5 times since I did the latest XP install (11 monthes ago).
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If you can't pass Prime95, your machine isn't stable. However, it doesn't look like temps are your problem, looks like volts, under heavy loading, the CPU doesn't have enough power, and starts generating errors. I'd bump up the vcore to start with, and keep an eye on the temps when you do so.
 
Originally posted by: blazerazor
Dude, CheesePoofs. Your system is so like mine. Athlon xp +2200. Dont see that alot. I can get it too 1998.8ghz-148fsb but any thing past 2ghz and it reboots if I run a benchmark. Im finding 1945ghz-144fsb too be the safe oc I can get on air. I put my bios back to optium(1.8ghz) and upped my apg from 128 to 256. Now Im playing again ok so far.

rest of my system... dfilanparty, 80 gig IBM hitachi, bfg6800oc, 512-pc4000+256-pc3500. Plus usual stuff: floppy, cd, cd-rom, 802.11b wireless (i need to put this in my sig)

BTW cheesePoof, does that sound card help take some load off your cpu? Enough to warrant buying one??
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The only overclocking i've done to mine is changing the FSB, but i've kept the frequency as close to the original as possible, cause i only have the stock cooler.

I only use my soundcard because someone gave it to me, so i figured why not? I took it out for a while cause i was having issues with my mic on it and noticed nothing different performance wise, but the sound quality was a bit better with the card.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Originally posted by: Spike
Well, even if you get prime95 errors the problem might still not be temp related (my idle temps are 32-34c and load are 38-40 with a AXP 2500 @ 2.2ghz). For the life of me I cannot get my computer to make it past 41 min in prime 95, yet that is about the ONLY program that crashes my computer. If you discount prime95 my computer has now crashed 5 times since I did the latest XP install (11 monthes ago).
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If you can't pass Prime95, your machine isn't stable. However, it doesn't look like temps are your problem, looks like volts, under heavy loading, the CPU doesn't have enough power, and starts generating errors. I'd bump up the vcore to start with, and keep an eye on the temps when you do so.
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I guess I just don't see how a computer that isn't "stable" like mine can run so crash free. The longest I have run the comp was 31 days without restart (darn power went out on the last day) and no crashes what so ever. I may play with my voltages, but I guess I am of the mindset that 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it!'

Would I start the volt upping by using the lowest possible increase?

-spike
 
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