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New computer, new problems....

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Matty247

Junior Member
I built this machine today and of course, something came up.

Windows XP Pro (SP2)
AMD 64 Athlon 3000+
1GB (2x512) PC32000 (Not sure of the manufacturer.)
Asus K8N-E Deluxe
Aopen GeForce FX5700 LE 256MB
430w PS
DirectX 9.0c
All drivers current

This machine runs beautifully...except for games.
About 1 minute into any gameplay (even 3DMark crashes it) the machine simply crashes, starts to reboot, and then right after it gets past the video card info screen, it shuts down.

I have tried everything I could think of to correct this problem:
Updated BIOS
Updated Chipset Drivers
Updated Video Drivers

What is also strange is that the event viewer is not seeing any problems when the system crashes. There is no prompt to safe mode when I reboot as well.

Tomorrow a friend is bringing over his video card so we can see if perhaps this is just a case of bad hardware.

Thanks in advance for any advice!
 
Could be a power or cooling issue.

You listed 430w PS, what brand is it? If its a generic type it could faulty and not performing up to pare.
Cooling, what type of cooling do you have? Open the side case and leave it all open and test again and see if it helps.


 
I would guess a power issue. You'll be happiest with an A64 system that has more than 22 amps on the 12 volt rail. Check your PSU to see if that is what it has.
 
Possibly insufficient CPU cooling. Install Motherboard Monitor 5 and open the "dashboard" onto your desktop. Check 3.3v, 5v and 12v lines and see if any of them are way out of spec. If so, then power supply is suspect. If voltages are OK, try running one of the distributed computing programs (SETI, United Devices, etc) to get CPU at 100% and monitor MBM5 CPU temps. If temps are high or it reboots on your, then check Heatsink/fan installation. If none of the above help, then it's most likely the video card. Check the GPU heatsink/fan.
 
Well it turned out to be a cooloing issue.
This just goes to show you that checking the obvious first is best.
The heatsink on my new video card had become seperated from one of the mounts! I could see the GPU sitting there in the open when I looked closely at it this morning. Thankfully I didn't fry it last night!
Thanks a lot for your input fellas!
 
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