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A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon 2500+
2x256 Corsair XMS 400
Sapphire ATI 9500 Pro
Antec TruePower 550w
Valcano 9 HSF (running full speed)
120 GB WD Harddrive
48x Lite-On CDRW
12x Lite-On DVD
Running Windows XP Pro, updated drivers, et all
Problem: Whenever I run a 3D application, my computer may last a bit, but it locks up and then turns itself off - like literally turns off after a few seconds of freeze. When I try to run Winamp visualization, Winamp acts like it's running, but it's only playing music and refusing to respond to my actions. It's been hot here recently, but even with a giant box fan blowing air throughout the systen (in addition to the 5 case fans and hard drive cooler), it still does this. I'm on it now and it hasn't crashed. Asus Probe util says i'm running max temp around 120F (that's about 49C for you Blimey folks) even right after stress. My motherboard reports over 160 in the BIOS... I don't understand the inconsistancy (the time difference between readings is nil)
UT2003 crash in the same manner as MechWarrior3, but when it was cool the other night, it didn't crash... I still think it might be too hot, but I'm not overclocking and all the fans are working. What gives?!
A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon 2500+
2x256 Corsair XMS 400
Sapphire ATI 9500 Pro
Antec TruePower 550w
Valcano 9 HSF (running full speed)
120 GB WD Harddrive
48x Lite-On CDRW
12x Lite-On DVD
Running Windows XP Pro, updated drivers, et all
Problem: Whenever I run a 3D application, my computer may last a bit, but it locks up and then turns itself off - like literally turns off after a few seconds of freeze. When I try to run Winamp visualization, Winamp acts like it's running, but it's only playing music and refusing to respond to my actions. It's been hot here recently, but even with a giant box fan blowing air throughout the systen (in addition to the 5 case fans and hard drive cooler), it still does this. I'm on it now and it hasn't crashed. Asus Probe util says i'm running max temp around 120F (that's about 49C for you Blimey folks) even right after stress. My motherboard reports over 160 in the BIOS... I don't understand the inconsistancy (the time difference between readings is nil)
UT2003 crash in the same manner as MechWarrior3, but when it was cool the other night, it didn't crash... I still think it might be too hot, but I'm not overclocking and all the fans are working. What gives?!
