- Jan 16, 2001
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I'm running the setup in my sig, except the MB is now an older Gigabyte P965-DS3 and CPU is not OC'd (stock Q6600 @ 2.4GHz).
I've narrowed it down to a few possibilities; read on, please.
My CPU used to be OC'd but is not anymore b/c the GB board won't overclock for squat. Everything in the system is at stock speeds (horrible, I know!) *edit* I should add that the CPU was running at stock speeds in the "new" MB for more than a month before this prob started. I really don't think it's the CPU.
A few weeks ago I started having random crashes/lockups in games that had previously been running fine. I immediately check GPU temps and they were not any higher than they've always been since I've owned it. These lockups/crashes happened in more than one game, so it's not game-specific-patch related. I reloaded the latest GPU driver, DirectX, blah, blah. Didn't help. 3DMark won't even run...just hangs while loading the first test.
Couple of weeks go by, the problem gets worse. Games crash 50% of the time and now sometimes the BIOS screens are discolored/snowy/all messed up. Sometimes the system will just lock up at the desktop with everything all discolored.
IMO, it's either my video card (doubtful...1.5 years old, never OC'd), PS (possible...3 years old 620W running a monster system) or the MB itself...maybe the PCI-E slot is dying? My case is well ventilated and sparkly clean inside.
I'm leaning toward the PS or the MB. The Corsair HX620 is a solid PS but it's been beat on for about 3 years. I have a Corsair HX1000 PS that I can take out of my video editing box, so that's good. I have an 8800GT that box too that I can use...that's good but NOT good compared to gaming w/a 4870X2.
So my gaming box won't be down...just not any fun.
What do you guys think? All my stuff is rackmount so swapping out PS's/GPUs is not a 5-minute affair. THANKS in advance for your help and ideas.
Mike
I've narrowed it down to a few possibilities; read on, please.
My CPU used to be OC'd but is not anymore b/c the GB board won't overclock for squat. Everything in the system is at stock speeds (horrible, I know!) *edit* I should add that the CPU was running at stock speeds in the "new" MB for more than a month before this prob started. I really don't think it's the CPU.
A few weeks ago I started having random crashes/lockups in games that had previously been running fine. I immediately check GPU temps and they were not any higher than they've always been since I've owned it. These lockups/crashes happened in more than one game, so it's not game-specific-patch related. I reloaded the latest GPU driver, DirectX, blah, blah. Didn't help. 3DMark won't even run...just hangs while loading the first test.
Couple of weeks go by, the problem gets worse. Games crash 50% of the time and now sometimes the BIOS screens are discolored/snowy/all messed up. Sometimes the system will just lock up at the desktop with everything all discolored.
IMO, it's either my video card (doubtful...1.5 years old, never OC'd), PS (possible...3 years old 620W running a monster system) or the MB itself...maybe the PCI-E slot is dying? My case is well ventilated and sparkly clean inside.
I'm leaning toward the PS or the MB. The Corsair HX620 is a solid PS but it's been beat on for about 3 years. I have a Corsair HX1000 PS that I can take out of my video editing box, so that's good. I have an 8800GT that box too that I can use...that's good but NOT good compared to gaming w/a 4870X2.
So my gaming box won't be down...just not any fun.What do you guys think? All my stuff is rackmount so swapping out PS's/GPUs is not a 5-minute affair. THANKS in advance for your help and ideas.
Mike
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