Venice Core Help

[twarner]

Hi All,

I just got a new Venice 3800+ today, it is replacing my winne 3500+ that is going to my sister. I installed the new processors in my DFI LanParty UT board .. and it got into windows .. got into the desktop .. then just rebooted. Did this 3 times. So I started looking on the dfi-street site.

Someone had a similar problem, and changed the DRAM Drive to 3. Which I did and it booted into windows no problem. Then I started playing Guild Wars, and about 20 minutes into it the game froze, and then my machine rebooted. When windows came back up, I looked in the error log and say the nv display driver got caught in a loop. I booted up Guild Wars again, and about another 15 minutes into the game .. it just rebooted my machine, no lockup this time.

I am completly at a loss for what could be happening. I'll post my specs here:

DFI LanParty UT nForce4 (3/10 bios)
Amd 64 3800+ (Venice)
Corsair XMS 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 (C2PT) Monarch Link

If anyone has any ideas or help, it would mean alot. Thanks!
Terry

 

[AristoV300]

Are you sure that your CPU is seated properly? Are you running at stock speeds or overclocking? What PSU are you using?

 

[twarner]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but would the board even post if it wasn't seated properly?

Running at stock speeds, and I have a PC Power & Cooling PSU

 

[AristoV300]

Sometimes if the heatsink and the CPU aren't seated good it will cause random crashes. Are you only getting crashes when playing games?

 

[twarner]

Seems to be .. but I'm not sure .. I posted on the dfi boards too. I will put in my old cpu until I figure out the problem

 

[twarner]

I double checked when I was replacing the cpu .. the processor was seated fine .. and the heatsink had good contact .. so I think from what I've been reading it might some issue with how the processor handles memory, but not really sure.

 

[Necrolezbeast]

Maybe see if DFI has a new bios that officially supports the Venice core, if you didn't already. Also check your temps while playing a game, and see if you crash in prime95 or superpi to see if it is a video problem or processor. Memtest is a good way to make sure the memory is working correctly. Good luck man!!

If crashing only occurs in games, uninstall the old vid drivers with driver cleaner and reinstall. I suggest narrowing it down to a video/CPU/memory problem before messing with the drivers though.