Weird one for you guys

[ginfest]

Been running my OEM P3-650 at 936(144 FSB) for 6 months at 1.75 (CUSL-2) mainboard actually .03-.05 over set vcore). Yesterday I was playing NHL 2K1 and it started dropping back to the desktop. Classic needs more voltage, or so I thought. when I increased the vcore to 1.80, post got screwed up, freezing at the device enumeration screen, weird colors and symbols. Backed off to 1.75, booted, and ran Prime 95 for hours no prob. Could 0.05 more vcore cause a weird post? I read all the time about people going 1.80/1.85, no probs. And if Prime runs for hours with no errors would you rule out the CPU as the trouble? Also ran Safebench/OC, no errors.
Ambient 21C
mainboard 24C
cpu idle 28C
under Prime 95 load 40C
All MBM 5.04 cooling with Arctic Silver and Alpha FC PAL 6035
256 PC-150 HSDRAM
Asus 6800DDR
etc
Just looking for idea b/4 I start pulling parts
Note: this system runs/ran NHL, Madden, Q3, NOLF, Alice etc fine until the incident, now I'm not sure what to do, haven't run any 3D since, I want to test and get opinions 1st

 

[ginfest]

Someone must have an opinion?
If the crashes are back to the desktop, is it definetly more vcore, or the video card or drivers?
If Prime 95 runs with no errors, rule out he OC CPU as the cause?
If Safbench OC test runs with no errors, rule out the memory?
Anything people?
Please, give me some suggestions, or tips.
TIA,
Mike G

 

[Zipperhead]

usually when gaming resets and goes back to the desktop its a sign that the fsb is to high.back it down a little and try the game again-problem should go away.it seems like it is only with ea games,at least from what i have seen.

 

[Poof]

I would think it's a video card problem. You don't say what your vid card is unless you're using the onboard...

If it's AGP then... yikes!

I've been working on getting a P3 600@1002 stable running on a 167Mhz FSB. Had to bump the Vcore up to at least 1.85V (it's at 1.90V right now to burn in). First thing I did was replace the AGP card with a PCI to minimize the prob. of having the AGP running @111Mhz... :Q

It previously ran fine on 133FSB @89 for 5 months.

If yours is an AGP, then it's at 96 and might be fizzling out...

 

[ginfest]

Ya,
AGP card, Asus 6800GF1 DDR. I run a CUSL-2 mainboard at 72 AGP bus, should be OK. Funny, everything was working OK til yesterday. Madden 2K1, and NHL 2K1, both. Maybe the OC is catching up with the Video card, maybe the SBA or Fastwrites. I had installed a couple of betas, then went back to 6.31, maybe I should wipe the drivers clean and reinstall fresh?
Thanx for the input people, any other comments are welcome.
Mike G

I think I ruled out the CPU and memory, I've run Prime 95 Torture test for hours, no errors!

 

[AmbitV]

can you increase the VIO? if so, that might help

 

[Poof]

You may want to dig around and find an old 486 fan and attach to the video card heatsink... Even that little bit might help!

Alternately, you can go for the gusto and get a BLORB for it...