Games Keep Crashing

TR0LLTR0LL
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
Hey Guys.

Im not sure whats going on but it seems that any game I play for more than 30 minuets will speraticaly crash. so I figured maybe something was messed up with windows and i did a complete formate reinstall of everything but this dosent seem to have fixed any think and I checked and made sure all my drivers were up to date and they are. any help would be great.

Sys Specs:

AMD xp 2600+ (2.1 GHZ I think)
120 Wester Digital SE HDD
Sound Blaster Live 5.1
MSI GeForce 4 Ti 4800
MSI Nforce2 K7N2 Mobo
1.25 gig 2700 DDR
LG 42x CD Rom
Lite-On DVD-RW
Antex 350w power supply
3 case fans plus one on the amd heatsink

Perif:
Erge-Natral Microsoft Keyboard
Microsoft Optical Mouse (2 Buttun + scroll wheel)
Nostrom n52 Gamers pad
Logitech Freedom 2.4 Wireless Joy stick
Microsoft Game Vouce
Headphone / Mic headset
Speakers

Net Connection:
Midco.net Cable
Lynksys Router

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    Is it just games or does anything else intensive cause it to crash. And by crash do you mean, a hard lock, the game exiting and going to your desktop, or a complete reboot of the computer on its own.

    I think the MSI motherboard should have a hardware monitor that came with it. How are the voltage rails?
  • rykoryko new york
    edited June 2004
    Kinda sounds like an overheating video card to me..... First, make sure the fan on the video card hsf is still spinning by visually inspecting it while the card is plugged in and running. If it isn't then you need an new aftermarket video card hsf. If the fan still works, then I would take out your video card and remount the stock hsf with some artic silver 5, and make sure that there is adequate contact between the gpu core and the underside of the heatsink. See if this makes a difference....if not, then it might be something more serious like a dying video card.
  • TR0LLTR0LL
    edited June 2004
    Ok I will check the card and no nothing else crashed and the games always CTD never locks the system itself.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    Before you take the HS off run some benchmarks like 3dmark2001, 3dmark2003, aquamark. You can get them from the downloads section on the front page.
  • TR0LLTR0LL
    edited June 2004
    well I found the problem, heh, I suppose when you look at the heatsink/fan on a Ti4800 if there is a burn mark in the center of the fan thats bad huh? well good thing I hae a second machine (which im on now) but I dont want to buy a new gfx card, maybe I can get a new fan for it? any ideas?
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    Sounds like ryko was right then.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    did you buy it recently? If so, you could return it.

    A lot of aftermarket coolers are available as well. www.svc.com has a decent supply
  • rykoryko new york
    edited June 2004
    you could always do a ghetto-mod and attach any spare fan you have to your old heatsink/video card. I would rip the guts of the fan out, so you just have the heatsink, then attach an old 60mm or smaller, and it will do just fine....It will block your first or second pci slot, but it should work until you can find a replacement...
  • TR0LLTR0LL
    edited June 2004
    Well no it wasnt baughten recently, I ended up going down to the local computer parts store and baught a VGA cooler kit for $12.99 slaped it in and no more crashy crashy. thanks for the help guys, SM to the rescure, again. :)
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited June 2004
    Now off to dictionary.com for a refresher in spelling troll. I see you are still butchering the english language. LOL, just giving you a hard time as before at O-Company. Glad you got help :)

    KingFish
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Great news - you fixing your system. Maybe you develop a fan fetish like me and Geeky!
    VGA cooler kit for $12.99
    Good for you. Glad you weren't taken in some of the way overpriced cooling junk at CompUSA and other retail stores.
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