Freezing w/ Looping Sound, Really Annoyed!

[Elendil14555]

Hello, for the past month, ive been having this problem with games such as Half Life 2, BF2, World of Warcraft and Counter Strike Source. This times vary between freezes but usually lasts for 20 seconds. I got this picture of my heat current temps:

The ones that are 127 degrees celcius are nForce2 SMBus. What is this?

[Elendil14555]

My Specs are:
Asus A8N-Sli Deluxe
Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT
1 gig Corsair Value Selects
74 Gig Raptor
AMD Athlon 3200+, new heatsink on because use to overheat. (Thermaltake Typhoon)

[Elendil14555]

can i get some help here please?

[koala]

Looking at the SpeedFan update history, version 4.17 "added a check to completely remove nVidia nForce2 SMBus links that are actually unused." I'm not sure if this means your 127C reading is false, so download Everest and go to Computer > Sensor to verify the temperatures.

Check your system's power requirements here and add 30% to the total to allow for PSU inefficiency (site needs javascript enabled to run the power calculator)

When you replaced the heatsink did you reapply any thermal compound to the CPU? Instructions here

Open up your case and post back with the amps/volts details from the label on the PSU, and the temperatures and voltage values from Everest.

[Elendil14555]

Ok, My PSU is 450 W
PSU Specs:
Voltage, Max Load, Max Output Watt, Total Out Power
+5V , 30A, 150 W -----Both +5v and +3.3V total power is 150 W
+3.3V, 32 A, 105.6W -----
+12V1 , 15A, 180W, 180 W
+12V2 , 17A , 204 W , 204 W
-12V , 0.3A , 3.6 W , 3.6 W
+5Vsb , 2A , 10 W , 10 W

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Everests Specs are:
Field Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type ITE IT8712F (ISA 290h)
GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV)
Motherboard Name Asus A8N-E / A8N-SLI Series

Temperatures
Motherboard 39 °C (102 °F)
CPU 41 °C (106 °F)
GPU 49 °C (120 °F)
WDC WD740GD-00FLC0 28 °C (82 °F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 764 RPM
Chipset 6250 RPM
Chassis 1430 RPM

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.41 V
+3.3 V 3.23 V
+5 V 4.89 V
+12 V 12.10 V
+5 V Standby 4.84 V
VBAT Battery 3.12 V
Debug Info F DD 76 1B
Debug Info T 41 39 32
Debug Info V 58 00 CA B6 BD B8 00 (F7)

Also, The Site said i only needed like a 300 W PSU.

[Elendil14555]

Sry for double post but these are specs while im not gaming, when on the graphic intenese games, i see black and white spots or strips blinking on the scenery and such. Ill post back my everest stuff on another post while in game

[Elendil14555]

While actually right after a freeze of the game:
Field Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type ITE IT8712F (ISA 290h)
GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV)
Motherboard Name Asus A8N-E / A8N-SLI Series

Temperatures
Motherboard 41 °C (106 °F)
CPU 47 °C (117 °F)
GPU 61 °C (142 °F)
WDC WD740GD-00FLC0 28 °C (82 °F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 902 RPM
Chipset 6027 RPM
Chassis 1430 RPM

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.41 V
+3.3 V 3.20 V
+5 V 4.92 V
+12 V 12.03 V
+5 V Standby 4.84 V
VBAT Battery 3.12 V
Debug Info F BB 76 1C
Debug Info T 47 41 39
Debug Info V 58 00 C8 B7 BC B9 00 (F7)

[koala]

Those readings look ok. Can you post a screenshot of the "black and white spots or strips blinking on the scenery and such"?

[Elendil14555]

Here, i got a few pics and a video from fraps on some of it, very low quality because i had to onvert it from avi to wma.
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i163/Havok14555/
video is at :
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...gAnch=imgAnch1

[Tumbleweed36]

Hi,

I just came back on , saw your thread and wanted some more information. Did I miss it (I know you said a 450 Power Supply), but what brand is the power supply? Also, just for a double check for the temps, fans, and voltages, run this program and report back with readings...and, this program you can check them close to the problem. Anyway, here is the download:

SensorView Pro

http://www.stvsoft.com/download.php?id=122

[Elendil14555]

The brand is Master Power, some PSU i like picked up at the local Comp USA. I took some more reading and got during the freeze:
CPU - 40 Celcius
Sys - 45 Celcius
Aux - 38 Celcius
HD - 26 Celcius

VCoreA - 1.41 V
+3.3V - 3.25 V
+5V - 4.92 V
+12V - 12 V
+5VSB - 4.84 V
+VBAT - 3.10 V

Fans: Cpu - 840 RPM
Sys - 6250 RPM
Aux - 1431 RPM

Also i might wanna restate that there are black and white like spots blinking also. Like part of the landscape will blick white or black while moving and sometimes while standing still.

[Tumbleweed36]

Hi,

What a puzzle. While I think it may be the lack of enough power from the power supply because of the power hungry video card (do you by any chance have another to try???? If so, that would eliminate the video card as the problem), as Koala said, it could be many other issues.

We have to assume that your sensors are accurate, but they aren't always. To rule out heat (which can cause what you are seeing), then take the side of the case off, put a fan blowing directly in there and try it and see if you still get the same problem. If you do. that would eliminate the possible heat issue in case your sensors are not reporting correctly.

What one must do is a slow process of elimination by trying different things. Oh, have you tried testing each stick of memory with Memtest????

[Elendil14555]

mm no, but ill dl that and try, i think its the PSU in a way because i tried the 3DMARK06 benchmark tool and during it, it turned all green and crap, while it was suppose to show guys shooting and stuff. I think its not giving my GPU enough power. Im not sure but ill try the mem test.

[Elendil14555]

Ran MemTest and there was no errors, ran it to 220%. Grr, i dont know what the problem is and its frustating. Plz help me.

[Tumbleweed36]

Hi,

My recommendation would be to go to a nearby best buy or Staples and find a 550 enermax or antec PSU and throw it in there. If it solves your problem, then you have it, and if it does not, then return it for only a small restocking fee. That way it would not cost an arm and a leg if that is not the problem. Also, do you know anyone who could loan you a video card first to see if that might be the problem?

[Elendil14555]

Yea i was thinking that to, to get a new PSU and checking it out. All my friends have AGP graphics so im screwd their. Idk, ill try the PSU first and if worst comes the worst, sell my current graphics card and buy a new one i guess.

[Elendil14555]

just to follow up on this, i called evga tech support and said i have a bad graphics card. So ill be sending it back for an RMA. Thanks for your peoples help, i will recommend people here :).