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[Ducttape21]

specs:

AMD Athlon x2 5000+ Brisbane CPU
2x1GB RAM
160GB SATA Seagate HDD
MSI ATI Radeon RX2600XT Diamond GPU
450W PSU
S-Series GA-M57SLI-S4 Mobo
Windows XP SP 2
Screen Resolution at 1280x960 (19" Hanns-G JW199D LCD Monitor)


Now, I've updated every driver I am aware of, and updated the BIOS.
However, whenever after about two minutes into any game, mainly Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, Half Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half Life 2: Lost Coast, the game freezes up and I see green pixels making a spiral pattern on the screen. The sounds continue to work along with mouse movement, but the screen is locked and I'm forced to restart the computer manually. Any help?

[pharoah]

what kind of 450w power supply do you have?

[Ducttape21]

Originally Posted by pharoah

what kind of 450w power supply do you have?

Here it is

[pharoah]

lets check the voltages on that with speedfan

[Ducttape21]

Originally Posted by pharoah

lets check the voltages on that with speedfan

Okay, I have that installed, here's where I get noobish. Not sure if it's the information at the bottom you want, but I'll supply that right now on the off chance that it is.

Vcore1: 1.36V
Vcore2: 1.92V
+3.3V: 3.36V
+5V: 5.05V
+12V: 12.22V
---------
-12V: -16.64V
-5V: -8.78V
+5V: 4.92V
Vbat: 3.09V

[pharoah]

the voltages look fine i will assume they were idle voltages.also what are the temperature readings from that.

[Ducttape21]

Temp1: 26C
Temp2: -19C
Temp3: 27C
HD0: 39C
Core: 25C

[pharoah]

those look good to.have you installed the amd dual core optimizer?

[Ducttape21]

Ah, you got me there. I didn't think to check for anything for the CPU.

[pharoah]

well click on the link above download,and install it.that optimizer is for a problem with gaming on amd system's anyway.so it might be your fix dunno yet we will have to see.

[Ducttape21]

Okay, thanks. I'll play around with the games to see if it happens again. I'll post again once I find out.

[Ducttape21]

Well, got to the top of the cliff on Lost Coast and it froze and then BSODed. I might try using lower settings this time, but that's the farthest any game has got so far on this computer.

[Ducttape21]

Okay, froze up at about the usual time on Dawn of War with lower settings.

[pharoah]

lets test the temps,and voltages under load.run prime95,and rthdribl at the same time while monitoring temps,and voltages with speedfan.

[koala]

Does the BSOD flash onscreen before rebooting?

To see the BSOD without the computer restarting, go to Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Startup & Recovery Settings button > System Failure and remove the checkmark from 'Automatically restart'. Next time the game crashes to a blue sceen, post back with the full message and Stop Code.

[Ducttape21]

Originally Posted by koala

Does the BSOD flash onscreen before rebooting?

To see the BSOD without the computer restarting, go to Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Startup & Recovery Settings button > System Failure and remove the checkmark from 'Automatically restart'. Next time the game crashes to a blue sceen, post back with the full message and Stop Code.

Well, this time after freezing up, after I set it like you said, it went from a frozen screen to where the monitor wasn't picking up anything at all anymore and went to sleep.

[Ducttape21]

Originally Posted by pharoah

lets test the temps,and voltages under load.run prime95,and rthdribl at the same time while monitoring temps,and voltages with speedfan.

Well, ten minutes in I still don't have any trouble.

Fan1: 1800RPM
Fan2: 1538RPM
Fan3: 2071RPM
Fan4: 0RPM
Fan5: 0RPM

Temp1: 26C
Temp2: -13C
Temp3: 36C
HD0: 34C
Core: 34C

Vcore1: 1.4V
Vcore2: 1.92V
....screen goes black before I can finish typing