Computer crashes/freezes

rubix1415 · 12-23-2008, 11:41 AM

Hello

I bought a new pc recently (q6600) which just had onboard graphics and a 450W psu. I bought a nvidia 9800gt and a new 600W psu as I thought that would be needed. Now I am getting crashes, mainly whilst playing games. When I say crash, I mean the screen freezes, it doesn't go black, but it's also slightly warped the picture. I thought this might be either the cpu or gfx card overheating, but it's also happened when there was little strain on either, and the cpu temp was only 39. This didn't happen before I installed the psu and gfx card, but then I wasn't really playing games before that as it only had onboard graphics.

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?

Mcninjaguy · 12-23-2008, 04:31 PM

disable the onboard graphics in your bios

**RockmasteR** · 12-24-2008, 04:19 AM

hello, what driver version are you using?

rubix1415 · 12-24-2008, 05:09 AM

hi, i'm using the latest drivers, 180.48, and i've reinstalled them, still no luck.

**RockmasteR** · 12-24-2008, 05:15 AM

try not to use the 180 drivers, they are still buggy, use the 178.x instead

TipRinger · 12-25-2008, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rubix1415

Hello

I bought a new pc recently (q6600) which just had onboard graphics and a 450W psu. I bought a nvidia 9800gt and a new 600W psu as I thought that would be needed. Now I am getting crashes, mainly whilst playing games. When I say crash, I mean the screen freezes, it doesn't go black, but it's also slightly warped the picture. I thought this might be either the cpu or gfx card overheating, but it's also happened when there was little strain on either, and the cpu temp was only 39. This didn't happen before I installed the psu and gfx card, but then I wasn't really playing games before that as it only had onboard graphics.

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?

Ok,, Same thing here. Took 3 days to fix...This is how I fixed my problem
Turned computer on went to BIOS and turned down my CPU Voltage untill
I had no more crashes... Not saying this is you problem but I tried everthing else and this is what worked for me...

dai · 12-25-2008, 08:57 AM

power supply
brand
wattage

check the voltage range of your ram on the manufacturers site and see if you have room to lift it

12-23-2008, 11:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
rubix1415 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: vista sp 1	Computer crashes/freezes Hello I bought a new pc recently (q6600) which just had onboard graphics and a 450W psu. I bought a nvidia 9800gt and a new 600W psu as I thought that would be needed. Now I am getting crashes, mainly whilst playing games. When I say crash, I mean the screen freezes, it doesn't go black, but it's also slightly warped the picture. I thought this might be either the cpu or gfx card overheating, but it's also happened when there was little strain on either, and the cpu temp was only 39. This didn't happen before I installed the psu and gfx card, but then I wasn't really playing games before that as it only had onboard graphics. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?

12-23-2008, 04:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Computer crashes/freezes disable the onboard graphics in your bios

12-24-2008, 04:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,163 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Computer crashes/freezes hello, what driver version are you using? __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

12-24-2008, 05:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
rubix1415 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: vista sp 1	Re: Computer crashes/freezes hi, i'm using the latest drivers, 180.48, and i've reinstalled them, still no luck.

12-24-2008, 05:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,163 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Computer crashes/freezes try not to use the 180 drivers, they are still buggy, use the 178.x instead __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

12-25-2008, 08:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Computer crashes/freezes power supply brand wattage check the voltage range of your ram on the manufacturers site and see if you have room to lift it __________________