[PxWs237]

I recently installed a new 8600GT OC, 2x1GB ram, and power supply(700watts). Ever since almost all the games I wanted to play crash either at startup or mid-game.

Heres a small list:

Counter-strike Source: Crash at startup(blue screen than reboot) and video stress test.( Few minutes of gameplay then freeze and passed video stress test after underclocked)

Call of Duty 4: Crashed mid-game( Runs about 20-30 minutes after underclock)

Quake War: Crash at startup(same)

Far Cry: Crashes at random times(crashes at loading screen)

The only game I seem to be able to play for more than 20 minutes is Dawn of war. I also try running 3dmark it crashed too. I'm not sure whats wrong with it, im almost certain I install everything right, and updated all drivers. My friend said it might because the 8600 is overheating during the game, it is 56C when idle not sure if this is normal or not.

I have try to underclock my video card this only allow to me to run some games better, but 3dmark doesn't crash anymore.

If you have any question that will help form a solution to my problem feel free to ask.

 

[emosun]

Re: All my games keep crashing

56c is 132 degrees f. your card is running super hot. is the fan on the card spinning? does your case have any fans? is your case full of dust? what temperature is the room?

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

Yes, the fan on the video card is running, so is the case fan, I cleaned out all the dust before I installed the video card. I also downloaded Rivatuner and set the video card fan to 100%. I aslo try feeling the video card when in-game its warm.

 

[emosun]

Re: All my games keep crashing

what are the rest of the computer temperatures? room temperature? download everest and post back with temperatures plz

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

CPU Temp: 36C/97F
MOBO Temp: 32C/90F
HDD 1 Temp: 38C/100F
HDD 2 Temp: 39C/102F
GPU Temp: 53C/127F

Room Temp is around 60F I think

 

[emosun]

Re: All my games keep crashing

yea your cpu is ok , your hdd's a lil hot, but that videocard is just too hot is your problem.

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

Is there a way for me to cool it down and will this keep my games from crashing? Also What would be a normal temp for my video card to be?

 

[emosun]

Re: All my games keep crashing

under 100 degrees f is ok for your video card. Did you mess with the voltages or do anything that would have increased it temperature? Have you tried running games on lower setting to see what happens?

 

[Deleted090308]

Re: All my games keep crashing

50-60 °C is not very hot for a GPU. What's the temp after a few minutes gaming?

What does Speedfan say about the +12V.

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

I havent mess with the voltage at all and running games at low produces the same results. At speedfan the +12V saids 12.25V, is that a problem?

Edit: Quake Wars will run at low but I'm not sure how long and CS:S crashs randomly when on low.

 

[Deleted090308]

Re: All my games keep crashing

The +12 volt is OK.

Run 3dMark for 5-10 minutes > check the temperatures.

Have a look at this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/f59/important-please-follow-these-steps-before-posting-120411.html

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

I've try most of the things in important notes.

Specs

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ / 2 GHz
ATI Radeon Xpress 200
1.5GB RAM
8600GT OC - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133204
OCZ GamexStream PSU(700W) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

I ran 3dMark twices, the second time it rebooted

Temps for first time

CPU Temp: 37C/99
MOBO Temp: 42C/108F
HDD 1 Temp: 43C/109F
HDD 2 Temp: 46/115F
GPU Temp: 57C/133F

 

[Deleted090308]

Re: All my games keep crashing

Is it only games that crash?

Any BSODs? If not - turn "Automatic restart" off:
Control panel > System > Click the "Advanced" tab > click Startup and recovery - Settings > Untick "Automatically restart" > Click OK.

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

No, windows will freezes once in a while and it gave me BSOD once when loading CS:S

 

[Deleted090308]

Re: All my games keep crashing

OK.
Could you post the exact error message?
If more than one - choose the most frequent.

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

Most of the time the game freezes and I'm forces to restart my computer, but when windows freezes and I restart it saids System has recover from serious error.

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

Ok, I try to playing Far Cry all in low while in windowed mode with Everest on. About 15-20 minutes in it BSOD and gave me the following message.

The problem seems to be caused by the follwing file: nv4_disp.dll

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xE9005c44, 0x00000001, 0xBFAE2E6010X00000002)
*** nv4_disp.dll - ADDRESS BFAE2E60 base at BF9D5000, Datestamp 4684bf14

The temp of the GPU around the BSOD was 147F

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

Ok, I uninstall the Nvida driver and reinstall it. Now I have a whole new series of problems.

CS:S will not start it saids C++ Runtime error

Call of Duty will cause the computer to restart by itself

Far Cry will run in all low but in high(which the 8600gt should be able to do) a window pops up saying something about memory not being read.

I think it might be a memory problem I gonna run memtest86+ and see what it saids.

 

[Deleted090308]

Re: All my games keep crashing

You're right - it could be a RAM problem (system or video).
Run MemTest with 1 RAM stick at a time.

What video card did you have before you got the 8600GT? Are all the "old" video drivers gone?

Uninstall all old video drivers. Restart Windows in VGA mode, disable antivirus, and install this driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_163.75.html

 

[PxWs237]

Re: All my games keep crashing

It didnt have a video card before, the motherboard has Integrated graphic.