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Dimoe
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Hey, I need some help with various comp issues.
I am starting to get frustrated that my computer is beginning to freeze more often than it used to.
Here are my updated significant comp specs:
***AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (Non-Overclocked right now)
ASUS A7V333 w/RAID
Windows XP Professional
***256mb DDR333 SDRAM
2 x Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X 40.98 gig IDE 2mb 8.5ms 7200RPM DMA/133 (RAID 0) (RAID 0)
***Radeon 9700 Pro (Non-Overclocked)
***Creative Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
***Lite-on DVD-ROM 16x
LG CD-RW 8x4x32
I would like to start off by when my comp first started to have problems. When I formated my computer one of various times, I got a KMODE_EXEPTION error. I left it alone and it kinda went away after I applied some artic silver to heatsink with perfect precision. or did it??? Weird???
Anyway, now I have a Radeon 9700 Pro (Retail). I have all settings set to quality and all my games I run with max graphics usually at 1024x768(min) up to 1600x1200(max). I have catalyst 3.0 and DirectX 9 installed.
I first noticed the problem when I ran games on my TV. After some gaming in various games, I would suddenly loose a signal to my TV and get "Video 1" on the top right hand corner of my screen (meaning lost signal). It would freeze less when I "turboed" my heatsink and back outtake fan with turbo button on PC case.
You guys think this may be an over heating problem with the video card since I'm REALLY pushing its capabilities. The fan on the card does seem a bit slow...
BTW: My CPU temp goes from 30 idle, to 30s, 40s general use to 50s gamming. That’s with fans "turboed" of course.
I also know that SoundBlaster Live has some issue with RAID stripes??? Some type of PCI latency patch needed???
I am starting to get frustrated that my computer is beginning to freeze more often than it used to.
Here are my updated significant comp specs:
***AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (Non-Overclocked right now)
ASUS A7V333 w/RAID
Windows XP Professional
***256mb DDR333 SDRAM
2 x Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X 40.98 gig IDE 2mb 8.5ms 7200RPM DMA/133 (RAID 0) (RAID 0)
***Radeon 9700 Pro (Non-Overclocked)
***Creative Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
***Lite-on DVD-ROM 16x
LG CD-RW 8x4x32
I would like to start off by when my comp first started to have problems. When I formated my computer one of various times, I got a KMODE_EXEPTION error. I left it alone and it kinda went away after I applied some artic silver to heatsink with perfect precision. or did it??? Weird???
Anyway, now I have a Radeon 9700 Pro (Retail). I have all settings set to quality and all my games I run with max graphics usually at 1024x768(min) up to 1600x1200(max). I have catalyst 3.0 and DirectX 9 installed.
I first noticed the problem when I ran games on my TV. After some gaming in various games, I would suddenly loose a signal to my TV and get "Video 1" on the top right hand corner of my screen (meaning lost signal). It would freeze less when I "turboed" my heatsink and back outtake fan with turbo button on PC case.
You guys think this may be an over heating problem with the video card since I'm REALLY pushing its capabilities. The fan on the card does seem a bit slow...
BTW: My CPU temp goes from 30 idle, to 30s, 40s general use to 50s gamming. That’s with fans "turboed" of course.
I also know that SoundBlaster Live has some issue with RAID stripes??? Some type of PCI latency patch needed???