Re: Help Please

zach wrote:
Hello all,

I recently put together this new computer, but i think im having some
compatability issues.... any help or suggestions would be nice.

Ok here is the story. I have a AMD 5000 Windsor 2.6ghz CPU and a Abit
Fatal1ty AN9 32x mobo, i have a XFX 7900GS 256mb and bit video card. I
have a 600 watt Rosewill PSU. the sound card the mobo came with, THe
Transformer case and a saitek eclispe keyboard and a mouse not that
imporant, and i have 4gb of Crucial memory DDR2. 300gb maxtor HD

well, i thought awesome system build... Runs fast runs OS great, i can
do my everyday work on it w/o any problems... at the end of school
work, of course video game time... DING Problem, The games i am
currently running on this computer is; Sims 2 Universty, Age of
Empires 3, World of Warcraft, Battle Field 2 Euro and Armored Forces,
and FSX. I havn't got to play FSX lately becuase i havn't dug out my
flight sim sstuff, but for all i know it runs ok on mostly maxed out
settings, Sims 2, i think runs ok, i dont remeber any hangs or crashes
on this game, and if i have had some, i dont remember any. Age of
Empires 3, This game crashes a whole lot, i might be able to play for
a half hour, or hour, just depends i cant predict anything and theres
no way i have found to force the hang or crash, World of Warcraft and
BatteField 2, same way as Age of Empires...

First suspected thing, bad memory, nope ran mem test over 48 hours
straight, no errors.... back to the same place..
ok, well maybe hard drive issues, nope ran the seagate tools on the
maxtor no errors clean also...
the sytem doesnt get hot nothing gets over 40oC, i have heard that
rosewill is a good PSU and i dont think anything isnt getting enough
power..

other thing i have suspected is the on board sound card for the
mobo.... i have tried disabling the card through windows and bios
still no changes, some games wont even run w/o a recongized sound
card... i guess disabling from bios or windows isnt the same as
physically taking the card out... havnt tried that yet, but i would
like to see if anyone else has a simler build and having same
problems, or knows more about this hardware...

Any help i would greatly thank for
thanks for reading :)

Have you tried Orthos ?

http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm

Orthos should run for at least four hours, without stopping on an error.
Orthos is good at uncovering memory errors. In terms of coverage,
on my 1GB machine, it grabs 700+ MB for its testing.

Memtest86+ tested the memory (and to some extent the processor).

Orthos does the same thing, only the test method used (Prime95
torture test code) is better at finding problems, than memtest86+.
But running both tests is still recommended, as memtest86+ tests
every memory location, while Windows testing doesn't.

If Orthos runs without error, then it could be that the video card
is not working properly.

You could try some of the 3DMark series, and see how they run. They
should be fault free (at least, compared to some games). In 3DMark,
either try running the benchmark, or if the program has it, there
is also the "Demo Loop". I've left the demo loop running overnight,
as a stability test.

You could also try "ATITool", which is a video card overclocking tool.
But you don't have to overclock with it. You could use its stability
test, to test the video card, and see if it passes or not.

http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

As for your power supply, I don't think your total system power would
be a problem. For some comments on PSU brands, try a thread like this:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

Rosewill is in Tier 5, down there with the likes of "Deer".
But nothing runs like a Deer...

Paul
.

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