Re: games crash on P5P800
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul)
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:06:52 GMT
In article <Xns97959ACE76ACBSilkbowlNetscapenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Will R
<Silkbowl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This might be a video card problem, but I'm posting here because my
computer didn't have problems on my previous motherboard (P4S533).
Current setup:
P5P800
Pentium 630
Transcend PC3200 1GB (x2)
ATI 9800 XT (msi)
PSU 500w Rosewill
In the first 30 seconds of playing Civ4 a small box -- about 1/2 inch --
appears on the upper left corner of the screen. The box is filled with
multicolered, horizontal lines that move when I move my mouse. (The mouse
cursor disapears too.) Then, about a second later, the screen goes either
black and hangs or is filled with vertical stripes and hangs. The computer
does not turn off; it requires a hard reboot. This always happens.
Originally I thought it was a game problem because Civ4 is known for its
many bugs, but it played flawlessly with the same video card on my P4S533.
Also, i tried the F.E.A.R. demo and it too crashed -- the monitor filled
with vertical lines and hung.
So, no crahes on old motherboard; many crashes on P5P800. If it's not a
video card problem, perhaps it's a videocard-motherboard problem(?). I'm
thinking about buying a new card, but why throw it out if it has worked for
so long?
Any help would be most welcomed.
-Will
Things I'd try:
1) Make sure that if the video card has a molex drive
power cable, that the only load on the cable is the
video card. If the 9800XT is like the 9800Pro, it will
be drawing more than 5A on the +5V line.
2) The BIOS has a Vagp adjustment ("AGP VDDQ Voltage").
Try bumping that a notch at a time and see if things
improve.
It is possible the new setup drives the video card harder
(higher frame rate) and pushes the video card power
consumption a bit more. Does the video card cooling appear
to be working ? Do you have a utility that can tell you
the video card GPU temp ? Some video cards these days run
at absurdly high temperatures, so that is something I'd
want to watch.
Even when a video card has its own fan, a separate fan
positioned next to the card, can help.
Paul
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