cpu problems

[tonto02]

when i am in-game (sacred, diabloII, doom 3) i keep crashing to desktop. there is no artifacting or other visible graphic problems. i have ran mem testing and found no erors. i think it may be my prcessor but was hoping for another opinion before i purchased a new one.

system spec:
gigabite 8ihxp
1 gig(2x512)kingston rambus
2.53 gig p4 stock cooling
radion 9700 pro
wd 80gig hd
psu vantec 520 watt

 

[Mr5oh]

What leads you to believe it is the processor?

What kind of temperatures is your processor running? Have you tried running some tests on your CPU, run it at 100% load and see what happens.

What you described could be a lot of things, even a software issue.

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[Mr5oh]

Also I think if it were your processor the games wouldn't be crashing to the desktop.

Becuase your games are just closing, then you are left with a working desktop I take it?

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[JJKP77]

make sure you got dx9b and the latest vid drivers and the latest game patches then come on back
if the clowns are still laughing at you.

AMD Athlon XP 2100+-=-1Gb PC2700-=-40Gb WDD HDD-=-
16x DvD-=-32x12x40 Lite on CD/RW-=-Floppy, "Who needs a damned floppy!"-=-ECS K7S5A Pro-=- Geforce 4 Ti 4400 128Mb 4x-=-

 

[tonto02]

thanks for the replies guys. I know its not a software isue because i have reformatted twice now and i do have all the drivers and I reinstalled dx9b with doom3. the reason i believe it is the processor is because it "usualy" crashes to the desktop but it will also restart the system every once in a while. but that is why i posted here to see if maybe there is a way to not have to spend $150 on a new processor.

 

[ChipDeath]

Your PSU should be good enough, but use something like MBM5 to log your Voltage rails to see if one of them drops just prior to a crash, just to be sure.

Have you tried different drivers? Try a few different (older) catalyst drivers and see if it helps.

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[endyen]

You might also want to check the capacitors near the chip, for leaking, or bulging.

 

[Zal]

I often had random crashing similar to that while i was running my ram slightly faster than it could perform. only when it was under heavy load, it would restart the system, but your problem sounds a bit different..

You m ight want to try omega drivers, they may help sort out your problem.