Hello All,
About 2 weeks ago, I created this thread, describing some of the problems I've been having with a new build.
The error is essentially that after an indeterminate time of gaming (everything else runs fine) the system will hardlock with a bunch of vertical lines and the sound begins to loop. This has happened in BC2, Football Manager, the Witcher, and Dawn of War 2
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=31&post=316906&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0"e_only=0&new=0&nojs=0
My PC Details as described
Since that time, I've done the following to try and identify/fix the problem
- run Memtest86+ for eight to nine hours with no errors
- removed the 6950 and taken it to the store I purchased it from for testing. They were able to run 15 hours of CoD, plus other stress tests with no errors
- While the 6950 was gone, I put an old 8800GTS in to the system and encountered no errors
- upgraded the PSU from a 600W to a 750W
And yet the problem happened again over the weekend.
I am back to thinking that perhaps temperature is a problem, but as mentioned previously, this what I am seeing
I manually set the 6950 fan to 80%, and while it sounded like a jet taking off, I didn't get a crash in approx 45 minutes of gaming.
Are there any other suggestions that people may have? The HIS IceQ comes with a factory overclock, so I may try and remove that to stock clocks.
Thanks for the feedback!
About 2 weeks ago, I created this thread, describing some of the problems I've been having with a new build.
The error is essentially that after an indeterminate time of gaming (everything else runs fine) the system will hardlock with a bunch of vertical lines and the sound begins to loop. This has happened in BC2, Football Manager, the Witcher, and Dawn of War 2
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=31&post=316906&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0"e_only=0&new=0&nojs=0
My PC Details as described
Since that time, I've done the following to try and identify/fix the problem
- run Memtest86+ for eight to nine hours with no errors
- removed the 6950 and taken it to the store I purchased it from for testing. They were able to run 15 hours of CoD, plus other stress tests with no errors
- While the 6950 was gone, I put an old 8800GTS in to the system and encountered no errors
- upgraded the PSU from a 600W to a 750W
And yet the problem happened again over the weekend.
I am back to thinking that perhaps temperature is a problem, but as mentioned previously, this what I am seeing
I manually set the 6950 fan to 80%, and while it sounded like a jet taking off, I didn't get a crash in approx 45 minutes of gaming.
Are there any other suggestions that people may have? The HIS IceQ comes with a factory overclock, so I may try and remove that to stock clocks.
Thanks for the feedback!
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