I recently built a new system, and am having an issue. I'm hoping you veterans can give me a hand troubleshooting my issue.
My system is:
P4 E8500 @3.16 (stock speed, no overclocking yet)
Asus Rampage Formula
4gb G.Skill F28500CL5D DDR-1066
2 x HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ4 Turbo 512mb (Crossfire)
X-Fi Titanium Fatality
OS = Vista x64
The BIOS is set at default with the exception of my DRAM voltage being upped to 2.2v so my G.Skill memory can run properly.
Work has kept me really busy this last month (its been that long since I built it) and what I really built this machine for is gaming. But when I play any games, the system inevitable crashes. I don't see a bluescreen, the screen just starts sputtering and flashing a bit, and I can't access task manager, etc. I might be able to play the game for a few minutes, or even 10 minutes the occasional time, but sooner or later, it happens again.
I thought at first it could be my graphics drivers, but with both the latest ATI driver and the latest "approved" driver off of the HIS site, it still happens.
I even tried XP x64 and even Vista x32 but it still happens. So it seems its a hardware setting or issue, or so I would guess.
I have no experience with a multi-graphics card setup, so perhaps I've done something wrong?
Anyway, any suggestions would sure be appreciated. I'm rarin' to play some games and would love to get this new system running properly. Thanks!
My system is:
P4 E8500 @3.16 (stock speed, no overclocking yet)
Asus Rampage Formula
4gb G.Skill F28500CL5D DDR-1066
2 x HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ4 Turbo 512mb (Crossfire)
X-Fi Titanium Fatality
OS = Vista x64
The BIOS is set at default with the exception of my DRAM voltage being upped to 2.2v so my G.Skill memory can run properly.
Work has kept me really busy this last month (its been that long since I built it) and what I really built this machine for is gaming. But when I play any games, the system inevitable crashes. I don't see a bluescreen, the screen just starts sputtering and flashing a bit, and I can't access task manager, etc. I might be able to play the game for a few minutes, or even 10 minutes the occasional time, but sooner or later, it happens again.
I thought at first it could be my graphics drivers, but with both the latest ATI driver and the latest "approved" driver off of the HIS site, it still happens.
I even tried XP x64 and even Vista x32 but it still happens. So it seems its a hardware setting or issue, or so I would guess.
I have no experience with a multi-graphics card setup, so perhaps I've done something wrong?
Anyway, any suggestions would sure be appreciated. I'm rarin' to play some games and would love to get this new system running properly. Thanks!