Games doesn't work...

[Foel]

My games (example: Far Cry and Doom 3) Doesn't work anymore I can play these games about 5 min or less and then my comp reboots or crashes...can someone help me with this?

 

[tristan]

You have a heat issue. What kind of board do you have. Just list your complete system specs and fan setup for your rig.

 

[nomav6]

have you added anything to your computer that draws a lot of power? and what size is your PSU? you might have to get a bigger one, plus heat could come into play.

 

[nomav6]

didn't mean to post pretty much the same thing tristan did, but we posted about the same time lol

 

[tristan]

Its cool, great minds think alike =) yes list your psu also

 

[Foel]

I couldn't get here yesterday (Sorry), but here is the list:

Motherboard: MSI K7N2 Delta
( http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K7N2_Delta-L )

Graphic card: HIS Excalibur 9600XT turbo
( http://www.hisdigital.com/html/9600xt_turbo.htm )

Prosessor: AMD Athlon 3200+ (and i have cooler that came with it)

Power: 300w

Hard disks: 1. 12 Gb (bigfoot bretty old) 2. 80 Gb (Maxtor) 3. 200 (Segate Barracuda)

CD-ROM drives: I got one normal 52X...

Do you guys need anything else?

 

[Praetor]

1. It could still be the PSU... 300W might not be enough... should be ... but possibly not

2. What are your CPU temps? Grab something like MBM5 to check.... maybe your memory is too hot too?

3. Since you say you're running a stock cooler, that has me thinking its primarily a cpu overheating problem ... FC and D3 should definitely cook up the CPU temps

 

[Foel]

I have intalled MBM5 program and it says Case 29C, CPU 43C and Sensor 3 0C

 

[Praetor]

Have MBM do logging and then start the game ... when it crashes, go back and have a look at the temps

 

[Foel]

Oh my god! Case 34C, CPU 57C...That's bretty high...isn't it?

 

[Praetor]

Hmmm it not that high (even for a non-Prescott P4) but it could be a sign that the memory is overheating too ... is that a possability?

 

[Foel]

I don't know ...But if it is how can i fix it? And if it's not, how can i cool my comp down?

 

[nomav6]

www.thinkgeek.com has lots of diff. products used from cooling

 

[Praetor]

Something you might consider are RAMsinks or heatspreaders, an affordable set like these: http://www.xoxide.com/theracmemcoo.html (you can get it withot the fans too)

 

[tristan]

Can you post the voltage readings in MBM5 after having it running while playing a game or something? I think its going to be a voltage issue, 300 isnt going to be enough.

 

[kof2000]

maybe he's running doom 3 on his old boot hardrive?

 

[Foel]

I'm running doom3 from my 200 Gb (Segate Barracuda). I'm going to play it now (Can you tell me what exaclty what reading do you need, 'cause there is lots of them (sorry)

 

[tristan]

+3.3 +5 +12 -12 and -5 the highs and lows

 

[Foel]

Okay i played Doom III and here is the voltages:
Low High

+3.3: 3,23 3,38
+5: 5,03 5,08
+12: 11,67 11,68
-12: -11,94 -11.61
-5: -4,99 -4,89

 

[tristan]

Are those your average? I want to know your lows