jimmymac
VIP Member
ok first up my system is custom built and as follows
Q6600
Gigabyte DS4 M/B
4 GB DDR2
Radeon HD4870
win 7 32 bit
For some time now my system keeps crashing randomly whilst playing games, most games I have now are through steam so its hard to say if its an issue with steam or not, I suspect its more than likely a hardware issue!
Generally after a while of gaming the screen sticks and nothing but a hard reboot will solve the issue. I have thought that perhaps it was an overheating problem, I have since cleaned out the case, currently it has 3 120mm fans in the main area, 1 120 mm fan in the PSU bay and an 80mm fan directly over the graphics card.
This doesnt appear to have solved anything, I am wondering if the graphics cards itself might be the issue, perhaps its got a slight fault thats causing problems, drivers are updated to the latest ones available
had about three crashes in the last couple of hours, last time I logged straight into the bios to check out whats going on in there and this is the current temps and such :
System temp 55
CPU temp 42
V core 1.284 - 1.300 (fluctuates between the two)
DDr18v - 1.872
+3.3V - 3.296
+12v - 12.048
I have had GPU-z running, showing my gpu idle temp at approx 70, not picked up the temp on crashing yet as it seems to close down and stop logging as I run a game but the crash can happen very soon (merely minutes) after starting the game so I cant imagine the temp jumping that quickly to cause an over heat
any ideas?
Q6600
Gigabyte DS4 M/B
4 GB DDR2
Radeon HD4870
win 7 32 bit
For some time now my system keeps crashing randomly whilst playing games, most games I have now are through steam so its hard to say if its an issue with steam or not, I suspect its more than likely a hardware issue!
Generally after a while of gaming the screen sticks and nothing but a hard reboot will solve the issue. I have thought that perhaps it was an overheating problem, I have since cleaned out the case, currently it has 3 120mm fans in the main area, 1 120 mm fan in the PSU bay and an 80mm fan directly over the graphics card.
This doesnt appear to have solved anything, I am wondering if the graphics cards itself might be the issue, perhaps its got a slight fault thats causing problems, drivers are updated to the latest ones available
had about three crashes in the last couple of hours, last time I logged straight into the bios to check out whats going on in there and this is the current temps and such :
System temp 55
CPU temp 42
V core 1.284 - 1.300 (fluctuates between the two)
DDr18v - 1.872
+3.3V - 3.296
+12v - 12.048
I have had GPU-z running, showing my gpu idle temp at approx 70, not picked up the temp on crashing yet as it seems to close down and stop logging as I run a game but the crash can happen very soon (merely minutes) after starting the game so I cant imagine the temp jumping that quickly to cause an over heat
any ideas?