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Woodsie · 03-24-09

I recently purchased and pieced together a new gaming pc mostly for World of Warcraft and Halflife 2 gameplay but I haven't had a chance to enjoy them to their entirety because my computer locks up when I play them and I have to reboot each time.

The lock ups occur completely at random, happening anywhere between 3 minutes to 35+ minutes of game play and beyond. When the pc freezes, the screen color is random <sometimes it's purple, other times it's blue....green, etc> and the last sound wave that plays gets stuck in a skipping pattern . Completely unable to do anything, I have to reboot. I'm back up and playing within 15 seconds or so but the consistent freeze and reboot is a royal pain in the *** and shouldn't be happening as far as I know.

Here are my specs:

Power Supply -> Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular

Case -> Thermaltake VH8000BWS Armor+ MX ATX Mid-Tower Case - 230mm Fan

Disk Drive -> Lite-ON IHAS220-08 SuperAllwrite SATA 20x DVD Burner with Lightscribe OEM - 20x DVD±R Burn, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW, Black

Hard Drive -> Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB Hard Drive ST31500341AS - 7200RPM, 32MB Cache, SATA-3G

Memory Sticks -> Corsair XMS3 Tri Channel 3GB PC10666 DDR3 Memory - 1333MHz, 3072MB (3 x 1024MB)

Video Card -> XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Video Card - 896MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, VGA Support, FREE Far Cry 2 Game

Monitor -> Samsung 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1000:1 Static Contrast Ratio, 8000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, 1440 x 900 , DVI, Black

Mother Board -> Intel DX58SO Socket LGA1366 Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core, 2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, Hyperthreading, Processor

I don't believe the motherboard has a sound card so I am using Realtek to cover that. I've been told it could be my power supply or my video card

Any ideas or solutions you could offer would be GREATLY appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

HEiGHT iZ NaSTy · 03-24-09

My cousin had the exact same problem. His ended up being his Video Card, have you tried switching that out with another?

ltulod · 03-24-09

I highly doubt it's the psu tho.

asuming the latest video drivers is installed?

Albatross1991 · 03-24-09

You might try going to your Nvidia Control Panel to Manage 3D settings and change settings to off or use "application control". I have read that some settings have caused these issues.

Woodsie · 03-26-09

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My cousin had the exact same problem. His ended up being his Video Card, have you tried switching that out with another?

I only have the one card and it seems to be running ok

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I highly doubt it's the psu tho.

asuming the latest video drivers is installed?

yes, I have version 182.08 currently installed

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You might try going to your Nvidia Control Panel to Manage 3D settings and change settings to off or use "application control". I have read that some settings have caused these issues.

I tried that and the problem remains....any other thoughts or ideas....I'm new to all of this and not sure what else it could be

vwgti · 03-26-09

Try uninstalling your gfx drivers, get driver sweeper and run that in safe mode. Then try to reinstall the drivers. You could try the 181.22 drivers, these have been the most stable for me.

quakermaas · 03-26-09

Are all temperatures good (graphic card and cpu), when system is at full load ?

Woodsie · 03-26-09

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Are all temperatures good (graphic card and cpu), when system is at full load ?

I just ran SpeedFan and under the "Readings" tab is the following info

GPU 40C
CPU -33C
Internal Temp 36C
Temp 3 49C
Temp 4 49C
HD0 35C
HD1 40C
Core 0 53C
Core 1 51C

ok.....maybe i need to go one step at a time then :swearing: By process of elimination, where should I begin first to make sure things are working correctly? Remember....you have a super newb here and aside from regular plug and play...I dont know much about troubleshooting

HEiGHT iZ NaSTy · 03-26-09

Try a new video card please.

Technophobe · 03-26-09

I have totally different system but had very similar problem. Mine turned out to be video card faulty. Try to borrow one from a friend to swap it and test.

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Woodsie New to Overclock.net Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	computer lockup = frustration I recently purchased and pieced together a new gaming pc mostly for World of Warcraft and Halflife 2 gameplay but I haven't had a chance to enjoy them to their entirety because my computer locks up when I play them and I have to reboot each time. The lock ups occur completely at random, happening anywhere between 3 minutes to 35+ minutes of game play and beyond. When the pc freezes, the screen color is random <sometimes it's purple, other times it's blue....green, etc> and the last sound wave that plays gets stuck in a skipping pattern . Completely unable to do anything, I have to reboot. I'm back up and playing within 15 seconds or so but the consistent freeze and reboot is a royal pain in the *** and shouldn't be happening as far as I know. Here are my specs: Power Supply -> Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular Case -> Thermaltake VH8000BWS Armor+ MX ATX Mid-Tower Case - 230mm Fan Disk Drive -> Lite-ON IHAS220-08 SuperAllwrite SATA 20x DVD Burner with Lightscribe OEM - 20x DVD±R Burn, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW, Black Hard Drive -> Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB Hard Drive ST31500341AS - 7200RPM, 32MB Cache, SATA-3G Memory Sticks -> Corsair XMS3 Tri Channel 3GB PC10666 DDR3 Memory - 1333MHz, 3072MB (3 x 1024MB) Video Card -> XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Video Card - 896MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, VGA Support, FREE Far Cry 2 Game Monitor -> Samsung 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1000:1 Static Contrast Ratio, 8000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, 1440 x 900 , DVI, Black Mother Board -> Intel DX58SO Socket LGA1366 Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core, 2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, Hyperthreading, Processor I don't believe the motherboard has a sound card so I am using Realtek to cover that. I've been told it could be my power supply or my video card Any ideas or solutions you could offer would be GREATLY appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

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