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- Nov 10, 2005
OK before everyone tells me to check other things, I have ran Memtest on my memory and everything checks out fine, my PSU pushing out enough voltages to all the rails, and I have the most up to date drivers.
Now my problem, I have running and XFX 6600Gt with the Stasis Thermal video cooler. my temps are 51 idle and anywhere from 62 to 81C under load, usually depends on the games played. I have fast writes disabled and I have all the AA and Vsync settings turned all the way off in the drivers. But this problem first developed when i was running a 420Watt PSU that came with my Raidmax case, and the stock cooler, I helped the system run longer by adding a slot cooler. Now i have a 650Watt PSU by MGE, it the XG Vortec, and I have a better cooler. I hadn't been having these lock up problems until recently. But whenever i play Battlefront 2 or NFS:MW(Demo) I can play for about 10 to 20 minutes and my system Hard locks, In Battlefront 2 the sound keeps playing but that's it.
First off i would like to know if bumping up my AGP voltage higher than the stock 1.5V would help. and also currently the power lead from the PSU goes to both of my optical drives and then to my video card (no Y-adapters). Would having a dedicated lead to my video help even though the optical drives weren't getting used while playing these games? I'm up for any suggestions.
And on an additional note, The lockups used to occur in NFS:U2, and I can play UT2004 with everything cranked with no problems as well as Quake4.
Now my problem, I have running and XFX 6600Gt with the Stasis Thermal video cooler. my temps are 51 idle and anywhere from 62 to 81C under load, usually depends on the games played. I have fast writes disabled and I have all the AA and Vsync settings turned all the way off in the drivers. But this problem first developed when i was running a 420Watt PSU that came with my Raidmax case, and the stock cooler, I helped the system run longer by adding a slot cooler. Now i have a 650Watt PSU by MGE, it the XG Vortec, and I have a better cooler. I hadn't been having these lock up problems until recently. But whenever i play Battlefront 2 or NFS:MW(Demo) I can play for about 10 to 20 minutes and my system Hard locks, In Battlefront 2 the sound keeps playing but that's it.
First off i would like to know if bumping up my AGP voltage higher than the stock 1.5V would help. and also currently the power lead from the PSU goes to both of my optical drives and then to my video card (no Y-adapters). Would having a dedicated lead to my video help even though the optical drives weren't getting used while playing these games? I'm up for any suggestions.
And on an additional note, The lockups used to occur in NFS:U2, and I can play UT2004 with everything cranked with no problems as well as Quake4.