Gaming Rigs

Quote from "xVerraterx @ Tue Apr 27

Addressing those split second freezes:

It could be quit a few things,

Are you getting the disconnect symbol?
What's your minimum frame rate during that instance?
What resolution are you running at?
What are your card and cpu temperatures at load?

No disconnect symbol.

30fps minimum 45fps seems to be the average on the normal settings. We can get them higher 60fps or more it'll still freeze/locks up for a split second.

Medium settings at 1920 by 1080 running it on our 40" lcd tv

I'll have to double check temperatures i think around the 60-65 degree mark on the cpu and as high as 70-75 on the gpu.

Evil i've had a quick scan thorugh that tweaking guide, a lot of the stuff we have tried already, apart from some of the console changes like view distance etc. i'll go through it again in more detail.

This system is very clean very few programs on it it purely for running crysis and other games, i'm just baffled as to what is causing this.

I was thinking a virus or something like that. There is no single virus scanner that can catch any and all modern computer viruses.

Nice, i changed my memory voltage, and probably blew up 2 slots on my motherboard..
Changed slots (It wouldnt start up at first) now it does, but my keyboard and mice wont work.. (Yes, i tried the ps/2 solution)
Get the (Previous overclocking attempt failed, resetted to default settings, press any key to continue) Warning.
Thats all nice and all.. but its quite hard to press any key without a keyboard and/or mice.

Not sure what to do now, downloading a recorvery disc atm, in the hope that will work.

If not. I most likely bang my head against the wall, poor some gas onto my pc and light it up.
Buy a new case, and start building a new pc...

Any more suggestions perhabs?

Thanks for the quick reply, but take the battery out of what? My usb keyboard doesnt include a battery if i'm correct

Edit: And i dont think my ps2 port is broken. Never had to use it before and my pc is less then a year old, if im correct.

No, i cant do that.. If i loose the date.. then.. NOOOOOOO
Yeah, ill try surf around on the web some more... (i'm not sure where the cosmos battery is located though.. but ill look it up:)
(And i would take your advice without checking if you did not said so )

Thanks comrade, but i already found it.. It was behind my friggen grafic cards, pfff...

Thanks Evil for the brillant idea, Thank God everything works perfect again.

Meh, wont have a excuse to buy new ''better'' parts now

Quote from "ArboristUK @ Tue Apr 27

I'll have to double check temperatures i think around the 60-65 degree mark on the cpu and as high as 70-75 on the gpu. And depending on your gpu that is probably high as well.

Those temps are way high on the cpu. I'd bet a Euro that its part of the problem.

With intel launching an entirely new socket soon, i'm wondering how this is going to be played out.

Hehe, i'm not chickened out of overclocking

I'll just continue tinker some more, as i've reached the max in the BIOS (CPU Freq) ill have to seek for other ways to get it up
And i simply leave the voltages for now..

Quote from "xVerraterx @ Wed Apr 28

Those temps are way high on the cpu. I'd bet a Euro that its part of the problem.

I just double checked Ginia's pc temps now whilst she is playing crysis and the temps are low at 33.5 on the cpu, 65 on the gpu so nothing out of the ordinary there. Probably my pc i was thinking of which is on perpetual melt down, really need to improve the cooling someday.

I think a clean install is in order, the system is how we got it from the builders, but i think we'll reinstall and update the drivers to see if this helps.

Arborist, it's an AMD system, right? Try to keep the load temperatures under 55*C. Usually I tell people 50*C because changes in ambient room temps, and also dust collection after weeks can affect the temperature.So aim for 50*C and don't let it go above 55*C.

Use Prime95 for load stress testing, and SpeedFan to monitor temperatures.

Prime95 (32-bit)
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103

Prime95 (64-bit)
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=205

SpeedFan
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=51

CPU-Z for info
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=26

These three applications are very important when overclocking. It may be easier for us to help you if you make a thread dedicated to your system and overclocking. Please do and list your system specs in the first post. Then run these applications to test things and post the temperatures and stuff.

Beta I only have the AMD overdrive utility to check system temps, and its saying my cpu is errrr 85-90c where as ginias is running at 33.5 with her dual 550, my processor is a qaud 955 its been running like this for months now, and only recently have i had a problem with blue screen due to the high temps especially now its all dusty in therei guess.

Maybe i need to start a thread i'll call it - Help me i'm a pc retard-

Now i need to go think about cooling my pc before it goes nuclear, i'll invest in a new aircooler and give the old girl a good clean.

If your cpu get above 55c your cooler sucks.