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  1. So apparently it was a BIOS issue of some sort. Decided to hit the switch on my BS for the modded 6/19 (running on BS chip), cleared CMOS for a while and reset my settings, and no more freezing! Might reflash the Hellfire Rev3 onto my original chip to see if it was a slightly bad flash before. Now I can finally game again! :D
  2. Reformatted my boot partition, reinstalled XP with the newest SATA drivers slipstreamed, and selected the proper ACPI. Swapped out my memory for my TCCD, running 200x11 with 2-2-2-5 @ 2.75V as specified by OCZ. The computer freezes a couple minutes into games, and freezes randomly on the desktop (ie: 2 minutes ago typing the previous version of this post), yet goes for a long time in Prime95 before I shut it down. I'd get random reboots with the x700Pro and an older AGP TNT2 M64. I'd really like to find out why I'm having these problems show up recently.:confused:
  3. Bye bye 9800Pro. Could have spent $220cdn for a 7600GT, but I don't want to put any more money into this poor machine. Instead, I got a deal on an x700pro 256mb (Rialto bridge chip) that I couldn't pass up (given the circumstances). Now the computer won't last 5 minutes before freezing in older games like Morrowind, Far Cry, etc. It freezes when opening videos most of the time. It just freezes while doing anything, but always within the first 5 minutes of running. This happens with the X700pro, and my backup TNT2-M64 agp card. Naturally, it's just fine when not in the Windows environment (3 hours and counting with a dos-based prime stress tester). Last night, it went for several hours in Prime95 before the screen froze (no errors showed on screen). I think all there is left is to check for bad caps (doubt it), and re-install XP. I've tried many different drivers for each card, using Driver Cleaner each time. Maybe a complete fresh start will help.
  4. Tried checking my Vref, showed 1.42V (should be 1.45V and it's very very sensitive). I must have slipped slightly with the probe and shorted the Vref check pin to the pad beside it, as the screen went all wonky. Powering down and draining caps didn't help at all. I'm DAMN lucky I had the bios set to boot to PCI graphics first (I usually don't), so I stuck in my backup PCI ATI Rage XL. Flashed the Pro bios, said the ROM was locked but it wrote anyway (or so it said). Tried rebooting on the PCI card, and nothing would show (LCD blinked as if the output was off). Now I'm clearing the mobo bios, and unplugged the 9800Pro from the system (sitting above the slot, tubing won't let it move much). Fingers crossed.:sad: edit: Naturally, I posted from my laptop... edit2: Crap, clearing mobo bios did nothing, still don't get a display output.
  5. I know that OCZ binned the 3200VX sticks at 240MHz. From the horse's mouth, so to speak. Good call on not leaving it in your NF4 machine. Integrated memory controllers do have a downside. It's a good thing that TCCD is able to get the job done without much voltage.
  6. How long did you actually use the vmods for? In 2.5 years, I've played with them for a total of about an hour for benching. When I was looking into the mods, I didn't see a Vref mod anywhere, and the Vddq mod was known to kill cards, so I didn't do them. I'll try checking them to see where they're at though. Why would I suddenly have to bump voltages after essentially 2.5 years of stock voltage?:confused: Thanks a lot for your help!
  7. Vgpu is at 1.72V, Vmem is at 2.80V, which are good. Those are the only Vmods I've done to the card. I'm running 1.6V in the bios for AGP signal strength. So you're saying that the card might need more voltage for the same speed? I haven't tried any Omegas since getting this card 2.5 years ago, I'll give them a shot again.
  8. Flashed back to the 9800XT bios last night. Prime95 was just fine overnight for 8 hours, using Hellfire Rev3's at 200x11 and proper voltages. Started working in Word an hour later, and it froze. Running 6.7 Cats now, testing in HL2 got me 20 mins before freezing. Rebooted and tried HL2 again, after 15 mins I was getting the same artifacting as before (bad texturing), and then 5 mins later it froze again. This is starting to drive me nuts. Could a bad video card freeze a system entirely? Memtest and Prime95 keep saying that the rest of the system is fine, so I'm not sure what to do at this point.:confused:
  9. They weren't stable in Memtest for more than 10 seconds at 2.9V. OCZ's spec is 3.2V for 2-2-2-8.:confused: So they've been running for a year at 3.2V. Just finished 10 hours of Prime95 testing without an issue. When I shut it down and started surfing, the machine froze.:mad:
  10. Ok, back to the regularly scheduled thread... Crashes in Quake 4 with both 6.3 and 6.11 Cats. Same as HL2, after about 20 minutes of play time. I'm going to run Prime95 all night to test the rest of the system. My games are all on my SATA drive, and Hellfire Rev3's bios uses the 5.1.27 SI3114 bios, and I'm using the 1.0.0.8 SI3114 driver...as far as I know that's just fine, it seems alright in Windows (though it did freeze when I was working in Word). edit: Hotness, Prime95 fails within 10 seconds of starting a blend test. edit2: Using 6/19 bios with 5.0.64 SI3114 bios, Prime95 still fails within 10 seconds. It's pretty consistent at failing to produce one certain number. Memtest overnight, hopefully that sheds some light on the shitfest. edit3: I feel like a dumbass now, I forgot that the VX need 3.2V to do 2-2-2 at 200MHz. So at least the rest of the system is stable now...
  11. Flashed the Pro bios back onto my card, and installed old 6.3 Cat drivers to try to eliminate a possible driver conflict. Now HL2 freezes after 15-20 minutes of playing, but I don't get artifacting like before. I just got lucky and played for 45 minutes before the machine rebooted itself. I'm not sure if my card is dying, or my machine has an issue with 200x11 (doubt it).:sad:
  12. At max safe voltage, the gpu can hit 500MHz with 45C load temps. It idles at about 32C, and hits around 36C under load at 450/380.:cool: So I got rid of the game crashing problem, but now I get major artifacting after 2-3 minutes in HL2, even at 200x11 on the CPU and 412/365 (stock XT) on the video card.:sad: I flashed the Hellfire Rev3's off of Tmod's CD last night, and slowly bumped up the speed overnight. I turned down the voltage, figured that's what was making it chunk up before. Memtest is doing just ducky with 240MHz @ 3.2V now, CPC on of course.
  13. My game crashing problem turned out to be fouled 6.9 Catalyst drivers, the new 6.11's are super fine. I bought the VX around Oct 2005, so they should be the CH5's. I've got a 60mm fan from a stock XP heatsink kinny-rigged over the memory now, should help the rad with airflow through the modules. Also pointed a spare fan towards my video card memory, got an extra 10MHz on the memory for 450/390 at stock volts. I've been running the VX at 220MHz @ 3.2-3.3V for about a year now, I hope that hasn't killed them. I used to run the Hellfire Rev3's, I'll have to try them again. My boot drive is SATA (SATA-RAID set in bios of course), so SATA stability is important. It's hard to forget how to clear the CMOS after a bad OC, and my BS will help if I get a corrupted flash. I think I'll flash the Hellfire Rev3's again tonight and see how they do overnight. If I can hit 250 with these sticks, I'll be happy. I know this CPU is a toaster waiting to get out (and then some), I just need the rest of the machine to play nice to get a REAL toaster.
  14. I've used a mica shim ever since I started watercooling. My RBX fits inside the squish pads, and there's enough room between the block and my shim to fit a thermal probe through. I'd never run without my shim, my case is too tight to install a block safely without it.
  15. Thanks kit, I'll read those later. Playah, my rad is about 1-2" away from the memory modules, and pulls air through them. I think I've still got a 60mm fan I can strap to them though.
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