Geno Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 Alright folks, i'm not sure what the deal is here. I'm guessing it has to be either the videocard, or driver problems. It might be ram, but I've tried 3 different kits here, and the stuff i've got in now (2days old) memtests 10 passes w/o problems. Right now everything is set to stock speed/voltages. Steam games lock up, like studdering sound (i've actually seen this same problem a lot, just can't remember where) i can alt+tab out, but the time it takes for it to "chill out" i might as well just reset. It's not just steam games, other games just lock up and i can't get out of them [reset]. I don't think it's a temperature problem I can dual prime for hours on end. video card? ram? drivers? thanks ***Running Latest Forceware drivers on XP64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temujin Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 Is it a new system build? Clean format or reinstall over existing windows partition? Double check your rams optimum voltage setting: could be 2.7 instead of 2.6v. Curious as to what psu you have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 Actually have no idea what kind of a PSU it is... haha. I really wasn't having this problem... until recently. I hadn't changed anything before it started happening. When it did i went out and grabbed new drivers and such. I used to have 1gb kit of GeiL3500, that memtested baaad at stock... so I upgraded to the XMS kit here. Hoping that the problems would go away. This is a current build, the only thing that's changed since august is the ram. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySameOldGlory Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 try reinstalling a differnet sound driver than what came with the board kit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 try reinstalling a differnet sound driver than what came with the board kit How about a suggestion? It's a pain in the butt looking for drivers. I installed the one's from NV's site a few hours ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMEZA Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 well i say is your RAM corsairs give a lot of this type of problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aper Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 make sure your ram sticks are in dual channel mode, one in each orange slot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted February 11, 2006 Posted February 11, 2006 make sure your ram sticks are in dual channel mode, one in each orange slot Already done like that, thanks. I'm not sure though, i mean i dont get any errors priming/memtesting for hours on end. (upto a day). It's driving me nuts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 I'm not getting Lock ups in windows. Everything just freezes, i'm still able to move the cursor, and winamp will finish playing the current song. everything else is nonresponsive. Man I'm not sure what the problem is. Ram is at 2.9 2-3-3-6 timings (these timings are what's labeled on the sticks) I've done upto 10 passes with both sticks, single and dual channel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 Hello, Going back to your PSU, find out what it is. There are loads of poor quality PSUs around and if you have one it could be the problem. Look on the power supply's sticker. post the details +make.model. eg Aspire 550W +12v = 34a +5v = 40a +3.3v = 32a Also I hope you are nopt trying to fault find with an overclocked system. +make sure all 4 power connectors are plugged into the motherboard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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