FreakStyleee Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Just put together a new rig with a DFI board. I wasn't planning ahead very well when I purchased all the parts, and had no idea how finicky the DFI boards can be. For the most part it runs well so long as I don't run games (locksup hard). And there in the reason I am here. I am not complaining just giving some background. I will be posting a request for help in the NF4 forum shortly. I have been pouring over search results in an attempt to not ask a question already answered. Anyway good to be in a place with so many great minds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_geekster Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Welcome to the "Street"! Your problem sounds like it may be software related. Did you download all of the patches for your games? I have had the same issues that you mention with several of my games until I patched them. Also, if you are OC'ed, it may be that your rig is unstable. This will cause freezing. Check your rig for stability. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuppA-SnipA Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 hes Ultra PSU is bothering me... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakStyleee Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Thanks! I appreciate the suggestions. The games are all patched. Although I have had a few instances where it locksup outside of gaming. I have also tried multiple comminations of MShotfix for dual-cores and RegEdit, AMD driver, AMD Optimizer, removed sound card and reinstalled XP Pro multiple times. I ran Memtest v1.65 and Prime95 each over night without problems. I am definately at a loss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakStyleee Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 hes Ultra PSU is bothering me... It could be part of the problem. It is all new to me. Here are voltages pulled from speedfan. I understand that they are not as acurate as a multimeter but it is what I have. Vcore1: 1.31V Vcore2: 1.20V +3.3V: 3.31V +5V: 5.03V +12V: 11.9V -12V: -9.40V -5V: -0.63V Vbat: 3.09V Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Esau Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 WELCOME TO DFI-STREET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Esau Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Are you're ram timings set up correctly? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thasp Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 speedfan is awful. The program isn't, but it reads voltages from the motherboard The motherboard sensors are awful. Some are very accurate and give me the same as my multimeter, some are way off. The DFI I have is way off, so I check with a multimeter.. you should too. Check your video card with your hand, while playing a game. Can you burn your finger on the heatsink? If yes, you have your problem. If it's cold.. even bigger problem, it's not touching the core. In my experience, 90% of stock coolers either are 10% the size they should be to cool the chip, or are barely touching the core. I knew the one on my x800 with r480 core was too cool for a game playing at overclocked speeds, then I noticed 110c in atitool. That heatsink has(literally) been thrown out the window. A new heatsink for the card is cheaper than a new PSU. Try this method before installing temperature monitoring software/GPU stress tests. Then do the temp monitor/stress test and see if a new heatsink is required, then I'd worry about getting a multimeter, then a new PSU afterward. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sswilson Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 You can also try pegging your Vid card fan speed up to 100% to see if that has any effect. I upgraded to a sapphire 1950 pro over christmas and it originally black screened on me every time I ran a game.... turned out that the preset fan speeds were way too low and that the chip was overheating before the fan could catch up. Now that I've used ati tray tools to change the fan presets everything seems to be working well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakStyleee Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Are you're ram timings set up correctly? RAM is currently set to auto per the load optimal setting option in the bios. Memtest sees it as 3-3-3-8. However I have tried the stable setting for cmx512-3200c2 from the database here as I had read in a post that they would work for the cmx1024-3200c2. Still no change, games lockup. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakStyleee Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 The XFX has passive cooling. So maybe i just need a fan period. I have not paid much attention to the GPU temp. However I did check it a couple of times after a crash through Nvidia monitor which as i remember read 43c, but I will test it to my touch as well as the monitoring tool because I don't trust my memory. One thing to note is that I suspected my video card might be causing my pain so I bought another card, PNY 7600GS which had a fan. I still saw the same issue. I have started a thread with more (I won't say all) details of my testing so far in the NF4 area. LINK I am very impressed with how rapid people are to respond with suggestions. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 The XFX has passive cooling. So maybe i just need a fan period. I had an XFX 7950GT with passive cooling. That thing got so hot you couldn't touch it. I didn't have it installed five minutes, this was just idle. So I installed the HR-03, which I think gave me some problems as what immediately followed that was an RMA replacement when that card wouldn't boot, and then a subsequent RMA refund after the second card went up in flames. In hindsight I should've not used the "cushpad" that came with the HR-03. I'm getting sidetracked, but I'd definitely look into a replacement cooler if your XFX is passive. Welcome to DFI-street, by the way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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