Help! Computer locks up when playing music!

[psy^]

310 Watts it terribly underpowered.

11.48v on the 12v rail is well below the +/-10% tolerance, hence why your PC is failing when under load.

 

You need a new PSU.

[cpuz]

Again, it looks like your psu is your weakest link. Fast writes shouldn't crash 3dmark if turned off or on.

[ilh]

11.48v on the 12v rail is well below the +/-10% tolerance, hence why your PC is failing when under load.

 

Actually, that is within a 5% tolerance.

[Tom Brohanks]

310 Watts it terribly underpowered.

11.48v on the 12v rail is well below the +/-10% tolerance, hence why your PC is failing when under load.

 

You need a new PSU.

 

 

I appreciate the help, but if you read more carefully you'd see that my 12v is at 11.96....

 

Anyways...I made a mistake on my sig and I have THREE sticks of RAM, not just two.

 

I took one out and I've been pretty stable since last night.

 

 

I tried overclocking and I can't get past 220 FSB, I must have a dud chip, oh well.

[Skip04]

I tried overclocking and I can't get past 220 FSB, I must have a dud chip, oh well.

PC2700 166mhz to 220 is roughly same as pushing PC3200 to 250+fsb.

As you figured out running 3 sticks of ram is a problem, that I've read is more a limitation of the AMD mem controller.

[Tom Brohanks]

PC2700 166mhz to 220 is roughly same as pushing PC3200 to 250+fsb.

As you figured out running 3 sticks of ram is a problem, that I've read is more a limitation of the AMD mem controller.

 

I'm not running at 1:1 because I know my RAM won't go that high. Going to only two memory sticks seems to have helped my stability issues BIG time. Thanks guys

[red930]

PC Power and Cooling 310 watt.

 

I did notice in Sandra that my 12v says it is 11.48v

 

But, on my Athlon system I had before this, my 12v was always at 11.98v

 

Would switching to 64 cause that huge of a hit on my 12v?

Tom, our advice is only as good as the information you provide. I quoted your first post about voltage which you can clearly see says "my 12v says it is 11.48v". Later you say it's 11.96. So which is it? You also say that you've noticed in your words "bizarre" CPU voltage fluctuations.

 

If you have access to a digital mulit-meter you can monitor the output of the PSU accurately. Until them you're just guessing about the voltages taking readings from the mobo sensor.

 

12 volt 10% tolerance it 1.2 volts, 5% tolerance is 0.6 volts. Just because the PSU is within it's stated tolerance doesn't mean the mobo will like it.