ultimus666 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Ok well this is my setup AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ DFI Lanparty UT SLI-DR (bios ver. 623-3) BFG 7800 GTX 2*512mb of PC3200 Kingston Valueram Audigy 2 ZS WD Caviar 120GB SATA Enermax 600W Noisetaker My problem is that my computer always freezes when I play games! I can listen to music, watch videos and surf the net endlessly, but when I play a game it always ends up freezing. With World of Warcraft, I can play a good 30-60min before it freezes, with Half-Life 2 maybe 15 minutes, 30 if I'm lucky. For Battlefield 2 it either freezes in the menu before I even join a game, or when I join a game it runs with an extremely low FPS and looks very choppy. I know it's not my ping because it's always under 50, I have Extreme High-Speed cable internet. I think It might be my crappy RAM that isn't liked very much by the DFI Lanparty, but I thought updating the bios is supposed to fix RAM problems? The CPU, motherboard, power supply and video card have only been in my comp for a few days, the rest I've had for a while so I know it's not the sound card, RAM, etc. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? If it is my RAM, should I replace it? I could probably find a friend to buy it from me so that's not a big deal. What RAM should I replace it with? Preferably not something that requires active cooling, but that will still overclock well. Or could it be something besides my RAM? I've tried so many things, like removing my sound card and running onboard sound, formatting my HD with a fresh install of windows, taking out one stick of RAM, running memtest, etc etc and I can't find the problem! I'd REALLY appreciate some help, thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Hello, Have you plugged all 4 power connectors into the board? - Floppy drive one under the CPU socket - Hard drive one on top the chipset fan Have you ever ran memtest on the PC? 8 hours? What are the rated timings for your memory? 2.5-3-3-7? 3-3-3-8? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimus666 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Yes all the power connectors are plugged on my motherboard. The longest I ran memtest was about 2 hours, but with no errors found. I'm not sure about the timings on my RAM actually, how do I find out? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Hello, http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php#download Run CPUz and go to the SPD TAB. You will see a table and it will show a set of timings for 200Mhz and 166Mhz. Post the set for 200Mhz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimus666 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Hmm, it says 3-3-3-8. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 In your BIOS, do the following GENIE BIOS Setting >DRAM Configuration..................Press Enter = New Menu FSB BUS Frequency....................200 DRAM Voltage Control.................2.80 V Then go to DRAM configuration Press F7 Then GENIE BIOS Setting >DRAM Configuration DRAM Frequency Set (MHZ).............200 (DRAM/FSB:1/01) Command per clock (CPC)..............Disabled Cas latency (tCL)....................3 RAS to CAS delay (tRCD)..............3 Min RAS active time (tRAS)...........8 Row precharge time (tRP).............3 Row cycle time (tRC).................AUTO Row refresh cycle time(tRFC).........AUTO Row to Row delay (tRRD)..............AUTO Write recovery time (tWR)............AUTO Write to read delay (tWTR)...........AUTO Read to write delay (tRWT)...........AUTO Refresh period (tREF)................AUTO Write CAS latency (tWCL).............AUTO DRAM Bank Interleave.................Enabled DQS Skew Control.....................Decrease Skew DQS Skew Value.......................0 DRAM Drive Strength..................whatever the F7 default is DRAM Data Drive Strength.............whatever the F7 default is Max Async Latency....................6ns Dram Response........................Normal Read Preamble Time...................5ns Idle Cycle Limit.....................AUTO Dynamic Counter......................Disabled R/W Queue Bypass.....................AUTO Bypass Max...........................AUTO 32 Byte Granularity..................Disable (8 Bursts) Does that help? I am offline now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimus666 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Hmm, well I do appreciate the help, but now it seems to freeze up even faster....>_<. It's been doing this for a few days now, I can't even enjoy this computer I invested so much money in. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpanogos Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 ultimus, you need to run the various stabality tests, and tweak your system to get them to pass, Sharp has suggested the simpliest, basic values that might get you up and running .... try his for starters and run these benches in this order 1. memtest - 8hrs worth of all tests 2. superpi 32meg run 3. 3dmark2001, 03 and 05 4. occt 5 prime95 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 2*512mb of PC3200 Kingston ValueramThese mobos don't play well with value RAM.Get some of the OCZ that AG is recommending. You have a very nice set-up, except for this cheap RAM. GL :nod: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimus666 Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 I just want to be 100% sure that new RAM *will* fix this? If that's what it takes I don't mind, I just need to be sure. Also, which RAM is that exactly? Can you tell me the model, and if it requires active cooling? I don't really have a way to get cooling on my RAM in my case. Thanks for the help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony420 Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 get 2gb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhammock200 Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 I just want to be 100% sure that new RAM *will* fix this? If that's what it takes I don't mind, I just need to be sure. Also, which RAM is that exactly? Can you tell me the model, and if it requires active cooling? I don't really have a way to get cooling on my RAM in my case. Thanks for the help!Short of God Himself, nothing is 100%, but IMO it's the RAM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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