A few days ago I started to get a CTD while playing Metro 2033 (which used to play fine). Initially I thought it must be a problem with the game, so reinstalled it, patched etc. Still crashing. I tried Mass Effect, same thing.
I think this only happens on more demanding games, I will have to test later on an older game.
First I checked for virus'. None to be found.
Next I updated video drivers, audio, updated BIOS. Didn't help. I rolled back to another driver; Nope, still crashing.
Thinking it could be an overheating issue, I cleaned dust off of the CPU fan and Graphics Card; minimal difference, if any. Next I gave the Power supply a cleanout. This seemed to delay the crashing, I could play for about 30 mins now.
I monitored the temperature of the graphics card while playing, it never went far above 50C.
I'm not sure what temperature the CPU reaches when the game crashes, i'm going to test that shortly. The CPU is running at 36C right now.
Did a memtest; 0 errors after a few hours. I'm going to leave it running overnight though. I have one 2gb stick and two 1gb, they are of the same brand and all DDR2 800Mhz, but could this still cause CTD?
Could this be an inadequate or faulty power supply? Faulty Graphics Card? Bad RAM?
Specs:
Power Supply: OCZ500SXS [500w]
Graphics Card: Nvidia 9800GT
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9650
RAM Memory: DDR2 4GB [2GB+1GB+1GB] 800Mhz Kingston(I think)
Hard Drives: 120GB Internal + 500GB External
Thanks in advance
I think this only happens on more demanding games, I will have to test later on an older game.
First I checked for virus'. None to be found.
Next I updated video drivers, audio, updated BIOS. Didn't help. I rolled back to another driver; Nope, still crashing.
Thinking it could be an overheating issue, I cleaned dust off of the CPU fan and Graphics Card; minimal difference, if any. Next I gave the Power supply a cleanout. This seemed to delay the crashing, I could play for about 30 mins now.
I monitored the temperature of the graphics card while playing, it never went far above 50C.
I'm not sure what temperature the CPU reaches when the game crashes, i'm going to test that shortly. The CPU is running at 36C right now.
Did a memtest; 0 errors after a few hours. I'm going to leave it running overnight though. I have one 2gb stick and two 1gb, they are of the same brand and all DDR2 800Mhz, but could this still cause CTD?
Could this be an inadequate or faulty power supply? Faulty Graphics Card? Bad RAM?
Specs:
Power Supply: OCZ500SXS [500w]
Graphics Card: Nvidia 9800GT
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9650
RAM Memory: DDR2 4GB [2GB+1GB+1GB] 800Mhz Kingston(I think)
Hard Drives: 120GB Internal + 500GB External
Thanks in advance