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<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote in message
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> Hello!
>
> I have a dilemma. I seem to have an overheating problem with my computer
> setup when I play games (e.g., World of Warcraft, Battlefield 1942,
> Half-Life 2, etc. Windows would crash with mostly blue screens (random
> errors like PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) with fwdrv.sys (still get
> crashes without Kerio's Personal Firewall v2.1.5),
> KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (8e) with ntkrnlpa.exe, BugCheck 50,
> {fffffff1, 0, 805b0109, 0} with ati2mtag.sys ( ati2mtag+d0d49 ),
> BugCheck 8E, {c0000005, c458bf4, b7df7938, 0} with portcls.sys (
> portcls!CPortPinWavePci::GetKsAudioPosition+1c ), BugCheck 7E,
> {c0000005, 1d58c920, f7a5fcb0, f7a5f9ac} with win32k.sys (
> win32k!ESTROBJ::vInit+357 ), etc. The crashes can take 30 minutes to
> hours to happen.
>
> I have NO problems when I am not gaming, using 3D (openGL and Direct3D)
> screen savers, running atitools to stress test my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
> AIW (128 MB) card for hours, cpuburn by itself for hours (highest was
> 154 F/67.8 C degrees, memtest86 for hours (all passed), etc. To me, it
> sounds like a combination of everything in game makes my computer too
> hot instead of individual compontent. What else can be getting hot
> beside the video card and motherboard during gaming? I doubt a sound
> card could. I have a HDD cooler so HDDs should be fine. You can see my
> full detailed system specifications at
>
http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.tx... (primary
> computer -- note that I have old stuff like old Quantum HDDs, CD burner,
> etc.).
>
> I notice my system would become unstable if my ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
> motherboard's temperature was at about and over 110 F/43 C degrees.
>
> Another problem is that my small room is always warm due to the location
> and it is upstair. I do not get sufficient cooling from the air
> condition. Opened window is useful when the weather is cool, but useless
> when it is warm or in a middle of a heat wave (100+ F/37.7 C degrees
> outside!). Big fans for my room and myself don't really help much
> either.
>
> Would getting a Thermaltake Silent Boost K8
> (
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/venus/rs/a1838.htm) to cool the
> AMD Athlon 64 CPU down help at all? Again, going up to 154 with cpuburn
> did not have any problems. However, BIOS and ASUS PC Probe say 140+
> F/60+ C degrees is overheating so I might as well get a better CPU
> cooler. I was thinking of readding my old squirrel fan blower (used it
> for my old Voodoo2 card that kept overheating years ago) in the PC case,
> but would it help and where would I put it? Would these be enough? I
> already have Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer revision 2 for the video card
> (had dot problems in DOOM 3 due to heat issue), a 3 fan HDD Peeze
> cooler, two 80 mm case fans, and an Antec Model SL400 (400 watts; 80mm
> and 92mm fans) power supply. Isn't this enough? I have two front vents
> (HDD cooler in the middle of the full-tower ATX case and at the bottom
> that is part of the case). The power supply fans blow out the heat in
> the back (1/4th down from the top of the case and feels like a heater
> (not hot; very warm though)), and there is another vent at the top (no
> air blow out -- maybe a good place for the squirrel fan?) Note: I have
> had this case since July 1998 and I never had problems with P2 300 Mhz,
> P3 600 Mhz, and Athlon XP 2200+ setups before getting an Athlon 64
> 3200+.
>
> The fans speed to be working normally according to ASUS PC Probe and
> BIOS:
> -CPU Fan (the one from the retail CPU box): 59xx
> -Chassis Fan: 2556 (forgot which fan is connected to this -- don't
> have a chassis fan)
> -Power fan is not hooked up to the sensors, but I know it is blowing.
> -Note: Voltage graphs looked stable when gaming and not.
>
> Any suggestions on how to make my system cooler during gaming? I don't
> want to go overboard like getting water cooling system. I need to fix it
> before summer comes alone and so I can get back into gaming. Thank you
> in advance.
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Try taking the side of the case off?