I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum or not.
My system: AMD 64X2 4800+, ASUS A8N32-SLI, Crucial 3500LL 2X 1GB, Audigy 2ZS sound, 1X nVidia 7600GT video, 2X 160GB SATA drivers non-RAID, Logitech G15 USB keyboard.
My issue began with the video and sound freezing when the system works hard in games, actually in high intense graphics in FSX. FSX does not use multiple threads, however I do have the AMD dual core optimizer, the SP2 dual core hotfix and the dual core driver fitted. I have also tried switching the game to just one core.
Replaced 350W PSU with 500W (Knew I was close to the limit there). Tested memory with Memtest, it failed so is currently being RMA's (so using some PC3200 Crucial 2X 512MB for now, with appropriate timings set bin BIOS, confirmed by CPU-X).
Tried various BIOS settings, no change from those and all of the above. I did find that the freezes ceased when I replaced the 7600GT with an older 6600GT / 128MB, but this comes with a performance penalty too.
Am contemplating lowering the 7600GT clock with Riva Tuner, also contemplating removing the 2ZS and trying the onboard AC97 sound chip (ouch). Also thought of trying a conventional keyboard without USB 2.0.
Any ideas that anyone has here that I could use to shortcut some of the hardware combinations above, or to work with if all those fail to resolve the issue? It may just be that I have components that don't like sharing the same case. Temps are a little high - CPU at 48C and mobo at 45C at idle, although on searching the web I find many references to these, particularly the mobo temp. Have run Prime86 and CPU temps rise to about 53C, no further.
Thanks- Bruce.
My system: AMD 64X2 4800+, ASUS A8N32-SLI, Crucial 3500LL 2X 1GB, Audigy 2ZS sound, 1X nVidia 7600GT video, 2X 160GB SATA drivers non-RAID, Logitech G15 USB keyboard.
My issue began with the video and sound freezing when the system works hard in games, actually in high intense graphics in FSX. FSX does not use multiple threads, however I do have the AMD dual core optimizer, the SP2 dual core hotfix and the dual core driver fitted. I have also tried switching the game to just one core.
Replaced 350W PSU with 500W (Knew I was close to the limit there). Tested memory with Memtest, it failed so is currently being RMA's (so using some PC3200 Crucial 2X 512MB for now, with appropriate timings set bin BIOS, confirmed by CPU-X).
Tried various BIOS settings, no change from those and all of the above. I did find that the freezes ceased when I replaced the 7600GT with an older 6600GT / 128MB, but this comes with a performance penalty too.
Am contemplating lowering the 7600GT clock with Riva Tuner, also contemplating removing the 2ZS and trying the onboard AC97 sound chip (ouch). Also thought of trying a conventional keyboard without USB 2.0.
Any ideas that anyone has here that I could use to shortcut some of the hardware combinations above, or to work with if all those fail to resolve the issue? It may just be that I have components that don't like sharing the same case. Temps are a little high - CPU at 48C and mobo at 45C at idle, although on searching the web I find many references to these, particularly the mobo temp. Have run Prime86 and CPU temps rise to about 53C, no further.
Thanks- Bruce.