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firehydra2k   12-16-2007 at 07:47:00 AM

Hi,

I had my custom build for at least a year now. The computer runs great for many many days (when I do leave it on for a very long time). However, I have been encountering this problem for the past 6 months, and I might have pinned down the problem, but I would like to have a few other opinions on this, too.

What usually happens is that (and I have played these games exactly) I would play games like Company of Heroes, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, and Warcraft 3, and for maybe 25-80 minutes the computer would suddenly freeze up (more specifically it would stop, the soundcard on the motherboard will start stuttering for a couple seconds), and then the system would crash, and restart (because I set it to restart on system failure). I don't think the CPU is the issue since it works to expectation when running almost anything (minus this issue), RAM is tested on memtest to work great. So I am thinking that it might be the video card that might be faulty.

Does anyone think I should ditch the video card and swap it out to hopefully remedy this symptom? Thanks in advance!

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roadrunner197069   12-16-2007 at 03:41:48 PM
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Bad card, High temps, bad PSU, or possibly bad drivers. Need more info.

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hawkeye22   12-16-2007 at 04:00:24 PM
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I've had a few machines act like this. It's usually the PSU nearing it's end of life. Try stressing it with prime95, multiple copies if you have a dual/quad core cpu and see if it still fails.

You can also try running 3Dmark and see if it causes it to fail. If you think it's a heat problem, try playing games with the side cover off.

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cfvh600   12-16-2007 at 04:00:49 PM
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Is the system overclocked in any way?

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firehydra2k   12-16-2007 at 05:23:33 PM
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Not overclocked. I did take off the cover off my box at one point, and it did the same thing. It might be the PSU or the video card now that I think of it.

This is my power supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153039

My video card has been discontinued. This is the title, though:
POWERCOLOR X800GTO256MBDDR3 Radeon X800GTO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

The temperature does not exceed 45C. The probe is set within the heatsink.

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