Striker II NSE? or GTX 280? Freezing my game PLEASE HELP

try doing a fresh install of Vista x64? That way you could install all of the latest drivers without having to worry about the remains of previous driver installations. Plus, you could try rolling back your Nvidia driver until you find one that is stable. What brand of PSU are you using? You state that you have an 850watt powersupply, but the brand of the supply can be usefull too. Furthermore, stay away from overclocking using AI SUITE! you could be causing many stability problems by using an IN-OS overclocking utility. You should reset your bios to change all settings to default, in case you have changed a setting that could have caused instability.

Liquidignition, I get exactly the same issues that you have been getting...

Symptom: PC locks or freezes when playing 3D games like World of Warcraft and Oblivion. The sound will often get stuck in a loop. You can not task out or do anything besides reset or Turn the PC off.

My Rig:
OS: Vista - 64 bit ultimate
CPU: Core 2 Quad 'Q9550' @ 2.83 fsb 1333Mhz
PSU: Thermaltake 'tough power' 850 watts
GPU: MSI GTX 280 'NX280GTX'
MOBO: Asus Striker II Extreme 'chipset 790i ultra'
RAM: 4 gig Corsair 1600Mhz 'TW3X4G1600C9DHX' 2x2 gig sticks (running at 1333Mhz 9,9,9,24 2T)

I recently upgraded the Bios of the Striker II Extreme to v1002 and now World of Warcraft locks every 5 mins.. (use to only lock once or twice per day) Oblivion will only lock once or twice a day still..

I have tried a lot of thing to fix this issue, from Mobo bios updated, re-installing video drivers, trying different memory timings. nothing seems to fix it.

Gona try one more idea... Ill try changing the rail on the power supply that the video card in plugged into. (doubt it will help) but I will let you know.

If anyone else has any ideas on how to fix this issue, I would luv to hear for you.

Hello
Im having a very similar issue here..
Just picked my pc up yesterday and im playing Far cry 2 for about 10 to 30 mins when it freezes up with a high pitched noise from the speakers. Ive looked on line and found varied responses, Some people saying the PSU is not powerful enough to run the graphics card, But would it work for the length of time it does ?
Please help.

My System is as follows

M/ Board : Asus Striker 11
CPU : intel Q9450
Graphics : Nvidia GTX 280 xfx
RAM : 8GB Corsair Dominator with fans 1066
PSU : 850 Thermaltake Tough power.
CASE : Antec 1200.

I see its close to other posters.

Id be greatful for any response.

My 'Striker II Extrem' board in now freezing within 20-30 min of starting any 3D game and if I rebooted and load a game again, it freezes after about 5 mins.

The strange thing is it worked quite well for the first month or so, it has definitely degraded over time.

I definitely think L1qu1d is right with it being a heat issue on the board (but I never though to test it)... but it's not over-clocked and has a good case: Soprano DX (P/N: VE7000BWS) with plenty of fans and air flow. It never crashes when using the desktop, only with 3D games.

I ended up taking my mobo back to the computer shop under warranty. They replicated the problem and sent it back to the manufacturer (ASUS). After 4 weeks ASUS said they performed some sort of repairs on the board (but it looked exactly the same to me, with no evidence of repair work)

I put my PC back together only to have it display exactly the same problems. So I have sent it back yet again, as it is totally unusable for games (which is the sol reason I bought the dam thing).

So now I am waiting for the board to be returned again so I can go for round 3... If in fails to work this time-a-round I will be demanding a refund. ($595 AUS)

okie doke. im back. its been a long time.
ive come back because im looking for an answer.
i never did get this resolved nearly after a year of having this computer now (since my first post here).
the computer has not been used for its purpose and im real ticked that i cant find any on the internet.
I am stupid, i went and bought a stupid expensive computer, not thinking about calibration of the bios and stuff.
As you can tell, i dont know alot about the MECHANICS of computers.

Ok so lets get to the point:

I wanted to start to find out this problem with the lock ups/freezes of pretty much any game i play on my computer.
Im still having the same problems and the computer has now been sent in to be repaired three times with no luck.
They said the last time i sent it in, it worked fine for them, but clearly not for me. they swapped my video card over with a new one. but still didnt work. they said they fixed something in the 'Timings'. I kinda know what it is but i wouldnt go fiddling with it. I hear you have to calibrated your whole system around all of your hardware. See i wouldnt have a clue at what timings i should have.

now ive reinstalled vista again (CLEAN) install, updated audio, windows & video drivers to new NVIDIA 182.50.
Started up steam see if i could play a lil bit of Left4Dead, got 10mins into the game and it locked up, with the same symptoms as before, with the audio looping. Its not even lagging or pushing the power. temps are fine, fans running smoothly.

ive looked over the forums, and found similar cases popping up around the web in the last couple of months. so its good to see this happening to other ppl. cos i thought i was the only one.

if anyone could please help, would be greatly appreciated. (sorry, bout the whining or crying, but its been so long that ive it and wanted to play but cant)

Here are my specs as to date:

ASUS Striker II NSE
XFX Nvidia GTX 280
4 x 1gb of RAM
Wireless Netgear

nit123:
Have you found out anything interesting since? be really interested as you have nearly the exact same specs and problem im induring?

Thanks guys, Joel

hey guys yeah guess what i have the same problem too! i have had this computer for about a year now running the following

asus striker II extreme 795i
2 * engtx 280 (asus)
one 1200w power supply which i added another 650w just to run the cards as everyone was saying it was a power issue
4 gig hyper x ddr3 ram
quad core 2.83
raptor 300g hdd

for starters SLI is a load of ***, i get same fps with it off.

When running to cards ( in sli or not ) i get the same thing, lock up with looping sound. updates bios to 1201, all cards updates too.. When running in sigle card, it lasts longer but still crashes. im guessing it has to be the MB, so im getting another one this week. ill let you all know what happenes to
any ideas please email me at dankaiser@live.com.au

Really hope you succeed/ed.

let us know.

If still going through the build, then good luck

M

asus striker nse II
cpu q9950
gtx280
4x1gb ddr3

im not a pro, i just have the same problem, and i fixed giving more Volts too ddr3, look thats the board stock values is not enough for the ram, i bios i set the max volts possible in green stage, now i can play farcry2, crysis, how long i want without problems, sorry my english, hope that can be usefull

hi
i think maybe your problem can be other, because im using 4x1GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800, the thing i have try before give more vots was using just 2X1GB, and that was working too, maybe the problem is using four slots, u already try to OC a little bit the ram?

Hi all

I've been dealing with this problem for over a year now, and for one reason or another I just haven't been able to afford to replace the card, or what ever the problem may be.

Just like most of you guys I get a lock up, colourful distorted screen with either high pitch or looping sounds. This occurs in games (most) and has recently started happening in GOM player as well

Now my spec's are slightly different, but I believe it is the card that is causing the issue:

ASUS P5K Motherboard
Q6600 CPU
ASUS 1GB 280 GTX
4GB DDR 2 800MHz RAM
950W Thermaltake PSU (potential cause?)
Running Win 7 RC 7100 64bit, although this problem continued occuring while I was running Vista Business 32bit as well as Vista Home Premium 64bit

I have tried everything from rolling back drivers, trying alternate drivers (Windows Update Recommended nVidia drivers), bios updates, formatting with clean installs, formatting with restores, MEMtests (with no errors).

Now, the only thing it could really be is the hardware in my comp, as I've mentioned I haven't had the funds to play around with replacement hardware, so I've been forced to do research... to no luck

Ohh, also, I do not, and have never overclocked any of the hardware I am currently using.

EDIT: I remember reading about 8 months ago that a guy was having the same issue, brought it back to the store he bought it from and was told it was to do with the circuits on the card. Basically, if you boot the computer (after it has been off for a few hours) and shortly after booting into Windows you start a game, components on the card will basically heat up too quickly and some contacts are not made (ie. expanding components from heat). He said the work around was to start into windows, then put the computer into sleep mode for about 30 seconds, wake it and he'd be right to play without crashes.

I have since been trying to find that forum again to see if he had anymore luck with the issue, but I just found it interesting, and I guess it is this which makes me think it may be the card rather than the MBs, especially seeing I don't have an ASUS Striker II

I'm strictly addressing the ASUS Striker II Extreme/NSE Motherboard, because I believe thats where the problem actually is, this thread may need to be moved to the motherboard section, it was a fluke I even found it.

Some of you bought pre-built computers with the ASUS Striker II Extreme M/B installed, thats amazing?

The Striker II Extreme M/B is an extreme high end overclocking motherboard, its hard to imagine why someone would build a computer to sell to the public and install that M/B in it, for a user thats probably never going to overclock it, thats extremely irresponsible on the builders part?

Well for starters heres my specs with no problems, I'm listing this not for bragging just so you know your problems probably can be resolved, and I'm willing to help all I can as each of you have different additional hardware.

My Specs;
Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OCd to 3.82Ghz
ASUS Striker II Extreme Motherboard
4G 2 x 2G Patriot Viper DDR3 16,000/2000mhz Memory
2 MSI 260GTX 216SP in SLI
2 Switch Isolated HDDs
1 Seagate SATA2 500G running WinXP Pro 32bit
1 Seagate SATA2 500G running Vista64 Home Premium
Creative X-FI Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro Soundcard
The rest doesn't matter.


Heres a couple of points, the 1301 BIOS release does seem better for O/Cing purposes, but really none of you with the Striker II Extreme should be below the 1203 BIOS release even if you're not O/Cing.

With the Striker II Extreme, as with a lot of ASUS M/Bs the actual manually set voltage is always higher on the output end, at least from my experience of all the ASUS M/Bs I've owned to date, so when it comes to memory modules, especially DDR3, it can be a crash and burn constant problem.

So first suggestion would be to manually set your DDR3 slot voltage and timings to the manufacturers specifications of the memory modules, then save and re-enter the BIOS setup and check under the Power Tab, Click Hardware Monitor, Click Voltage Monitor, and check to see the difference of the manual setting to the ASUS actual.

I had to lower my manual memory voltage setting to get my actual readings in the manufacturers specifications window, a lot of problems relating to memory will disappear right there, this is very important with this particular motherboard.