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

I currently have just had someone build me a computer with these specs:

PSU: 850watts
GPU: XFX GTX 280
MOBO: Asus Striker II NSE
CASE: Antec Gaming Case

Now i'm not an idiot at computers but i just suck at this "building a computer thing". So please help me...

Everytime i play a game or 3d application, my computer suddenly locks up/freezes/crashes. There's a video on youtube showing you but i cant find the link. The audio/sound loops over and over fast. There's nothing i can do including ALT CRT DEL, or switch to desktop or QUIT. The computer totally freezes.

It first started on assassins creed my first game on here, but it only happened every like 1hr or so. Now it has become frustrating more with me playing bioshock and it happening every 5 - 30mins. Its got damn annoying.

I have all updates for VISTA, i also have updated BIOS, GRAPHIC CARD, and MOTHERBOARD and AUDIO.

I also have a program on here called: AI SUITE
I know its for overclocking and stuff (im not one that knows much about overclocking, but when something says it makes the computer faster i press it), but whenever i choose a option of 3-in-1 Overclocking it does it, and then when im doing something 30 secs later it locks up/freezes the computer.

My graphic card does not have an amber colour LED on the back (its green) when this happens aswell (ingame/out of game).

Also another thing my system doesnt seem hot either, the temperatures of the computer are fine.

And i have 4 x 1gb RAM. running on Windows VISTA 64bit.

Any help would be appreciated. There's many instances of this on the web, but mine is a bit different. Please someone help.

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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.

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Reply to terror112

done all that, problem still is occuring.
i never touch the ai suite at all.

the psu is thermaltake toughpower 850watt.

does it matter if my computer power cable is hooked up to a extension power board?

Reply to liquidignition

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.

Reply to nit123

Well I've now tried a different Nvidia video card in my rig ( a ASUS GF8800 GTX which I know works perfectly fine in my old pc cause Ive been using it for the last year or so).

And guess what... It locks and freeze the same way the GTX 280 does when used on the Asus Striker II Extreme Motherboard.

I guess the conclusion here is that the Asus 'Striker II Extreme' is causing the problems. (i don't believe it is a memory issue because I have run mem test programs and received zero errors, also the locking and freezing only occurs while running a game with 3D graphics...)

Guess I'm just gonna have to replace the mobo.

Reply to nit123

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.

Reply to Andy AS

check ur north bridge temperature from bios. Thats always been the reason for my computer completely freezing

I have a Striker 2 formula, as soon as I switch to liquid cooling, thats when the northbridge temperatures became outrageous, and my comp would freeze randomly, most of the time at Vista loading screen.

tell us ur Northbridge, south bridge and CPU temperatures. Don't say they are fine, because we might know otherwise.

My northbridge is now 50 idle and 63 load because I installed a bracket fan. before it was 82 idle...so just because ur NB temp is fine when your in bios, you have to understand that the NB controls the bandwidth going to the CPU, so it gets hot when the CPU is worked alot more, even loading vista can work the CPU more than XP or dos.

let us know

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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. :pfff:

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) :fou: :fou: :fou:

Reply to nit123

take the door off and see if it helps

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Quote :

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. :pfff:

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

Reply to liquidignition

Hello my friend. i have the same problem.

my system specs:
MB:Striker II Extrem
CPU:Quad Q9550
RAM:2x 1Gig Patriot
VGA:XFX 8500 Fatality

at first i think this is for bios,then i'm upgrade it.after that i suspect the cpu(before the q9550, i had an old core 2 duo 6420)and upgrade it,the problem still exists,then i change ram timings and voltage. the problem doesn't fade but reduced.i'm contact asus support but they said this kind of update drivers and ...
and the problem exists.in my case the system freezes when watching dvd.honestly it doesn't freez in light games like:the sims 2 and need for speed most wanted or freezes rarely.but sometimes in windows it's suddenly freezes despite the fact that there isn't any video or game process running.i want to know if your problme solved or are contact asus support or not,and if yes what did they say to you because they say to me my problem is rare and they haven't faced this kind of problem.please contact me.you think we can refund our money if the problem not solved?

my mail address is:mao57184@yahoo.com

Reply to mao57184

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

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Reply to kaisoesu

kaisoesu wrote :

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

Reply to HarryOP

Really hope you succeed/ed.

let us know.

If still going through the build, then good luck

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Reply to Rej

kaisoesu wrote :

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

Same problem of freezing with 3D games. I got to think problem is related to populating the four memory slots of the mobo. I did not test it but I am guessing it will work with just two modules. It seems the problem is in the architecture of Striker II Extreme. BIOS upgrading will not solve it . Neither drivers updating. In other words, there is no solution to it! But I will test it with 2x2 GB modules and report.

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Reply to HarryOP

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

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Reply to dantezi

dantezi wrote :

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

Dantezi, the problem I reported is freezing when using four memory modules, 4x2Gb to a total of 8GB.
No freezing when just using 2x2GB total 4GB. ASUS told me that the Corsair memory I use is not in the QVL thus it is not guaranteed that they will work. Also, I read in another forum that the exactly same problem I have has been solved changing the Corsair memory to another brand! What brand are you using? Did you try 8GB?

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HarryOP wrote :

Dantezi, the problem I reported is freezing when using four memory modules, 4x2Gb to a total of 8GB.
No freezing when just using 2x2GB total 4GB. ASUS told me that the Corsair memory I use is not in the QVL thus it is not guaranteed that they will work. Also, I read in another forum that the exactly same problem I have has been solved changing the Corsair memory to another brand! What brand are you using? Did you try 8GB?

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?

Reply to dantezi

Hi All,

I have had the same problem on my machine also, again with more or less similar specs;

Asus Striker II Extreme
Quad Q9650
Corsair Memory 4GB (4x1GB)
1 GB XFX 280XT Graphics Card

Have not overclocked anything. Problem occurs playing 3d games or when running the iTunes Visualiser, almost gaurantees the system to freeze in about 10 - 20 minutes. 3D Games also, Crysis, Empire Total War, Call of Duty

Has anyone who has changed MB solved this problem? In some ways I hope so as it would be the cheapest component that would need replacing!

Thanks.

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