ok, this isnt so much as a problem, but more lookin for an answer.......
I just built a new system
Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte Ma78g-ds3h
CPU: Amd X2 6000 3.1ghz
Graphics: Sapphire Hd 2400pro 512mb
Case: Silverstone Precision Series PS01
PSU: iON 2+ 450 watts
Optical Drive: Sony Sata OEM 20x dvd
Ram: (Please dont point it out. i know i cocked up by buying this) OEM 2x 2gb ddr800
After installing XP after 7 attemps (Each had a different issue when installing, turned out to be my disk) i got my pc up and running. everything ram fine for about 2 days. i got gta 4 and mercenaries 2 installed and happily spent a whole night playing each. the following day when i went to play gta 4 i was continuously comfronted with errors.
The game would freeze, and i would have to reboot, the game would cause the system to reboot, the game would cause a bsod and a whole bunch of other things. after thinkin it must have been a dogdy install or something i decided to go and play mercs 2. the same problems occured there. By that point i was pretty pissed off so thought i'd listen to some music and just stuff around on ebay. same problem there. the pc wouldnt freeze, but would bsod or reboot.
After having gone through those problems i consulted one of my fellow pc power users. they suggested either ram or psu. i began with ram, as it was easier to test. i tested both sticks with memtest 86 and found HUNDREDS of errors. i should probably mention at this time that i ran memtest as soon as the xp installation was done and found no errors. After testing both sticks for about half hour i gave up, and removed one stick, tested that and found heaps of errors. same scenario with the other stick.
At this point i was really confused and so i did what anyone else would do. took to the internet forums. after searching and searching i came to the conclusion that it had to be my ram. this was on a friday afternoon and it was a long weekend so i had to wait till tuesday to return the ram. so i fiddled. i tryed everything. i even tryed different paths. perhaps the ram was overheating, not failying? i used systemfan and pc wizard 2008. both showed the ram to be running at a fine temp. (although they did show me that my mainboard is running at 90 degrees Celsius. i still dunno why that is, but its all running fine now and its still at 90 degrees).
At this point i was about ready to cry. i didnt no wat to do and my pc wasn't staying on for anymore than about 10 min before rebooting. (this was by saturday arvo) after getting on my rather slow laptop and searching more forums i discovered that even though ddr2 only needs 1.8, it can sometimes be unstable at that voltage, so i decided to up it to 2.0v. that didnt help at all, so i went back into bios to lower it and saw the rams speed settings (mhz) i thought, why not lower it to 667mhz. it cant make things worse. i rebooted after changing and saving that, and to my delight i had my beautifully fast machine back. it didnt mysteriously reboot every 10 min, it didnt crash at the slightest use of a program and, i could start my games up. one thing with the games though, they dont seem to work properly anymore. mercs 2 crashes after about 5 min of play (comes up with a 'mercenaries 2.exe had to close sorry for any inconvenience crap message) and gta 4 freezes everytime i walk out romans door just as i start to play. when that happens i have to manually reboot.
I even ran memtest over night and it found 0 errors. stemming from all this i have two questions,
1. Why have all my problems mysteriously vanished just by lowering the ddr2800 compatible ram to 667 mhz,
and 2; why arent my games working??
Any and all help will be appreciated thanks, please give help fast though. i am happy to have a working system, but still miss my games. lol.
I just built a new system
Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte Ma78g-ds3h
CPU: Amd X2 6000 3.1ghz
Graphics: Sapphire Hd 2400pro 512mb
Case: Silverstone Precision Series PS01
PSU: iON 2+ 450 watts
Optical Drive: Sony Sata OEM 20x dvd
Ram: (Please dont point it out. i know i cocked up by buying this) OEM 2x 2gb ddr800
After installing XP after 7 attemps (Each had a different issue when installing, turned out to be my disk) i got my pc up and running. everything ram fine for about 2 days. i got gta 4 and mercenaries 2 installed and happily spent a whole night playing each. the following day when i went to play gta 4 i was continuously comfronted with errors.
The game would freeze, and i would have to reboot, the game would cause the system to reboot, the game would cause a bsod and a whole bunch of other things. after thinkin it must have been a dogdy install or something i decided to go and play mercs 2. the same problems occured there. By that point i was pretty pissed off so thought i'd listen to some music and just stuff around on ebay. same problem there. the pc wouldnt freeze, but would bsod or reboot.
After having gone through those problems i consulted one of my fellow pc power users. they suggested either ram or psu. i began with ram, as it was easier to test. i tested both sticks with memtest 86 and found HUNDREDS of errors. i should probably mention at this time that i ran memtest as soon as the xp installation was done and found no errors. After testing both sticks for about half hour i gave up, and removed one stick, tested that and found heaps of errors. same scenario with the other stick.
At this point i was really confused and so i did what anyone else would do. took to the internet forums. after searching and searching i came to the conclusion that it had to be my ram. this was on a friday afternoon and it was a long weekend so i had to wait till tuesday to return the ram. so i fiddled. i tryed everything. i even tryed different paths. perhaps the ram was overheating, not failying? i used systemfan and pc wizard 2008. both showed the ram to be running at a fine temp. (although they did show me that my mainboard is running at 90 degrees Celsius. i still dunno why that is, but its all running fine now and its still at 90 degrees).
At this point i was about ready to cry. i didnt no wat to do and my pc wasn't staying on for anymore than about 10 min before rebooting. (this was by saturday arvo) after getting on my rather slow laptop and searching more forums i discovered that even though ddr2 only needs 1.8, it can sometimes be unstable at that voltage, so i decided to up it to 2.0v. that didnt help at all, so i went back into bios to lower it and saw the rams speed settings (mhz) i thought, why not lower it to 667mhz. it cant make things worse. i rebooted after changing and saving that, and to my delight i had my beautifully fast machine back. it didnt mysteriously reboot every 10 min, it didnt crash at the slightest use of a program and, i could start my games up. one thing with the games though, they dont seem to work properly anymore. mercs 2 crashes after about 5 min of play (comes up with a 'mercenaries 2.exe had to close sorry for any inconvenience crap message) and gta 4 freezes everytime i walk out romans door just as i start to play. when that happens i have to manually reboot.
I even ran memtest over night and it found 0 errors. stemming from all this i have two questions,
1. Why have all my problems mysteriously vanished just by lowering the ddr2800 compatible ram to 667 mhz,
and 2; why arent my games working??
Any and all help will be appreciated thanks, please give help fast though. i am happy to have a working system, but still miss my games. lol.