Hi, I make a computer about half a year ago for gaming. This is my build:
-Thermaltake Xaser VI case
-Processor Intel Quad Core Q6700
-HDD Seagate Maxtor Diamond Max 500GB
-RAM G.Skill Extreme PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 4GB
-Motherboard Asus Striker II NSE NForce 790i Socket 775
-VGA Nvidia 8800 GTX
At the beginning it crashed sometimes when I was playing ,for example, Age of Conan or some new games, but I thought it was an instability game problem. It kept freezing and crashing even when I was just in desktop downloading something, surfing Internet or playing any kind of game with Windows XP SP3.
I thought it could be a virus or trojan, I used a lot of antivirus and antispyware and nothing went better. I formated with Windows XP again and installed all the Service Packs, but the problem was still there. I did memtests checks and they didnt find any problem with more than 15 hours checking, I also updated BIOS version.
With patience, I managed to survive until Christmas, but I bought Far Cry 2 and the problems were even worse. I installed Windows Vista Home Premium because I thought it could be a XP incompatibility, but nothing changed. I looked for new Nvidia drivers and I installed the 180.43 because they are supposed to be the best for Far Cry and new games, but again, nothing changed. I checked the GPU and CPU temps while playing. GPU max temp was 62ºC, and CPU was lower than 50ºC. I tried many BIOS configs, changing even the Memory Voltages, but I solved nothing.
The crashes sometimes freeze the screen and the computer, and I cant do anything but shut down the computer manually, and sometimes it reboots automatically. Also, when I reboot or it crashes, sometimes the screen has characters "flying" and flashing, like when you overclock the computer too much (I dont have the computer overclocked).
I dont know what else to do, could you please help me?
-Thermaltake Xaser VI case
-Processor Intel Quad Core Q6700
-HDD Seagate Maxtor Diamond Max 500GB
-RAM G.Skill Extreme PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 4GB
-Motherboard Asus Striker II NSE NForce 790i Socket 775
-VGA Nvidia 8800 GTX
At the beginning it crashed sometimes when I was playing ,for example, Age of Conan or some new games, but I thought it was an instability game problem. It kept freezing and crashing even when I was just in desktop downloading something, surfing Internet or playing any kind of game with Windows XP SP3.
I thought it could be a virus or trojan, I used a lot of antivirus and antispyware and nothing went better. I formated with Windows XP again and installed all the Service Packs, but the problem was still there. I did memtests checks and they didnt find any problem with more than 15 hours checking, I also updated BIOS version.
With patience, I managed to survive until Christmas, but I bought Far Cry 2 and the problems were even worse. I installed Windows Vista Home Premium because I thought it could be a XP incompatibility, but nothing changed. I looked for new Nvidia drivers and I installed the 180.43 because they are supposed to be the best for Far Cry and new games, but again, nothing changed. I checked the GPU and CPU temps while playing. GPU max temp was 62ºC, and CPU was lower than 50ºC. I tried many BIOS configs, changing even the Memory Voltages, but I solved nothing.
The crashes sometimes freeze the screen and the computer, and I cant do anything but shut down the computer manually, and sometimes it reboots automatically. Also, when I reboot or it crashes, sometimes the screen has characters "flying" and flashing, like when you overclock the computer too much (I dont have the computer overclocked).
I dont know what else to do, could you please help me?
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