I have really been trying to avoid a redundant post, but I can't seem to find a definite answer and am hoping you guys can help.
I ordered and received a few months ago an HP Pavilion Elite e9180t.(ordered directly from HP)
I have been experiencing problems while gaming which is what I do with this system 90% of the time. When running games like CoD4:MW2 and Dawn of Discovery I experience seemingly random lock-ups, reboots, blue screen messages concerning clock interupts on secondary processors not being recieved, etc. This only happens when I'm gaming.
Here are some of my system specs:
OS: windows 7 (64)
core i7 920 (2.66Ghz) 1MB L2 + 8MB sharedL3 and L4 cache
1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850
750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
8GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs]
According to HP specs, the PSU is rated at 460w. No clue who makes it.
ATI lists a 450w requirement for this card.
HP tech support has had me doing all sorts of things like closing all of my unneccesary applications (only running 44 after closing the rest), uninstalling software and lowering my graphics settings, even though my system performance rating is higher than any of the recommended setting for these games, and turning off my antivirus/firewall. Sometimes these things seem to help, but I always end up experiencing a crash eventually.
Could inadequate power supply be the issue?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can give!
I ordered and received a few months ago an HP Pavilion Elite e9180t.(ordered directly from HP)
I have been experiencing problems while gaming which is what I do with this system 90% of the time. When running games like CoD4:MW2 and Dawn of Discovery I experience seemingly random lock-ups, reboots, blue screen messages concerning clock interupts on secondary processors not being recieved, etc. This only happens when I'm gaming.
Here are some of my system specs:
OS: windows 7 (64)
core i7 920 (2.66Ghz) 1MB L2 + 8MB sharedL3 and L4 cache
1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850
750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
8GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs]
According to HP specs, the PSU is rated at 460w. No clue who makes it.
ATI lists a 450w requirement for this card.
HP tech support has had me doing all sorts of things like closing all of my unneccesary applications (only running 44 after closing the rest), uninstalling software and lowering my graphics settings, even though my system performance rating is higher than any of the recommended setting for these games, and turning off my antivirus/firewall. Sometimes these things seem to help, but I always end up experiencing a crash eventually.
Could inadequate power supply be the issue?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can give!