HELP! I'm clueless!

ok i have no idea what the problem is.

It is NOT the power supply because i used a voltage meter and the 5v line and 12v line is fine.

evertime i run a game the game crashes in windows. Seems to happen during the day when it's the hottest.

the cards and the chipset are all running Hot!. Hotter then the cpu.

and i just bought a sound card as i thought that was causing it at Newegg. And Newegg makes it very difficult to cancel your order.

So now what? What would you do?

the past 3 weeks i've been having problems. first it was BSOD.. took out raid no more BSOD. Now my games are crashing into windows.

nothing is overclocked. It's not freezing up either. Nothing is freezing up. It just crashes into windows?

anyone got a clue and seriously what would you do!?


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Well, this appears to be a case of your machine running too damn hot! What CPU and HSF are you running? Is it overclocked? What's the ambient temp of the room? If it's an Athlon, I would not trust the stock heatsink at ambient temps above 80°F. Perhaps you need a better HSF and use some AS3.

Also, make sure your case is well ventilated. Two large exhaust fans should take care of it (intake fan is unnecessary if you have enough exhaust vacuum).

Ritesh

yeah sounds like something running to hot, but if it was i would expect the system to freeze and not just crash into windows, try taking side casing off so everything is cool and see if it still crashes.

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the side panel was already removed.

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please click on "my rig" and go under "my system rig" i think it's called. well it's the first one. for specifics about my current system. BTW i no longer have RAID set up. Nor do i have a sound blaster installed.

nothing is overclocked.

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the cpu is fine like i've stated before in a different post.

case temp was 35 and cpu temp was 44. It's about 95 out here too.

hmm i didn't check to see if the video card fan was running .. let me check that ...

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umm no... listen...

cpu is 45C, case is 38C (100F)... sounds like a short on the board maybe?

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and how is your northbridge cooling?
motherboard manufacturers often use crapp ass cooling solutions.

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What mobo are you using?

are you SURE you got the latest detonators drivers? If you are, perhaps you should try an official release. (i assume you have nvidia)

was your last sound card a sound blaster? Which one did you order from newegg? What southbridge do you have. If the XP a ripped or "official" copy.

Ergo, tell us everything humanly possible about your system.

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i replaced it with a global win chipset fan .. didn't touch the heatsink though because i have no idea how to take those off.

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Did you measure the voltages under full load, when the CPU and GPU are working their hardest? This is when they are drawing lots of current.

Try using Motherboard Monitor 5 and set it in log mode. Run your applications. If your system crashes just reboot and then look at the log. See how the voltages changed.



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