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Started by Charlie
Sat, 24 Nov 2001 01:47
Game play causes PC to crash after 5 minutes TNT2 + MSI mainboard
Author: Charlie
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 01:47
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 01:47
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Hello All, I have a pc that works fine for everyday work but when i play games or use anything that works the video card the monitor goes blank and says no dpms and the hard drive light stays on and i have to hold the power button on for 6 seconds for to beable to shut down the pc and restart it. Sometimes i can actually platy the game for 5 minutes before it crashes. My pc has the following specs. AMD 1.2 GHz CPU MSI 6330 Turbo2 512 MB of RAM 30 GB western digital HD 5400 GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB w/tv out LG 52X CD ROM 3C90B network card 300 watt power supply windows 2000 + SP2 Office XP directX 8.1a MSI 4 in 1 4.34A driver pack IE 6.0 winzip 8 paintshop pro7 Games : Quake 3 Microsoft 4X4 demo I have replaced the video card, the ram and the main board and hard drive. I have even tried windows XP, windows 98 SE, but i always get the same problem. I can leave the PC on for several days without any problems. but when i start something like microsoft 4x4 demo the pc crashes after a few minutes of play. Thanks in advance if anyone can offer a suggestion.
Re: Game play causes PC to crash after 5 minutes TNT2 + MSI mainboard
Author: JJ2
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 04:59
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 04:59
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maybe to hot "Charlie" <charlie5@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8d60465a.0111231747.54fcae4f@posting.google.com... > Hello All, > > I have a pc that works fine for everyday work but when i play games or > use anything that works the video card the monitor goes blank and says > no dpms and the hard drive light stays on and i have to hold the power > button on for 6 seconds for to beable to shut down the pc and restart > it. Sometimes i can actually platy the game for 5 minutes before it > crashes. > > My pc has the following specs. > > AMD 1.2 GHz CPU > MSI 6330 Turbo2 > 512 MB of RAM > 30 GB western digital HD 5400 > GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB w/tv out > LG 52X CD ROM > 3C90B network card > 300 watt power supply > > windows 2000 + SP2 > Office XP > directX 8.1a > MSI 4 in 1 4.34A driver pack > IE 6.0 > winzip 8 > paintshop pro7 > > Games : > Quake 3 > Microsoft 4X4 demo > > > I have replaced the video card, the ram and the main board and hard > drive. I have even tried windows XP, windows 98 SE, but i always get > the same problem. I can leave the PC on for several days without any > problems. but when i start something like microsoft 4x4 demo the pc > crashes after a few minutes of play. > > > Thanks in advance if anyone can offer a suggestion.
Re: Game play causes PC to crash after 5 minutes TNT2 + MSI mainboard
Author: SecretSquirrel
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:39
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:39
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The fact that you have it working for a bit, and then it seems to poop out implies either heat, or overclocking, or a bad power supply...the unit itself, or the path the power takes to the card itself. "Charlie" <charlie5@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8d60465a.0111231747.54fcae4f@posting.google.com... > Hello All, > > I have a pc that works fine for everyday work but when i play games or > use anything that works the video card the monitor goes blank and says > no dpms and the hard drive light stays on and i have to hold the power > button on for 6 seconds for to beable to shut down the pc and restart > it. Sometimes i can actually platy the game for 5 minutes before it > crashes. > > My pc has the following specs. > > AMD 1.2 GHz CPU > MSI 6330 Turbo2 > 512 MB of RAM > 30 GB western digital HD 5400 > GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB w/tv out > LG 52X CD ROM > 3C90B network card > 300 watt power supply > > windows 2000 + SP2 > Office XP > directX 8.1a > MSI 4 in 1 4.34A driver pack > IE 6.0 > winzip 8 > paintshop pro7 > > Games : > Quake 3 > Microsoft 4X4 demo > > > I have replaced the video card, the ram and the main board and hard > drive. I have even tried windows XP, windows 98 SE, but i always get > the same problem. I can leave the PC on for several days without any > problems. but when i start something like microsoft 4x4 demo the pc > crashes after a few minutes of play. > > > Thanks in advance if anyone can offer a suggestion.
Re: Game play causes PC to crash after 5 minutes TNT2 + MSI mainboard
Author: xxx xxx
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:42
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:42
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sounds like an overheat problem.You said your PC crashes after a few minutes,don't you ? Check the monitoring of all the fans (in bios or using something like 'Motherboard Monitor')..Maybe a bit of thermal paste on the core of the CPU will be a good idea too.Is the 'Ventirad' mounted on your CPU well sized ? (Athlon just produce lots of heat...).Fixation problems may occurs with cheap radiator.
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