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Article #201Re: Crappy mobo/chipset of ontoereikende PSU?
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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:46
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:46
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Nope geen enkel probleem ik be alleen te lui om een deftig antwoord te geven "Wim Cossement" <a@b.c> schreef in bericht news:f8ve1p$t31$1@snic.vub.ac.be... > Hoi, > > Ik heb dit bericht ook op een Engelstalige NG gepost en aangezien ik iets > te lui ben om alles te vertalen heb ik het in 't Engels gelaten maar dat > zal voor de meesten geen probleem zijn peins ik... :-) > > Hi, > > For a few years already I've got a Medion PC (Titanium MD 8000 XL) I'm > quite happy with but recently I've ran in some problems with my new GPU. > > It's originally equipped with a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 with 128 MB card but > since this is too weak for almost all games nowadays I've tried two types > of better AGP cards but neither of them works the way it should and I > never had problems with the old GPU... :-s > > I've tried a GeForce 6600/6800 GT/GS (I don't remember it exactly) and > more recently a GeForce 7800 GS but whenever I run a game I get into > trouble. > > Most of the time my PC just hangs and sometimes I just have some artifacts > (like green/inverted textures and deformed 3D models, like vertices that > lie outside the model so it looks like spikes are sticking out) or BSOD > driver_irql_not_less_or_equal on the openhci.sys USB driver. > > So I'm thinking it's either the chipset/GPU combination, an > insufficient/broken PSU (it's only a 250 Watt one and I've read some stuff > about bad capacitors causing havoc too) or perhaps even heat problems > since it's getting quite hot in there with 2 HD's, a DVD-RW and CD-RW > drive but leaving the case open does not change anything. > Did I mention both cards have an extra power hookup since the AGP bus > can't deliver the power they need? > > Also, some games never crash (Quake 4), some rarely crash (Call of duty > 2), some almost never crash (Call of duty 2), some crash after more or > less half an hour (F.E.A.R.) and some crash after a few minutes (FlatOut > 2) so this ain't looking good. > > Are there some things I can try in order to resolve this problem or am I > doomed here? > > Merci, > > Wimmmy > -- > From time to time you have to act crazy in order not to become it...
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X-Google-Thread: 10fb4c,a1d97453a48d667d X-Google-Thread: 113538,a1d97453a48d667d X-Google-Attributes: gid10fb4c,gid113538,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder2.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.201.147.84.MISMATCH!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!novso.com!news.skynet.be!195.238.0.222.MISMATCH!newsspl501.isp.belgacom.be!tjb!not-for-mail From: "news.skynet.be" <nobody@nowhere.be> Newsgroups: be.comp.games,nl.comp.games References: <f8ve1p$t31$1@snic.vub.ac.be> Subject: Re: Crappy mobo/chipset of ontoereikende PSU? Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:46:51 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Lines: 53 Message-ID: <46b3943c$0$14243$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> Organization: -= Belgacom Usenet Service =- NNTP-Posting-Host: 8c164da6.news.skynet.be X-Trace: 1186174012 news.skynet.be 14243 81.245.118.147:1301 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@skynet.be