baldie Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2591 Achievement Points: 33689 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 02:48 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Android Share Posted November 5, 2011 Ok guy's I had problems with battlefield 3 crashing my comp so after loads of trials and different fixes I decided to bite the bullet and format my HD and upgrade from win7 32 bit to win7 64bit upgraded every driver to the latest version I have no anti virus installed and basically running a bare system apart from cod4 which is working brilliant. So I started playing it tonight for the first time since I upgraded to 64bit and for 30 mins great no problems then all of a sudden without warning my comp locks up then shuts down . I am all set to give up and just stick to bloody cod 4 and crysis 2 EDIT .....I do not know if its related but just played our cod mw server and kept getting what appeared to be CI's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted November 5, 2011 baldie - Computer advice needed please Ok guy's I had problems with battlefield 3 crashing my comp so after loads of trials and different fixes I decided to bite the bullet and format my HD and upgrade from win7 32 bit to win7 64bit upgraded every driver to the latest version I have no anti virus installed and basically running a bare system apart from cod4 which is working brilliant. So I started playing it tonight for the first time since I upgraded to 64bit and for 30 mins great no problems then all of a sudden without warning my comp locks up then shuts down . I am all set to give up and just stick to bloody cod 4 and crysis 2 EDIT .....I do not know if its related but just played our cod mw server and kept getting what appeared to be CI's.. Don't quit just yet! What's your graphics card and Power supply (exact model and brand)? do you monitor your temps in-game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8265 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5977 Achievement Points: 53618 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted November 5, 2011 Agree somethings taking about 30 minutes to get to a temp it can't handle any more. The reason it shuts down is its decisioned that way to protect your gear from damaging its self. I'd try this for a next test take the Side off of it and place a fan blowing into it. And try playing again. See how long you can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2591 Achievement Points: 33689 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 02:48 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Android Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 OK Guys here is my system I changed my power supply for a spare one I had put aside because I was not sure my other one was working as good as it should (it had started to make a bit of a noise). but I changed it before the crashing started and dnt think that is the cause... BUT You guy's know better than me... motherboard....Biostar AM3 TA790GXB3 Processor........AMD Phenom II X4 955 Memory .........Corsair Vengeance ddr3 8GB GPU ...........NVidia Geforce GTX 470 Power supply...ATRIX 720W Switching power supply Win7 pro 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1073 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8434 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7292 Achievement Points: 74918 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Android Share Posted November 5, 2011 I'm with Labob and Mofo, sounds like could be a heat issue. Do you have any additional fans running in your case? What brand is the video card (ie. EVGA, MSI, etc.). Some may put a less than adequate cooling on the card to spare cost. Also, programs like AIDA64 can monitor fan speeds and core temps. Be interesting to understand what temps you idle at before putting your system under load by gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 5, 2011 you can download a free program here to monitor your temps. http://majorgeeks.com/HWMonitor_d5842.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2591 Achievement Points: 33689 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 02:48 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Android Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Cheers Guy's and at Idle cpu min 28*c (83*f) max 33*c (83*f) gpu min 43*c (109*f) max 53*c (127*f) as of 10 min ago I must admit I am worried about gpu temp am I right in thinking its too hot oh and my vid card is ASUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ROCKAPE Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 171 Topic Count: 1094 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5157 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 3040 Achievement Points: 43597 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted November 5, 2011 You can increase your graphics card fan speed with Rivatuner i believe that by default they run at 25% speed,mines set at 60% at the click of a button in the software and you can set this to start on windows start up.Mines been like this for years and i have never had any problem.You can hear the fan speed increase when you hit apply.here is a link:- http://www.guru3d.com/article/rivatuner-20-fan-speed--overclock-guide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted November 5, 2011 baldie Cheers Guy's and at Idle cpu min 28*c (83*f) max 33*c (83*f) gpu min 43*c (109*f) max 53*c (127*f) as of 10 min ago I must admit I am worried about gpu temp am I right in thinking its too hot oh and my vid card is ASUS Ok, honestly, 53 degrees celsius is NOTHING for a card like that. Actually, the GTX470 is a power hog and runs REALLY warm...if yours runs at 53 max, you got the coolest one ever...so, I think you might not get the max temperature reading.... But, if you use EVGA precision, or MSI afterburner, you can run the in-game overlay, and monitor your GPU temps DURING gameplay.....that is the only reliable reading IMHO (trying to help as best as I can). The ATRIX power supply, tho....I'm not sure...don't mean to offend..but it's nowhere close to be a reliable brand....a quality 500Watts PSU would be better than this...the 720watts rating is overly optimistic. That being said, i realize money doesn't grow up in trees...don't mean to offend...a decent PSU is worth $75 minimum... AFAIK, there is no UL certification on this thing. I think the PSU might be tripping a RAIL, which resets the rig... so, my verdict....too high in-game temps or PSU crying for his mom... BY THE WAY, thermal throttling on a GTX470 should occur between 90 degrees and 105 degrees celsius...and complete thermal shutdown at 110 to 125 degrees celsius.... so it might be your PSU taking a dump....but monitor your in-game temps and report bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2591 Achievement Points: 33689 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 02:48 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Android Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 CplMOFO baldie Cheers Guy's and at Idle cpu min 28*c (83*f) max 33*c (83*f) gpu min 43*c (109*f) max 53*c (127*f) as of 10 min ago I must admit I am worried about gpu temp am I right in thinking its too hot oh and my vid card is ASUS Ok, honestly, 53 degrees celsius is NOTHING for a card like that. Actually, the GTX470 is a power hog and runs REALLY warm...if yours runs at 53 max, you got the coolest one ever... But, if you use EVGA precision, or MSI afterburner, you can run the in-game overlay, and monitor your GPU temps DURING gameplay.....that is the only reliable reading IMHO (trying to help as best as I can). The ATRIX power supply, tho....I'm not sure...don't mean to offend..but it's nowhere close to be a reliable brand....a quality 500Watts PSU would be better than this...the 720watts rating is overly optimistic. That being said, i realize money doesn't grow up in trees...don't mean to offend...a decent PSU is worth $75 minimum... AFAIK, there is no UL certification on this thing. I think the PSU might be tripping a RAIL, which resets the rig... so, my verdict....too high in-game temps or PSU crying for his mom... BY THE WAY, thermal throttling on a GTX470 should occur between 90 degrees and 105 degrees celsius... Thanks mate the power supply was put in as an after thought because my CoolerMaster Silent Pro 1000W started making some very loud grinding noise and I had to swap with another one I had spare to keep me going. So I think the first thing I should do next week is upgrade the PSU and add more cooling.. I REALLY APPRICIATE ALL YOU GUYS ADVICE ON THIS SO A BIG THANK YOU IN ADVANCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2591 Achievement Points: 33689 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 02:48 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Android Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 WOW I just ran MSI afterburner and during the test my gpu hit 81*c and was climbing fast Ok its got to be a temp issue my GPU hit 92*c and pcb hit 71*c and my screen started to play up and freeze and the temp was still rising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted November 5, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8265 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5977 Achievement Points: 53618 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted November 5, 2011 Well got ya what shutting it down now why is another question. Whats getting your video card so well anxious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted November 6, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted November 6, 2011 baldie WOW I just ran MSI afterburner and during the test my gpu hit 81*c and was climbing fast Ok its got to be a temp issue my GPU hit 92*c and pcb hit 71*c and my screen started to play up and freeze and the temp was still rising Humm... don't run KOMBUSTOR...that test is REALLY too demanding and doesn't represent a real gaming load... Try to use OSD (on-screen display, and pick GPU temps)...so the temperature will be displayed on screen during gameplay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ChknFngr Posted November 6, 2011 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Share Posted November 6, 2011 do u clean ur fans regulary ? u have no idea how much dust these can get and how it will affect temps. go get a dust off can and clean the gpu fans is a good idea, u can even take the gpu out to do this more carefully. and while u at it clean the other fans (case, cpu,...) still im not sure the temps is the problem, but its never a bad idea to clean stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted November 6, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted November 6, 2011 cleaning the fans is what I do almost once a month LOL ChKn is right with this.... like MOFO stated use Afterburner to control your temps ingame and maybe change the fan speeds of your gpu there is a fan profile you can change with afterburner if there are still issues with crashing I agree its the PSU MOFO is the man with PSUs and he is right...the Atrix is not this good .... use http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp to calculate how much power you need I think it should be 500 -550 w and that can be the reason for the freezes and crashes done that here and was really surprised about the result after adding my 2x 6970, a few fans and watercooling H100 it shows me my 850w Enermax is not enough to run everything smooth on max OC explains some crashes under full load have to go for a new Enermax 1350w psu soon LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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