Author Topic: OMG New PC crashes in AH :( (Read 915 times)

Stone · « **on:** May 18, 2006, 01:15:55 PM »

So I finaly get the new PC, and it keeps crashing

AH only game installed so far, so have not tested other games.

Did instal 3dMark 06 and got 2788 3DMarks.
Dont know if that is normal for my system, but in CPU test I got 0 FPS

CPU score was 714.

First crash in AH offline. I up a mustang, set all sliders on max. Flying 1024 textures in 1280x1200.

Sudenly I notice a grey balk going out right from the P51 dash board to the left. Moments later I crash into a plane, and from the out side view I can see that the P51 has a large grey rectangel going all the way to the ground ?

Well the pc did not crash that time, I did

Then while down loading 3Dmark05 and surfing some other page, I decide to open AH2 web page, and now the PC crashes. The screen freezes and there is collor full verttical stripes all over the screen.

Third time I am down loading 3Dmark05 again while testing AH2 offline.
Setting the stick buttons etc.

I up a spit and climb to the circling P38. At D400 PC freezes and reboots.

My hardware

- ASUS A8N5X
- AMD64 3000+
- 2 * Kinston 1024 RAM 400MHz CL3
- Gainward GF7600 GT PCI-E (8.3.9.1 date 13.2.2006)
- Caviar 250GB SATA3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB
- Sony floppy drive.
- Nexus breeze case 400W
- LG DVD+-RW
- Logitech classing keyboard (no drivers)
- Creative gamer mouse HD7500 (drivers from CD)
- Thrustmaster top gun afterburner II joystick (no drivers)
- WinXP home SP2 . (all win updates installed)

Any suggestions on drievers and settings?

Or maybe I did get a broken PC again

68DevilM · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2006, 02:00:57 PM »

my computer froze and then crashed last night, right as i opened up with my guns on the tail of a la7.......uugggggg!!!!!:mad:

68DevilM · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2006, 02:01:47 PM »

hey stone whats up with this?

- Thrustmaster top gun afterburner II joystick (no drivers)

Eagler · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2006, 02:20:37 PM »

mine crashed this morning - but was able to play for about 10 minutes at lunch without an issue

Stone · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2006, 03:41:40 PM »

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Originally posted by 68DevilM
hey stone whats up with this?

- Thrustmaster top gun afterburner II joystick (no drivers)

The joystick does not come with drivers.

Stone · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2006, 03:49:36 PM »

Running memtest86+, and it finds somthing:

tst - 6
Pass - 1 and 2 +
Failing Address - 0004e2ad3d4 1250.8MB
Good - 00400000
Bad - 00000000
Err-Bits - 00400000
Count - 1
Chan

And

tst - 6
Pass - 1 and 2 +
Failing Address - 00030f6c8c0 783.7MB
Good - 01000000
Bad - 09000000
Err-Bits - 08000000
Count - 1
Chan

Running Memtest86 found same error.

So maybe I have defect memory? Or is it the CPU / MOBO ?

I guess memory error could make the stripe things on the screen (thats why I started to test the momory)

Maybe it also can do that strange erratic poligons in AH2 ?

So I got 2 x 1GB, wich one is the dead one

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2006, 04:03:07 PM »

send both back, get Patriot or Corsair memory....... 2 x 1gig extreme dual channel/buffer type.....

Roscoroo · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2006, 04:05:53 PM »

bad memory will eventually cause windoz to crash and mega error out.... (i'm a crash test dummy for bad memory ... btdt tons of times)

eagl · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2006, 04:27:06 PM »

It's either bad memory or the mobo bios is configured to run the memory at too fast of a speed.

38ruk · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2006, 04:56:36 PM »

As eagl said , make sure your motherboard isnt running the memory out of spec. Have you tried just one stick of ram ? I would also lossen the memory timmings to see if it helps . Tried different drivers for the 7600? I know with my 7800 that any of the 84.XX series drivers crashed me to desktop everytime . With 81. 82.xx series drivers it runs fine . 38

Roscoroo · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2006, 05:21:59 PM »

frying parts Roo style ... 95% of this collection by urs truly

Ocing has its downfall sometimes

Wolfala · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2006, 05:28:41 PM »

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Originally posted by Roscoroo
frying parts Roo style ... 95% of this collection by urs truly

Ocing has its downfall sometimes

I count 23 sticks of RAM and 5 CPUs....

What this is telling me is...Don't listen to your OC advice!

Krusty · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2006, 05:54:06 PM »

No! It's telling you "Don't OC!"

"Sudenly I notice a grey balk going out right from the P51 dash board to the left. Moments later I crash into a plane, and from the out side view I can see that the P51 has a large grey rectangel going all the way to the ground?"

That doesn't sound like a memory problem. That sounds like 3D driver problems to me. I could be wrong, but I think that's video related, not RAM related.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2006, 06:00:54 PM »

lol

that pile was all expected to happen ... that how I learned

a couple of the ddr sticks were bad from the gitgo and the morgan cpu i popped on purpose while earning to bridge cpu's

the green amd is a 1.8 that just cant maintain any stability at any setting (it was that way from day one)

running the old k-6 cpu's at 580+mhz took out tons of simm ... ive still got that pc and it still lives ... asus mb w/500mhz k-6 at 560mhz it may even still beable to play ah if i get a better vid card

the pent pile is all cpu's that died from our famous thunder storms ... surgeprotectors never have saved one yet .. were as my 1.3 amd machine has survived every one (bridged cpu slight oc and still can play ah2)

so basically if your gonna OC take the time to research /learn /and play with sacrificial parts

Skuzzy · « **Reply #14 on:** May 18, 2006, 07:05:26 PM »

Graphics anomalies can be manifested by bad RAM. The video card has to read data from RAM and all it takes is one bad read to make for an entertaining video display.