hd5770 hell!!!!

[CaptainRAVE]

Run some Heaven too - do these for many hours. If you notice any problems, RMA it if you can.

 

[kain666]

Run some Heaven too - do these for many hours. If you notice any problems, RMA it if you can.

cant rma second hand card. just finished fur mark for hour no crashs, errors, temps fine.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

If it can survive furmark, it is fine. Sure your MB chipset drivers are up-to-date?

 

[kain666]

If it can survive furmark, it is fine. Sure your MB chipset drivers are up-to-date?

good point. checked them they werent updated.

ati tool 30 minutes no errors.

 

[Mr. May]

Corsair and XFX probably both manufactured by Seasonic.

I know that both corsair and thermaltake psu are both the same units made by Channel Well Technology

And a quality psu is a must

 

[kain666]

I know that both corsair and thermaltake psu are both the same units made by Channel Well Technology

And a quality psu is a must

got that right. a mistake i made and probably a lot of others.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

good point. checked them they werent updated.

Out of date chipset drivers will cause frequent crashes in many games. This may help reduce some of your problems.

If you have a fresh install of windows, up-to-date drivers, benchmarks are running fine then it is almost 100% a hardware incompatability/lack of power/fault somewhere if your games are still crashing.

Which games are crashing?

 

[kain666]

i have now got upto date drivers, fresh windows and benchs/temps are fine.

i am thinking it is a power problem, when my new psu gets here i can check that. the games i play mainly are written below, crashs happen at random times, sometimes after couple hours game play.

games below each crashed at least once:
c&c 3
second life
assassins creed 123


these games below i can play for hours with no problem:
counterstrike
d&d online
nfs world
lotro

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Bench for longer - I don't see a lot of the games you play being more demanding than some of those benchmarks. Of course that doesn't mean there isn't some kind of instability in the PSU supply. Probably best to wait until you get your new PSU, then go from there.

 

[HNR1]

if you are buying a new psu then i recommend you get a corsair.

I second that, i bought my daughter a corsair hx 850 and have had no problems. I had trouble big time with a 500w tagan psu, it was really weird it would make the fan of her xfx 5850 be go full on and then wouldn't work at all, it would run the gtx 295, don't know if it would have been stable though.

 

[Hazkirby]

All this nonsense about cheap PSU's...

I have the same one (all be it 650w) and have an OC'd CPU and GPU never a problem. It's probably producing less than that, but the fact is it could be producing 300W and it'd still be plenty.

Never has been a problem have always mixed cheap PSU's with expensive components all the paranoia comes from AMD/ATI/Nvidia as a sort of disclaimer.

Have you considered it may not be your GPU?

I'd put money on it being your CPU.

Download "OOCT" give it a whirl.

Assasins Creed killed off my xbox even with the x clamp mod, and that was CPU related.

If your whole PC crashes it is most likely your CPU, usually GPU crashes should bring up a driver error and revert you back to the desktop.

 

[kain666]

All this nonsense about cheap PSU's...

I have the same one (all be it 650w) and have an OC'd CPU and GPU never a problem. It's probably producing less than that, but the fact is it could be producing 300W and it'd still be plenty.

Never has been a problem have always mixed cheap PSU's with expensive components all the paranoia comes from AMD/ATI/Nvidia as a sort of disclaimer.

Have you considered it may not be your GPU?

I'd put money on it being your CPU.

Download "OOCT" give it a whirl.

Assasins Creed killed off my xbox even with the x clamp mod, and that was CPU related.

If your whole PC crashes it is most likely your CPU, usually GPU crashes should bring up a driver error and revert you back to the desktop.

ooct, heaven, furmark, ati tool all show graphic to be fine.

still geting crashs in games.

is it worth updateing graphic bios?

 

[kain666]

the new psu came, although the graphic crashs are still happening.
will flashing the bios fix it?
what are the chance of it being a hardware problem?

 

[kain666]

bump

 

[tidusjar]

the new psu came, although the graphic crashs are still happening.
will flashing the bios fix it?
what are the chance of it being a hardware problem?

If it's still happening then it's not a PSU problem. Are you 100% sure everything is fitted in properly? How long have you benched in furmark for? Does it crash at all?

I think it's a GPU problem. Did you get it off your friend or a site (The bay)?

 

[kain666]

new psu working fine every thing else cpu, ram all tested. 100% fitted properly. benchmark in furmark 2 hours no problems sometimes sometimes it crashes after 5 minutes. got it from the bay.

 

[Marine-RX179]

And a quality psu is a must

Indeed.

I really miss the Corsair CX400 for just £29.99...it was actually made by Seasonic, whereas the more recent "CX Builder series" are not...

 

[Troezar]

All this nonsense about cheap PSU's...

I have the same one (all be it 650w) and have an OC'd CPU and GPU never a problem. It's probably producing less than that, but the fact is it could be producing 300W and it'd still be plenty.

Never has been a problem have always mixed cheap PSU's with expensive components all the paranoia comes from AMD/ATI/Nvidia as a sort of disclaimer.

There's a lot more to think about than just the power delivered. Better built PSU's still go pop but when they do they don't take the rest of your PC with it. I've had friends go cheap on the PSU and they lived to regret it...

 

[tidusjar]

new psu working fine every thing else cpu, ram all tested. 100% fitted properly. benchmark in furmark 2 hours no problems sometimes sometimes it crashes after 5 minutes. got it from the bay.

Set up your trust please so i can email you.

 

[Troezar]

Did I miss it, what make/specs is the new PSU?