3D Crashes...

[Monkeynut]

Hey all.

I have this problem with my computer. When I go to do a 3D game, the game crashes with a "This program has encountered a problem and needs to close..." with the Send and Don't Send boxes. Very occasionally it will also bluescreen.

I'm really stumped with this one. I have my Audigy 2 ZS and TV card removed, so it's just the basics. The only things I can think of are either PSU or memory.

Please help! Thanks in advance,
Chris (Monkeynut)

 

[spookywillow]

so no 3d app will work? have you tried the ati tray tools artifact tester or similar?

 

[Monkeynut]

The app works for about 10 mins or so the crashes out. Would checking temps help?

 

[spookywillow]

yeah if you have everest or something to monitor psu rails at the same time as its running

 

[Monkeynut]

ATITool does not work at all, sits in the system tray, does nothing, and consumes 50% of each core of the CPU.

Here's the voltages everest displays:


When playing Oblivion for example the voltages stay rock solid but the 5V dips slightly to 5.48

 

[spookywillow]

try ati tray tools not atitool,

have you got all latest drivers etc, stupid question i know but you never know lol

is this a new pc or did you have another gfx before the 3870? if so did that work ok?

 

[Monkeynut]

Will give ATI Tray Tools a try tomorrow then mate.
I have the Catalyst 8.3 drivers installed

Previous graphics card was an 8600GT which was fine.

 

[spookywillow]

did you run driver cleaner after removing the 8600?

 

[Monkeynut]

I reformatted.

 

[spookywillow]

you can try under clocking it a bit to see if that works.

 

[Monkeynut]

Interesting. Got through 3/4 of an hour of C&C 3 before it threw a wobbler with a Direct3D error, related to DirectX dlls and Kernel32. The OS seems to be choking to death on everything installed. time for another reformat it seems.