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- 20 Dec 2007
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Hi Folks,
I removed one of my PowerColor 3870X2's for RMA and since then I have had nothing but trouble with my system.
I am experiencing random system freezes where the whole system locks up. The image on the screen is frozen, I can't move my mouse pointer For example, I can make my comptuer freeze if I drag my Steam window up and down through the list of games I have bought fast. At all times the system locks up its when I am using my mouse.
I have run memtest86 2.11 and passed all the memory checks, I have removed all the components in my system and re-seated them, I can run prime95 for a few hours with no issues. I have updated my BIOS.
One thing I have noticed is that if I am in safe mode, or don't have the ATI drivers installed, I can't seem to get the system to lock up.
I have also tried installing Windows 7 Beta to an external drive, which was fine, but once I put the ATI drivers and Steam on, I was able to get the system to lock up again....
I think it might be some sort of issue with the IRQ of the USB being shared with the 3870X2. I am guessing when I had another card in the system the IRQ's were assigned differently.
Can anyone give me any other ideas on what to check or change?
My system is:
Abit QuadGT
8Gb Corsair Dominator ram (4x2Gb)
PowerColor ATI 3870X2
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
Abit AirPace WiFi card
I removed one of my PowerColor 3870X2's for RMA and since then I have had nothing but trouble with my system.
I am experiencing random system freezes where the whole system locks up. The image on the screen is frozen, I can't move my mouse pointer For example, I can make my comptuer freeze if I drag my Steam window up and down through the list of games I have bought fast. At all times the system locks up its when I am using my mouse.
I have run memtest86 2.11 and passed all the memory checks, I have removed all the components in my system and re-seated them, I can run prime95 for a few hours with no issues. I have updated my BIOS.
One thing I have noticed is that if I am in safe mode, or don't have the ATI drivers installed, I can't seem to get the system to lock up.
I have also tried installing Windows 7 Beta to an external drive, which was fine, but once I put the ATI drivers and Steam on, I was able to get the system to lock up again....
I think it might be some sort of issue with the IRQ of the USB being shared with the 3870X2. I am guessing when I had another card in the system the IRQ's were assigned differently.
Can anyone give me any other ideas on what to check or change?
My system is:
Abit QuadGT
8Gb Corsair Dominator ram (4x2Gb)
PowerColor ATI 3870X2
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
Abit AirPace WiFi card
