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Hello all,
I have been having infrequent problems with my PC (rig in sig) since I built it.
At worst I get a BSOD with ‘ati3duag.dll’ (this is rare) – I can upload a photo of the BSOD if needed. I have experienced problems with games getting stuck very briefly in an audio loop and freezing (again rare). I get frequent problems with short audio loops when playing mp3s and I have a constant interference coming through my speakers - You can actually hear the interference change its pitch as you open and close programs or move windows around on the desktop etc. Removing my creative PCI sound card seemed to ease the looping in games a lot but the interference persists.
Another point to note is that with my gfx card, the Molex to PCI-E power connector sustained burn marks because that cable was faulty (replaced cable and no more burns) that also coincided with the warning LEDs coming on my gfx card (there not lit now).BurnMarkPic
Here is what I have done to test so far:
Run PC at normal clocked settings (for 1 week).
Prime stable 13 hours (chose to stop test, no errors).
Memtest passed for 9 hours.
Tried using 1 stick of RAM and using different RAM slots.
Removed creative sound card, went back to onboard.
Reinstalled windows (clean).
Checked hdds with the Hitachi tool, no bad results.
Interference can be heard on speakers when pc has shut down and remains audible until my PSU is switched off.
I’ve done a bit of googling and some of the results that I get seem to suggest some kind of grounding issue, although the articles I have read are about AV equipment. I would really like to try another PSU to rule that out but i don't have that option at the moment!
Would appreciate some opinions on the possible causes (and fixes?) of such annoying problems please!
Cheers
I have been having infrequent problems with my PC (rig in sig) since I built it.
At worst I get a BSOD with ‘ati3duag.dll’ (this is rare) – I can upload a photo of the BSOD if needed. I have experienced problems with games getting stuck very briefly in an audio loop and freezing (again rare). I get frequent problems with short audio loops when playing mp3s and I have a constant interference coming through my speakers - You can actually hear the interference change its pitch as you open and close programs or move windows around on the desktop etc. Removing my creative PCI sound card seemed to ease the looping in games a lot but the interference persists.
Another point to note is that with my gfx card, the Molex to PCI-E power connector sustained burn marks because that cable was faulty (replaced cable and no more burns) that also coincided with the warning LEDs coming on my gfx card (there not lit now).BurnMarkPic
Here is what I have done to test so far:
Run PC at normal clocked settings (for 1 week).
Prime stable 13 hours (chose to stop test, no errors).
Memtest passed for 9 hours.
Tried using 1 stick of RAM and using different RAM slots.
Removed creative sound card, went back to onboard.
Reinstalled windows (clean).
Checked hdds with the Hitachi tool, no bad results.
Interference can be heard on speakers when pc has shut down and remains audible until my PSU is switched off.
I’ve done a bit of googling and some of the results that I get seem to suggest some kind of grounding issue, although the articles I have read are about AV equipment. I would really like to try another PSU to rule that out but i don't have that option at the moment!
Would appreciate some opinions on the possible causes (and fixes?) of such annoying problems please!
Cheers
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so I should be able to test that over the weekend.
