Hardware Conflict

L1ght · 8 May 2010 at 13:53

Since upgrading my computer about a year ago I have always had this strange problem. I will get this quite loud violent sound which sounds like some deep prolonged beep coming from my computer. It seems to happen when running applications such as games, wintv, winamp etc. I also have a problem with Aero. When I install my graphics card drivers Aero activates, yet after restarting my computer it refuses to re-initialize. I've done the whole windows indexing and experience testing, doing the trouble shoot, and even going into the setting and trying to force start Aero, but nothing works.

I think its obvious that I've got some kind of conflict or faulty component somewhere. I've ran mem test and my ram seems to be fine. All windows diagnostic tests seem to come out fine, and my temps are fine, all in the early 30 to mid 30's.

I'm really not sure what this is but my suspicion is that its a graphics/ ram or power issue.

Heres a list of my spec:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)

Anyone got any suggestion? Any help is really appreciated. Cheers!

Akempster · 8 May 2010 at 21:15

i have the same mobo with the 4850 graphics card with a simmilar issue, when overclocked at any level the graphics card will stay cool in its 30 c range but will cause the comp to blue screen as soon as you start any game such as assassins creed 2 or splinter cell. If you reset your graphics card to default and set the fan speed to 100% it may solve the issue as it did with mine..

good luck

L1ght · 9 May 2010 at 14:40

Cool thanks for the reply, do you mean resetting the graphics card setting in CCC? The annoying thing aswell is I can't run smartdoctor with windows 7 which used to control my fan speeds and what not.

Akempster · 11 May 2010 at 14:57

no, if you go to catalyst control center and go to the overclocking page there will be a button top right to set the ov3rclocks to default. Failing this an the bar at the top of the CCC window there is a profile menu where you can set up a new profile. From here set fans to full and leave the rest as default. When you want to play a game right click the CCC logo on the bar on the desktop go to profiles and select your new "gaming" profile. id also look at getting drivesweeper which gets rid of all unneede ati files which could cause conflicts. ATI are also really good on their customer service so if thius doesn't work go talk to them and they will sort you out quick.