Hardware issue when gaming.

Nevram · 17 Oct 2009 at 13:41

Whenever im playing a game, dosen't matter what one it freezes and i have to end process through task manager. I get a small exclamation mark in a yellow triangle appear in my system tray that i cannot click on and dissapears after about 5 seconds. I check my CPU temp and its about 68c, which is pretty high but should be expected (?) as im currently using a stock cooler (ruby orb is giving me grief) and maximum rated temp for an E8400 is 72c i think. My HD4850 reads a temp of 80c.

Do you think this is a heat issue? Or maybe down to power or something?

Nevram · 17 Oct 2009 at 14:09

HD4850 is at 100% on stock cooler fans. 68c is my maximum under load, idle is 42c. im installing new drivers now, so i'll let you know how that goes.

Nevram · 17 Oct 2009 at 15:44

Okay i re-installed my drivers and i thought it worked, played Grid for about an hour then got the same problem. It has something to do with my graphics card because i get a message now that reads 'ATI display driver is not responding' or something along those lines. This would make me feel it was a software issue but as i've just re-installed these drivers...

maybe my card isn't getting enough power, im confused now.

Nevram · 18 Oct 2009 at 10:07

Nevram said:
HD4850 is at 100% on stock cooler fans. 68c is my maximum under load, idle is 42c. im installing new drivers now, so i'll let you know how that goes.

As i said before my cpu is 42c idle, which isn't causing me any concern. I used driver genius to unstiall the drivers, but i'll try again when im home from work. Thanks for all the advice.