I want to break my new pc

omargalea

omargalea

omargalea

Associate
Joined
2 Apr 2008
Posts
6
i just bought a new pc with following specs
Motherboard - Asus Striker II Extreme
Graphics - 3 x 9800 GTX 512 MB Ram
Processor - Q6600 2.66Ghz Interl Pentium Overclocked to 2.85
Ram - 4Gb DDR3
OS - Vista home premium 64 Bit

Results - after over 28 hours of swearing my head off, the system finally turned on, after finding out that a scew on the motherboard was earthing with the case. I found a reference on a forum after i lost hope.

Anyway after installing everything and than finally updated all drives, I could never get a bigger disappointment when i run - Frontline - Fuel for War, Turning point and even Hour of victory.
The pc just lags and lags and lags, i put everything to a minimum and it still lags, i really had enough.

I spent the last 3 days looking for an anwser and yet after i tried all solutions i am still at the bottom of the pit, I simply cannot play any kind of game. anyone can help PLEASE???
 
We would have to list an endless list of things to go through & double check. As in reseating everything, checking power supply/consumption, correct mobo/chipset drivers/Bio revisions etc etc etc etc etc etc Breath etc etc etc etc etc
Best off listing what you have done over the last few days & seeing if any of us can spot a mistake or something you've missed.
I'd strip it down & start from the beginning & go slowly step by step but then I s'psoe you've already done that ?

One thing I would try though is setting it up with just 1 GFX card ;)
 
well just ask me what information you need and i give it to you np.
Hmmm
I can try one video card but its a lost cause I am sure the problem is software related more than anything
 
ANother vote for trying just one gfx card.

You haven't stated what you psu is. The psu might not be supplying enough juice to the three :eek: GTX cards and they are throttling.
 
omargalea said:
i just bought a new pc with following specs
Motherboard - Asus Striker II Extreme
Graphics - 3 x 9800 GTX 512 MB Ram
Processor - Q6600 2.66Ghz Interl Pentium Overclocked to 2.85
Ram - 4Gb DDR3
OS - Vista home premium 64 Bit

Results - after over 28 hours of swearing my head off, the system finally turned on, after finding out that a scew on the motherboard was earthing with the case. I found a reference on a forum after i lost hope.

Anyway after installing everything and than finally updated all drives, I could never get a bigger disappointment when i run - Frontline - Fuel for War, Turning point and even Hour of victory.
The pc just lags and lags and lags, i put everything to a minimum and it still lags, i really had enough.

I spent the last 3 days looking for an anwser and yet after i tried all solutions i am still at the bottom of the pit, I simply cannot play any kind of game. anyone can help PLEASE???
Click to expand...

I bet it is fault of that chinese inteRL cpu ! I've heard the are dangerous ! :D:cool::eek:


Ok now serious, tri-sli was your worst choice ever, please I will be more happy to waste my time helping you in your next build to save us from this, ask next time before you buy something !

As you've mention the screw I bet that you was putting the PC by yourself, then best thing will be to take everything out, go to sleep, wake up next day with free mind and put it slowly back together ;).

On the other hand as others already mention the best bet will be to remove 2 GPUs and check with just one. It might be the PSU.

If it's no one of them reset CMOS to default.
Next step will be checking the voltage and timings on your ram and setting them in BIOS to those on your sticks.

Then if no one of those helps we'll think about something else ..
 
Like what has been said above,

Get one of everything installed,

1 stick of memory
1 graphics card ( in primary PCI-Express slot )
1 harddrive

remove any sound card, use onboard sound only.

then work from there adding 1 stick of memory at a time and once the memory has been eliminated using Memtest86+

Then move on to graphics card, try one at a time.

It's trial and error, general method of problem solving. :)
 
sli , what a scam. im betting it is that tri setup. oh my god, 3 cards, what games make you think you need 3 9800gtx's? haha oh well you live and you do learn.
 
you didnt think to check everything worked BEFORE doing an overclock??? That would have been my first job!!

Secondly, check you have installed the CPU heatsink properly with the correct amount of paste or whatever you have used. The correct amount is usually a lot smaller than you might think. Too much of it can cause it to act as an insulator and cause the CPU to overheat, which can then translate into crashes/hangs/lag

Lastly, as others have said, look at the PSU as not enough juice could cause the problems you report
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom