Ok...so now what....

[wallisj]

I posted This the other day ...

Got the new 1950pro today .... fitted .... installed drivers etc ... playing HL2 ... 20 mins in ... computer crashes badly

So .... same problem .... new card ... no fix ... now what?

I've run Folding@Home just now for a good while without a crash....this would imply that the CPU + Memory are good ... and now that i have replaced GFX ... Am i just left with power or Mobo?

I am still thinking heat related more than power and the only thing i notice is that the mobo's northbridge is directly above the back side of the graphics card ... and is passively cooled (heatsink only) .... its a MSI 975x Platinum power plus mobo

The CPU has basically a chimney above the cooler to direct the heat to the fan on the case so i'm thinking CPU heat is well vented and the PC is fine during normal use .... just when playing graphics ....

Would something like this help or should i get a more complete solution and totally replace the heatsink on the northbridge (which i assume will mean dismantling PC totally)

Any other ideas?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

test hardware individually.

use memtest for ram testing. and something like snm for cpu testing.

for graphics card use ati tool artifact scanner or tray tools artifact scanner.

 

[silversurfer]

The most conclusive hardware tests are done in dos if you have ruled out artifacts.

Try omega drivers and use driver cleaner pro first

 

[wallisj]

I'm fairly sure this is now chipset heat related

Ran F@H for ages ... CPU's were fully up to temp and it was fine but its just 3d but this being a new gfx card i think its the heat radiating from back of card and heating chipset heatsink too and its not getting enough moving air

 

[silversurfer]

Thats why I keep a vantec tornado handy to rule out heat issues

 

[Bubblegum]

hi..

could it be insufficient power from your PSU?

I got bizarre inexplicable crashes till I replaced my Tagen 420(something) with a nice Corsair HX 620W after putting an X1950xt in my system

just a thought.