Pc crash with sound loop

ferret face · 16 Jun 2011 at 10:44

Pc crash with sound loop - then reboot cycle

Wonder if anyone can help?

Sometimes when i am playing games the screen will freeze or go black with a sound loop and I have to hard boot my pc.

Then the pc gets stuck in a power cycle, where the mobo lights up and all fans come on but it then reboots itself again before POST. This continues until I remove the power lead for a few minutes and then it will boot up again fine.

I have run memtest all night with no error and also Prime95 for 6 hours with no errors in both.

Any ideas?

Ferret

ferret face · 16 Jun 2011 at 15:18

Forgot to mention,

I'm running a i7 920 at 3.8ghz with 6gb memory and a ATI HD5870 and 5x HDDs. The PSU is Corsair HX620w

Cheers

Kouba · 16 Jun 2011 at 15:24

Is the "game" by any chance, Bad Company 2?

sadbuttrue · 16 Jun 2011 at 15:26

Corsair XMS3 memory?

gropingmantis · 16 Jun 2011 at 15:48

Dirty-Blade said:
Is the "game" by any chance, Bad Company 2?

My thoughts exactly.

If so are you running MSI Afterburner?

I the answer to both the above is "Yes" then delete the RTCore.cfg from the C:\Program Files\MSI Afterburner folder. It was the only thing that fixed it for me.

ferret face · 16 Jun 2011 at 17:46

Yes the game is BFBC2! but i dont have MSI afterburner running or installed.

Does BFBC2 cause this issue on its own?

Cheers

ferret face · 16 Jun 2011 at 17:48

ermmm and Corasair XMS3 memory!!! Are you guys psychic??

Whats up with the memory?

Kouba · 16 Jun 2011 at 17:56

People say that its an issue caused by PunkBuster, if you use the search function, look for bad company 2 sound loop or bad company 2 crash .etc and you should be able to find the solution, sorry im lazy.

Tealc · 16 Jun 2011 at 18:06

It's not just Afterburner it's also Fraps, Gigabyte Easytune, Aida (I think), GPU-z. Basically anything that monitors, logs or reports things like GPU temps, usage and things.

Real pain this BC2/Punkbuster issue.

As for the power up issue maybe it's triggered by the crash as it is a full hardware lock.

ferret face · 16 Jun 2011 at 18:45

ok cheers guys.

I can understand the crash but not sure why my pc keeps rebooting and psu needs the power pulled for a few minutes? Its not on its way out is it?

sadbuttrue · 16 Jun 2011 at 18:47

I had random boot issues with Corsair XMS3 memory (missing sticks, reboot loops and reboot after first cold boot etc). A lot of googling indicated others have had the same problems. After switching to another brand all the issues disappeared. It's only anecdotal evidence, but worth considering.

ferret face · 16 Jun 2011 at 19:50

ok cheers, i have ran memtest though and found no errors :confused: