Power to Play?

JAYCEE93 · 10 May 2012 at 22:43

Hi everyone, Ive been having trouble for quite some time now with games crashing, freezing, graphics card bows out; somtimes it crushes abruptly other times after hours of play or maybe even not crash at all for weeks, the usual gaff!

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction of the sole problem! I built the computer myself and it seems to run fine apart from the above problems! I have been hinted at before that it could be my PSU because its 500W? Is this usually ample? :confused:

System Specs:
• Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU GDDR5 Graphics Card
• Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz
• Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 DDR3 Motherboard
• Microsoft Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
• Lepa W-series 500W ’80 Plus’ Power Supply
• Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case
• Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB DDR3 RAM

Im fairly new to most of the computer talk so apologies if I dont understand!
Cheers, John

Unicorn · 10 May 2012 at 22:49

Shouldnt be the PSU

Run tests on your memory using memtest and report back

JAYCEE93 · 11 May 2012 at 14:36

Is memtest online software?

I used windows memory diagnostics and no problems/errors were found.

Stoner81 · 11 May 2012 at 14:40

You download it to your computer and leave it running for a few hours depending on how much RAM you have, it is free software just do a Google search.

Stoner81.

Devrij · 11 May 2012 at 14:40

try memtest just to rule it out. I usually run 8 passes if I'm in doubt.

wilde · 11 May 2012 at 15:04

I had exactly the same problem. The computer would report that the graphics drivers had halted and/or the whole computer would freeze, or sometimes it would bluescreen.
I found a pretty easy solution.
Believe it, or not, the sound drivers which get installed when you install the nvidia drivers are probably conflicting with the sound drivers for your audio card. Quite why nvidia installs these drivers I do not know. Apparently though, it's counted as a microsoft problem rather than an nvidia problem for some reason. Apparently the problem is even more pronounced for those with a realtek based audio card which also means asus p8p67 range of boards, which I have.

heres the solution you can try
each step will be written on one line

click the start button
RIGHT CLICK "computer"
click properties
click device manager
scroll down the list till you find "sound video and game controllers" and click it
you will now see a list of device drivers
RIGHT CLICK any that are listed as NVidia HD audio and disable them or delete them

This completely cured the restarts, bluescreens and crashes for me
it is a well known solution and by googling the following terms all on one line you will see it's been the solution for many many people
nvidia sound drivers blue screen

JAYCEE93 · 11 May 2012 at 16:43

Thanks for all the replies!

Memtest concluded that there were definately no errors.

wilde, I have done as you said and disabled all nVidia HD audio drivers so time will tell if that is the issue!

Any other suggestions are welcome!

foster grant · 11 May 2012 at 16:47

I'll give that a try too ...thanx

JAYCEE93 · 11 May 2012 at 17:08

Ok... In disabling the nVidia drivers I cant actually play sound at all through itunes/youtube/games... anything so that isnt the fix wilde

JAYCEE93 · 12 May 2012 at 20:15

Any suggestions anyone?

Unicorn · 12 May 2012 at 20:28

Update to the latest graphics card drivers and check your pc for malware/viruses

foster grant · 12 May 2012 at 23:59

Well I deleted all the Nvidia HD audio drivers and ...I'm not getting any BSOD , but my games are still freezing after a short time....but im not too worried...as I know i'll get it sorted one way or another