Need help with problem (AMD stability issues)

SupDawg · 02-19-2005, 03:12 AM

Ok, so this is a co worker of mine. A year or two ago, I built him a Athlon 2800 with a Geforce 4400 and an Asus mobo..

Don't ask me more specifics, I do not know.

he told me the other day that it started to crash to desktop in his Nascar game. It's a game he played hundreds of times before with no issues. He hadn't played it in a long time and decided to fire it up. Well it crashed to desktop after a couple of minutes.

So I said it could be a lot of things.

Here's what we tried.

His system is stable is general computing.

Memtest86 ran 3 times with no errors
Prime95 died within a few minutes on the first test.

I am about 90% sure it is hardware related.
Either CPU/memory/PSU.

I thought that the first test in P95 was memory intensive. But Memtest worked no problems.

Hmm.. Any suggestions?

dddibley · 02-19-2005, 05:23 AM

Other than taking it's temperature and default BIOS, you might try underclocking the RAM and CPU if the board supports it. In Prime95, 'Small FTT' torture test is for CPU only.. 'Blend' is CPU/RAM.

Maybe it's time for some system maintenace.. driver upgrades, virus scans etc.. maybe a Windows reinstall too.

ddd

02-19-2005, 03:12 AM	#1
SupDawg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,078	Need help with problem (AMD stability issues) Ok, so this is a co worker of mine. A year or two ago, I built him a Athlon 2800 with a Geforce 4400 and an Asus mobo.. Don't ask me more specifics, I do not know. he told me the other day that it started to crash to desktop in his Nascar game. It's a game he played hundreds of times before with no issues. He hadn't played it in a long time and decided to fire it up. Well it crashed to desktop after a couple of minutes. So I said it could be a lot of things. Here's what we tried. His system is stable is general computing. Memtest86 ran 3 times with no errors Prime95 died within a few minutes on the first test. I am about 90% sure it is hardware related. Either CPU/memory/PSU. I thought that the first test in P95 was memory intensive. But Memtest worked no problems. Hmm.. Any suggestions? __________________ The views expressed in this electronic dialogue are mine alone. "All physics are belong to me. " Kongo
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02-19-2005, 05:23 AM	#2
dddibley Time well wasted Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2,276	Other than taking it's temperature and default BIOS, you might try underclocking the RAM and CPU if the board supports it. In Prime95, 'Small FTT' torture test is for CPU only.. 'Blend' is CPU/RAM. Maybe it's time for some system maintenace.. driver upgrades, virus scans etc.. maybe a Windows reinstall too. ddd
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