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    Crashing issues

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by stirfriedsushi, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. stirfriedsushi

    stirfriedsushi Confuse a Cat LTD

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    I know this belongs in the desktop hardware section but for some reason i cannot start new threads there, Mods please move this if you think it should be moved.

    I am having an issue with my new PC and i cannot figure out what the problem could be. During bioshock and the witcher, i get crashes and i cannot figure out why.

    My configuration is as follows:

    CPU: e8500 3.16 GHz
    GPU: Radeon HD 4850 (2x in crossfire)
    MOBO: Foxconn blackops ( http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_overview.aspx?ID=en-us0000385)
    OS: windows XP SP3
    RAM: OCZ reaper gaming ram, 4 gb
    HDD: 2x WD 640 gb, in raid 0

    I have run memtest and confirmed that my RAM was not the issue, but my board was undervolting it. I have also done multiple CPU and GPU tests using Orthos, ATItool, rthdribl, and burnintest. (i gave the last 1 to itomix to upload)

    LINK TO TEST IMAGES: http://s365.photobucket.com/albums/oo97/stirfriedsushi/

    As you can see by the images, my temps are all normal and burnintest has given me no errors except for 2d graphics and that 1 is because of something else (i confirmed with passmark people)

    I have multiple tools to control fanspeed (Aegis pannel and rivatuner) so i am pretty sure there is no overheating.

    The one anomaly i have noticed is when i am playing bioshock, i get random drops in gpu usage (all the way to 0) as shown in the gpu monitoring image called GPU drops. I don't get this during any other GPU test. The witcher crashed the entire machine and i am sure GPU temps were normal.

    Can anyone think of any other reason that this could be happening? any help i get will be greatly appreciated.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Sep 13, 2008
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  2. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Have you reviewed the crash logs (Dr. Watson)?
     
    kegobeer, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. stirfriedsushi

    stirfriedsushi Confuse a Cat LTD

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    No, i had no knowledge of any programs that created crash logs, probably would have been a good thing to think of.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Sep 13, 2008
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  5. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I'm going to have to close this thread and refer you to Desktopreview.com, since its now policy to disallow all new Desktop threads.
     
    Patrick, Sep 13, 2008
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