Hi,
I have an asus V3800 Agp card 'Circa 1999' installed on my Asus A7v8x-x with an AMD 2600+ CPU and 512 Pc2700 ram.
I am not OCing the CPU or stressing any thing.
My sons games Deus Ex, James Bond and Spiderman hang the comp within 10 mins of playing the game.At first i thought it was the high temps that caused the games to hang but that has been sorted out yet the comp hangs.
Next I replaced the CPU with an AMD 1500 Xp and the games worked beautifully. When I reverted to the 2600 cpu the comp hung again.
Any ideas any one other than replacing the AGP card ?
thanks,
Vijay


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TNT2 Ultra is long in the tooth now esp considering the perf and advantages of even entry level cards. Most modern mobos are AGP8x and only usually fall back to 4xAGP ... both of which are 1.5v (AGP8x also reduces this to 0.8v for internal signalling) ... unless you get a UNIVERSAL AGP SLOT you are unlikely to be able to use the old gfx cards esp those designed in the AGP2x 3.3v days. You do realise a Duron 1ghz with GF3TI200 would totally kick your system's a$$ in gaming ... gfx card is by far the most critical part and TNT2 Ultra is below GF1 speed, I doubt nVidia ensure new drivers are tweaked with them in mind.
Otherwise the PSU or heat would be prime suspects ... you aren't running PC2100 or something right?


39+54'C are pretty high really, esp at 'only' XP2600+ speed. I'd advise either turning down the voltage to 1.55-1.60v (and test you're still stable) or buy a better HSF like the affordable Volcano11+ £15 (inc variable speed fan), you have only a small amount of compound right? If you are 54'C idle (no stress / workload) then you should expect it to rise close to 60'C when under load (try running Prime tortue test) ... around 60'C is where AMD CPUs tend to be unstable BUT onboard sensors are approximate only, BIOS is the most reliable place to check temps (but rem you're idle). Be sure to check your kit is free of dust, that there is adequate ventilation and intake/exhaust case fans are pointing the right way.
It could very well be your PSU too. 350W should be enough but generic PSUs often over state their rating and there are many other issues than simple maximum wattage anyway. Running an XP2600+ CPU will place more demands on your PSU than a slower CPU will, esp if you happen to run additonal HDs and case fans.
I take it the XP2600+ is the 333FSB based variant (12.5x166), check you are set to 333FSB (2x166) in the BIOS (PCI=33) and that RAM is set to SPD/AUTO or better still sync with FSB (1:1, 3:3, PC2700 @ 333FSB). Then you should test your RAM (RAM/MEMtest86?), can it fail when running Prime or SiSoft Sandra's benchmarks?
Something must be faulty and if you changed the CPU it would point to gfx card, RAM or mobo ... cooling and PSU being outsiders. Try unpluggng everything else (except HD) and maybe try a fresh OS install (or at least reinstall) then use the latest drivers. See if that helps stability.