9700 Pro Restart Problem

[Superspy]

I have recently installed 9700 pro in my pc and im having quite a big problem with it. When i play a specific game, at certain parts my pc restarts and i have no idea why. I know its not the drivers because iv got the most up to date ones. And im pretty sure its not the game because a few of my mates have it too, even tho they dont have the same g-card. I havent been able to test it on other games as i have no other graphically challenging dx9 games. Please help me, lol

Thanks

[Rabs]

Try 3D Mark 2003 on a loop for about 45 mins, that will certify if your system is stable in 3d games. If so, do a search on ATI's site to see if any incompatibility exists with your game.

If it fails its fault finding time...

Check the chipset drivers, set AGP in Smartgart to 2x (fast writes on), run memtest, prime95?

[Zathras]

What PSU do you have?

[mike_w]

I have recently installed 9700 pro in my pc and im having quite a big problem with it. When i play a specific game, at certain parts my pc restarts and i have no idea why. I know its not the drivers because iv got the most up to date ones. And im pretty sure its not the game because a few of my mates have it too, even tho they dont have the same g-card. I havent been able to test it on other games as i have no other graphically challenging dx9 games. Please help me, lol

Thanks

First of all I'd run Prime95 for a bit to make sure the CPU is fine. I'd also take a look at something like Memtest to make sure that the RAM is fine. After that, I'd check the power supply.

[Superspy]

Thanks guys, iv previously run a few stress testing/benchmarks etc and everythings checked out fine, but il give it another go all the same. Its just really bizarre iv never heard of owt like this before. Btw ma psu is a q-tec 400 watt (yes im ashamed, lol) if it is the psu its cant be an actual power size thing cos ma m8 has a 400 watt with a 9600 pro. Ah well, thanks all the same, il give it a go, more ideas welcome, lol

Chars

[mike_w]

The thing to remember with PSUs is that a 350W decent brand PSU (like Antec) will be much better at its job than a generic 450W PSU (or, even worse, Q-Tec). The most important thing, in my opinion, when buying PSUs, is brand, then the wattage.

[Superspy]

fair enough, i just have a slight cash issue, lol, just needed something better than the dodgy 300 odd watt that i got with the pc, cos it was prebuilt, served me well tho bless it, lol

[Rabs]

You said you have run stress testing/benchmark stuff, try running memtest - the error may be in the top mb range of the ram.

What are your system specs btw?

[Byatt]

also: what is this game? If you've stress tested before and got nothing I'd be inclined to suspect there's a conflict going on there.

[Superspy]

my specs shud be in my signature if its workin, and the game is Freelancer

[Byatt]

What drivers are you currently running?

[funnelhead]

Reasonable quality PSU on offer at aria (cheers to flash)

http://www.aria.co.uk/specials.asp

Levicom 420W on offer £41 reduced to £29

looks quite well built and wilsonian says they are good quality

or, of course, old faithfull :

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=59491

which plenty of people around here will recommend as a very good value psu. inc me.

hope this helps

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[Superspy]

I'm currently running the latest catalyst drivers downloaded from the ati site a few days ago, the error occured with these drivers as well as the older ones (from may i think). Thanks for the psu links, il av a look. I ran hot cpu tester pro last nite for 6 hours and got 100% so im guna run memtest next. Thanks again guys. Ill let ya no how it goes. =]

[SilentDeath]

itll probably be the psu, you mayaswell change it anyway, as itll be near its limit with all that stuff..

A 550w qtec is equal to a decent brand 350-400w. So a 400w qtec is much less than that - probably around 250-350w.

Other thing, make sure "Restart on BSOD" is turned off, that might be your problem.

[Superspy]

wtf is restart on bsod? where do i turn it off?