Aaaaaaaandddd... i'm back, with another issue. Not directly motherboard related but it is on this board and you've helped me out so far
Background info: Had a stable over clock of 3.6 running prime for hours, took it down to 3.4 just for the comfort factor and in the last 2-3 weeks have been playing Overlord (new PC game) constantly and just recently started on the new Colin Mcrae, with no issues, where I decided my current graphics weren't cutting it (7800gtx)... wait for it this info will become relevant.
Off to the store for a 8800gts stock over clocked 600/1900 from XFX.
Now, within 3-5 mins of being in game and racing around the system goes into a slow death where the screen pauses, the sound goes high pitched and I have to hit the reset button. At stock settings it seems to be fine but I haven't done extensive testing yet as I spent all last night taking components out and putting them back, upgrading drivers, etc etc etc trying to see what could be causing it.
In short, I suspect it may be the PSU as it appears to be an over clocked issue yet it's a 620w Corsair which should be more than perfect for the job.
Off the top of my head exaggerated over clocked power usage:
CPU 150w~
Video 200w~
Motherboard, memory 100w~
3xHDD 70w~
1xDVD Drive 15w~
Plenty of wattage left over.
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I've tried everything I can think of, do you guys know any hidden secrets or have any odd suggestions that I could try? I'm gonna try running the tests i've been doing again and set the GPU fan to 100% using riva tuner, but other than that i'm out of ideas.
Appreciate any suggestions you have.