Recent content by ipeaz

hey thanks for the link

ok, if no one has any ideas to help. what about recommending another forum that maybe, a little more mobil pc

ok, this is the trouble. when i press the power button, every thing comes to life. much like one would expect. then before windows starts to load. i get a nice beep then all of the fans stop working. at this time xp starts to load, every thing else seems to run fine. well everything but...

i tried all these things with no luck. i did though just for shits and giggles try an old (nvidia mx 440) video card. aside from the crappy res it plays fine without crashing. this pretty clearly points a finger at my video card, but what do i do now is this when i start talking to ati...

i'll try those changes. my ram is a little miss matched. 2x 512 1 is ddr-333 the other is ddr-400 do you think its time to pop for some , duel channel, could the memory it's self be the problem. if i removed the ddr333 could this resolve my issue

oh, sorry no bsod. the game locks freezes what ever. then some trippy bizzar graphic display, black screen. finaly it restarts, this all happens in a little less then 2 min. there are no errors warnings or anything like this.

the power supply is a sure power 600w, this so far has only happend w/ hl2. i just finish screwing w/ the drives i used 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, now 5.02 i used ati - software uninstall utility between drivers. it still crashes some times i can play for an hour some times 2 min. any other...

this is the only game thats done this. however i've not been gaming a hole lot lately i believe i'm running catalyst 4.10. this is also what i ran on my last system, with no prob but i guess different systems apply different. i'll update my drivers and check it agin thank for the suggestions

i'm playing hl2 then w/out warning i get a black screen. then my system restarts. this happens, every time i play the game. this is my system in a nut shell amd 64 3500+ asus av8 1gig ram ati 9800pro 256mb xp pro any help would be great. thanks

yes, i have some pics but my computer illiteracy has me by the balls i can not figure out how to post them any way i'll brake it down one last time cpu bad (blisters in the center on the pin side brown discoloration in the center on the pin side, pin hole size ruppture on the top side...

hey, folks thanks for all your input we got it all fingered it out i put things back together one thing at a time and still nothing i even used different memory & video card until i tried a different power supply thats when things started coming back to life it made me happy, why i think...

hts 180 degres off or backwards which ever you prefer any way i fired it up 5-10 seconds later it fired back with a nice wisssss pop. there i hope you're all happy i finaly said it i dicked the dog i screwed the poch. but am i any less a men because of this HELL NO any way i was not exactly...

thanks for the input on this i am though sure i roached the cpu. the blisters & discoloration in the center on the pin side & the pinhole size hole next to the core do not lie. this is a result of error on my part. this board has i believe a temp sensor in the middle of the socket (a...

hi, i'm new to all this so be gentle i fried a new cpu (amd 2600+) i put the old cpu (amd 1700+) back in and the fans twitched. what now. what else could i, or have i fried. the motherboard is an abit kx7-333. and in my frustration i assumed i cooked everything (cpu&motherboard)...