3d mode problem

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legcramp

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Specs in sig, and I just started having this problem lately.

Well, yesterday, when playing some counter strike source, my computer shut down.

I then lowered my cpu/ram speeds to well under stock, still shuts down in a matter of 5-10 minutes in any game. In windows desktop itself, everything runs fine. Orthos/prime95 passes just fine.

I then ran 3dmark06 to see if the videocard was the problem or heat related. Well, still 5 minutes in and the computer dies.... temperature is GREAT here, since it is freezing.

I get no artifacts or anything in 3d mode, so I am guessing the psu is the problem? It is an antec tp 2.0 550watt. and I have no backup to see what really is the problem.
 
When I meant the computer dies, I mean it shuts off not burnt :)
 
Pretty cold and normal for an x1900xt.... 75ish load now, and 80's in summer.

Well I ran 3dmark06 all night and it lasted around the first half hour and I woke up with the computer shut off, but not all the way, the lights and everything was still on but no signal or anything.

I rebooted and it still works fine, I have downclock all cpu and ram settings, still crashing.

I also, loaded bios to default optimized settings, and overclocked my cpu back up, and I played CS:S for 2-3 hours without a crash, running 3dmark06 would crash in the morning when I woke up and no signal.
 
aZn_plyR said:
Specs in sig, and I just started having this problem lately.

Well, yesterday, when playing some counter strike source, my computer shut down.

I then lowered my cpu/ram speeds to well under stock, still shuts down in a matter of 5-10 minutes in any game. In windows desktop itself, everything runs fine. Orthos/prime95 passes just fine.

I then ran 3dmark06 to see if the videocard was the problem or heat related. Well, still 5 minutes in and the computer dies.... temperature is GREAT here, since it is freezing.

I get no artifacts or anything in 3d mode, so I am guessing the psu is the problem? It is an antec tp 2.0 550watt. and I have no backup to see what really is the problem.
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I had sort of the same issue with my machine, anytime I played any game about 10 minutes into it the computer would just freeze up . I would reboot and everything worked fine. I could run windows, the internet all day without a problem, but as soon as I played a game it would shutdown. I had Firmware 93.71 installed which was causing the shutdown on my system, so I installed 91.47 and fixed my probelm. Also with the 91.47 drive I found my games ran faster, and my 3DMARK scores went up.
 
Is your card powered by a dedicated 6pin connection. I'm sure it is...sounds like a psu issue.
 
I agree with infin@ in that it may be a PSU. Many times when the computer just shuts down, especially only when under a load, it can point to the PSU. Hope you get it resolved.

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thanks guys, I reconnected everything back together, loaded optimized defaults and now everything seems to run great, been playing CS for a couple hours and no crashes yet, Fear also.
 
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