Hard locks on Directx9.0c

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Wayfare

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Hi all,

Specifically, the lock ups involve the screen freezing with distorted colors at a point about an hour into game play (Battlefield 2 only), then my monitor losing signal from the video card. It requires a total reboot, and are very worrying to me. Once the windows startup screen was distorted after the reboot, so I waited a couple minutes and then everything was fine. I am somewhat worried about permanent damage to computer / video card, so I will hold off on playing until I can test different solutions.

Does this sound like a heat issue? I have a 6800GT OC from BFG tech and the locks have been occuring recently with BF2. HL2 / doom3 / other dx games have never locked up to my knowledge. I also have less serious kick-to-desktop locks with BF2, but with no other game.

Is the solution to measure my videocard temperature when playing this game...and if so, how does one measure it when the game only runs at full screen? I also suspect it may be an IRQ conflict or a device driver problem -- maybe a complete driver cleaner / reinstall would help too?

Thanks so much in advance!
 
XSNiper said:
I've also been having lockups recently...what gives?
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Lockups don't worry me as much as the suspicion I might do permanent damage to my (too expensive to buy another) video card :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
mmm wat's the temperature of that video card? i think it's the heat issue or defective card.
 
I am embarassed to say that I have not been monitoring the video card temperature due to ignorance of how to do so reliably. Even if I blow my card, it has a lifetime warranty from BFGtech :D

Can you measure it while a fullscreen game is running?
 
Skrying said:
Get Rivatuner it record temps.
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Ok within 10 minutes of starting I am running 85 degrees. Idle it's 69. Is there a way to decrease the heat of the card without a third-party cooler that will void my warantee?
 
You might laugh at this but some guy took out the side panel of his computer and used a huge house fan. LOL, I really had a laugh when I saw the picture. It was on the UT2004 formums.

Seriously, there is a trial version of Sisoft Sandra on download.com
I can see my CPU temperature in Windows with it. Other than that, I'm such a doofus, I don't know what to do. :D
 
You can do what the person above me said someone did, it is actually a very common thing to do by noobs. :eek: lol

Or you can try increasing the airflow inside your case.
 
Skrying said:
You can do what the person above me said someone did, it is actually a very common thing to do by noobs. :eek: lol

Or you can try increasing the airflow inside your case.
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Thanks so much, when I opened up the case and just let it run with it open the max temp never went above 79 degrees and the game was stable as far as I can tell.

Can you buy fans that hook up to PCI slots and kick air out the back to increase airflow? I
 
Yes you can, they are called slot fans. Newegg carries some, so does Xoxide, and SVC. Just make sure you do not steal airflow from the graphics card with this. You may also need to increase airflow into the computer.

Make sure you have as large as fans as your case can fit, and position them so that you have intakes in front and outtakes in back, that your CPU fan blows are into the HSF fan and if you have a side panel fan that it blows air into the case, also, if you have a fan at the top of your case that it sucks air out. A proper airflow system does wonders for cooling. Also make sure that you have your cables tucked away as neat as possible, they can stop air and create dead zones.
 
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