VPU Restarts

[Rudyman]

Good afternoon,

I have been experiencing on both my old build and new build of Windows XP, periodic VPU resets. Especially when gaming. Counter-Strike, and Command and Conquer and Warcraft 3 all seem to have issues with my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Card (ATI Card). I have, in the last month, a complete system rebuild with the 4.2 drivers with no change in the issue.

The Machine is in a full tower case with lots of Fans. I have removed the Card Slot plate next to the video card to allow cool air in there.

Anyone have any information else seen something Similar.

Darrell Rudolph AKA Rudyman.

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AMD Athlon 2500
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
512Mb Corsair Ram 256X2
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
2 X Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 SATA 80GB Drives
LG DVD/CDRW Drive
OnBoard NVIDIA Network Port
MS USB Mouse, MS Internet Keyboard, MS Force Feedback 2 Joystick, MS Game Voice Headset.

 

[sackowitz]

sounds like your psu. specs?

 

[Rudyman]

Power Supply is a Vantec Stealth 420.

Should be sufficient for what I am running.

 

[codeflux]

what are you running your memory at? - timings, voltage, etc.

for starters, set your DDR voltage to 2.7v - corsair likes higher voltage. relax your timings, too - 2.5-3-3-7 should be ok.

 

[shaihulud]

disable vpu recover.

 

[Rudyman]

Ihave increased the memory Voltage.

Disabling VPU recover just means the computer will lock up.

Should I increase the AGP Power from 1.5 to 1.6V?

Thanks for the input

 

[whackjester]

I have had the same exact problem with the newer CATs. I uninstalled the drivers and control panel (CAT 4.2's), restarted, installed the CAT 3.5's and haven't had a problem since. I have seen many others have the exact same problem.