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Offline sully!

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Problems building my new comp
« Reply #30 on: November 20, 2004, 11:00:12 PM »
Believe it or not, all that junk on a BSOD screen actually means something.

If you really want to try to track down what it means, you can go to support.microsoft.com and enter the complete STOP error message.

But I think there is another solution....

Firstly, make sure your chipset drivers are updated. This should the very first driver you update after an installation. In your case, I would say it would be related to the AGP driver.

But moreso, the temps may very well still be the culprit. If your vid card is overheating it will cause data corruption as the bits travel through the way too hot GPU/VRAM.

From what I can find, it looks like 135C is approaching the danger zone. If your GPU temps are reaching anywhere near that level I would add a side fan to the case blowing directly onto the graphics card. Either that or take a look at this product from Antec mounted below your graphics card to force air into the card.
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« Reply #31 on: November 20, 2004, 11:37:58 PM »
when looking at the temps in the settings for the card it never goes over 85-90 even on full load (gaming)
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« Reply #32 on: November 21, 2004, 12:28:32 AM »
I just played for an hour and never went above 64 degrees Celcius ... but when I closed the game I got a blue screen and had to restart .... so doubt it is gpu related .... I am thinking ram but I dont know what to do about it ....
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« Reply #33 on: November 21, 2004, 12:59:03 AM »
my old Geil Value Series ram would always randomly reboot itself.  That's my random comment.
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« Reply #34 on: November 21, 2004, 11:18:08 AM »
Quote from: "sully"
From what I can find, it looks like 135C is approaching the danger zone. If your GPU temps are reaching anywhere near that level I would add a side fan to the case blowing directly onto the graphics card. Either that or take a look at this product from Antec mounted below your graphics card to force air into the card.


Whoa! Sully, that's the EXACT same fan I just bought! Yes, definitely worth the money. I got it at Staples and stuck it in the open slot between my processor and vid card so it's drawing some nice air through that area. Lowered all the temps by >5C!
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« Reply #35 on: November 30, 2004, 11:06:17 PM »
I have had the same problem if you have an old video card thats just around your house take out your 6800 and put that in instead if neither the 6800 or the old video card work then you AGP slot on your board is dead and you need a new board. Go with newegg.com there policy is great. Happy to help ya.
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« Reply #36 on: December 08, 2004, 12:28:59 PM »
and if you cant get it to work and you are going to the lan brign everything you need for your comp and some and im sure somebody will get it to work: D
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