Thank you guys very much for the replies.

So the case comes with these 5 huge fans. They were all working the whole time. The case brand is Azza I think.

For the four hour, I wasn't doing anything gpu heavy. It was fine for that four hours.



The problem started after I started watching the 720p movie.

I did put that CD that came in the graphic card box and installed something. But I do remember one of the things failed to install, don't remember what it was but I just shrugged it off.

I haven't checked the fans on the graphic card. There r three small fans on the card itself. Are they all supposed to be working all times?

Thanks guys. Appreciate it.

 

The software on CD may be out of date/old. Download the new Radeon drivers here:

Windows 64 bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...w_vista64.aspx

Windows 32 bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...w_vista32.aspx

Uninstall your old drivers, install new drivers.



Yeah, all the fans on your GPU should be running all the time just like your CPU fan.... need to keep that sucker cool.

Wait 30 min to 1 hr to let PC cool down and then try starting it up again. If it starts up fine, then it's likely an overheating problem. What's the room temp like?


Also, check that extension cable you picked up from Fry's... make sure it's secure and didn't work itself loose. Some people reported that the extension cable I suggested from Newegg did accidentally come loose and caused starting/shut down problems.

 

Thanks!

Just got up and tried to turn it on. It died on me after 10 seconds trying to boot up.....

What should I do!? It's not overheating I guess...

 

IME those video driver failure issues have always been caused by video drivers. I used to get those errors back in the day when Vista first came out because Nvidia's driver's were shit. It was never caused by hardware or overheating.

 

Sounds like power supply maybe mobo

 

So, should I order another power supply?

Maybe it's because I've plugged in a lot of things together on one electrical outlet?

 

^that's another possibility too, however unlikely

 

it just turned on.

trying to download the drivers right now

 

how do you uninstall the current video card driver??

 

nevermind, found it. the tv went black right after i pressed uninstall. is this normal ? haha

 

Just installed the updated version driver, but these things are failing to complete.

Do they matter?

AMD Drag and Drop TranscodingFinal Status: Fail
Version of Item: 2.00.0000
Size: 1 Mbytes

AMD Media Foundation DecodersFinal Status: Fail
Version of Item: 1.0.70309.0018
Size: 1 Mbytes

 

When reinstalling the driver, uninstall the original driver first. Reboot. Then install new driver, then reboot again. It is normal for the screen to go black and come back looking ugly between driver installations.

It's a process but it's the only way to really remove everything besides using something like DriverSweeper which is really never recommended.

If it still has issues, maybe run an sfc /scannow through the command prompt. I've never had any issues clean installing ATI drivers.

Double check all of your power connections, reseat if necessary.

Just Thursday morning I had one instance with a bad video card in my work computer causing driver crashes/BSOD. But there were obvious problems with artifacts appearing during POST. Swapped the card and it was fine. Just one instance of hardware causing driver crash/BSOD.

And nvidia drivers are still pretty shit. The 2 latest revisions killed VGA output for the dual head 8400 GS we have in my office's workstations. That and Asus makes terrible OEM cards. Fan failure rate of like 20%, but I digress.

 

Got it. It's been done.

But I'm having this error message couple times a day.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...rmessages.aspx

 

how much of the troubleshooting have you gone through in that link you posted? Which drivers did you install from the included discs?

If more than just the video card, go to the respective manufacturers' websites and download the latest drivers for everything. Also check to see if there's a firmware/BIOS update for your video card on the manufacturer's website. What brand and model is it specifically?

worst case scenario it's hardware related. But do all you can first software wise before RMAing or returning parts.

Does your friend have a spare known good PSU to test with? you dont even need to install the new PSU into the case, just have it hanging out and plug it in to the respective connectors. Or let him borrow your video card to see if it happens. If it works in his rig without issues then we know something's up with your particular build.

Something tells me with the failure to start as well as the slight load on the video card by playing movies..it could be PSU or power related. Bad or cheap PSUs can cause the weirdest problems. It's one of the things you really want a quality piece for.

Another thing to try is to run Prime95 or OCCT to stress your system. If your system crashes just by doing that it is either heat or power related. A computer running with everything normal should be able to cope for 24 hours. You still havent reported temps yet.

 

Looks like I'll be going with the Core i7 3770



Curious why the 3770k doesn't have all virtualization stuff.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/23/29...dge-processors

 

This is happening to my computer. Sometimes, on the screen, I can see weird pixel dots... I've installed the latest drivers for the graphic card and motherboard... Time to time, the screen freezes for like 5 seconds, the screen goes black, and come back and it's all fine, but I get that error message saying the AMD driver failed but recovered.. Everything else about this computer is just awesome.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/js85/6997819834/" title="1 by JS + MS3, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/6997819834_f5324420e4_b.jpg" width="1024" height="576" alt="1"></a>

 

Happens to me too. I have no idea as to why.

 

I played Diablo 3 on high setting for long time couple weeks ago with zero problem too. It happens a lot when I use IE. Google Chrome is fine, just some pixel dots sometimes.

 

Started looking at laptops and totally went to the dark side. I got a Dell. XPS17 (L702X). Got it during the Dell signature event a few months ago. Between the signature discount and the work discount it only cost me $1k.

i7 2670QM
8GB Ram
NVidia GT555 3GB discreet video card (wanted a GTX560 but systems with that were a bit out of my reach)
1080p screen
BD-RE drive
750GB 7200 RPM drive
JBL 2.1 sound
Sound Blaster X-Fi
Backlit keyboard
Intel Centrino N-6230 wireless card with bluetooth (don't remember why I opted for that one as opposed to the base model)

The extended battery coupled with the Optimus technology yields amazing results. I can sit at work and watch Blu Ray movies for 8 hours at a time without having to plug it in. Can even game on it for a while on battery. And speaking of gaming, it'll play Diablo III with zero lag with all the graphics set on high.

 

Just cleaned up my whole case and removed all the dust bunnies. I also just installed a new CPU heat sink. I got the Coolmaster hyper 212 Plus. Installation wasn't too bad.

My idle cpu temps went from the mid-fifties to the low twenties!

Not the best looking cable management, but it's not blocking any air flow.

 

Blew out some dust and thought id snap a few pics of my 3 year old build

Yes, that's a IDE ribbon cable. :


Closeup of my cooling setup, nothing special--just a shrouded H50:

 

Just scored the following components for $350 from a good friend!

-i7 2700k (Stable at 4.5Ghz)
-Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3
-16GB GSkill Ripjaws

Should be getting the parts into my computer this weekend! Finally saying goodbye to DDR2 and AMD.

 

aaand hardware installed:


H50 is barely cutting it at stock clocks. May need to upgrade soon. Hopefully the curing of the Arctic Silver 5 would drop some degrees. Currently running a repair/upgrade install to refresh the OS for the new hardware. (Coming from an AMD hardware, I'm surprised it even booted without BSOD)

 

Same power supply as my gaming desktop, very nice

 

~ 2005
- AMD (S754) 3200+
- Asus K8V-SE Deluxe
- nVidia FX5200
- 1GB DDR1 PC-2700
- WD 80GB IDE
- CD Burner/DVD Reader (:POFL)
- Antec Sonata II
- 450W Antec Power Supply

I later added in a ATi Radeon 9700 Pro and 2 more gigs of ram over the next two years. Later junked it.

~ 2007 half way through
- AMD (S939) 3200+
- ASRock S939 Dual-SATA2 (PCI-e and AGP)
- ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
- 3GB DDR1 PC-2700
- WD 80GB IDE
- WD 320GB SATA
- Antec Sonata II
- 450W Power Supply

I later added in an ATi Radeon (Diamond brand) X1800XL within 6 months. After repeated motherboard issues, I upgraded to an Intel system and smashed the friggin motherboard in half.

~2008 Beginning
- Intel Core2Duo E4500
- Asus P5K-VM
- ATi Radeon X1800XL
- 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400
- WD 320GB SATA
- WD 320GB SATA (data drive)
- Cheap, shitty, crap generic case with more sharp edges than a bag of razor blades
- 450W PSU

I later upgraded to a 550W Power Supply and threw in an HD4850. Sold to a friend. Got a Lenovo 3000 Desktop on top of like $500.

~2010
- Intel Core2Quad Q6600 (@ 3.8GHz)
- Asus P5K-e WiFi AP
- AMD Radeon HD4850
- 6GB DDR2 PC2-6400
- WD 320GB SATA
- Samsung 1TB SATA2
- Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Sata 2

I threw in a 850W PSU and ran CrossFire HD5850's. I kept this system for a little while in until I sold it to a friend's dad with a HD4650 and only the 320GB drive for about $450 (was given to my friend as his "birthday present").

~2011 March
- Intel Core i3 540
- Asus P7H55M-Pro
- 8GB DDR3 1333MHz
- Intel X25 40GB SSD
- 2x Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green
- Western Digital 750GB Caviar Green
- Sapphire HD6850
- Lian-Li Cube style micro-atx case - I didn't like it.
- 1000W Silverstone Strider 80+ Power Supply

I sold this system in a generic case with power supply (ran me 30$ for the bundle) to a friend's friend for $700 with only one 2TB drive and the 40GB SSD in May of 2011. I kept the HD6850 as well.

~2011 May
- Intel Core i5 2500k - Overclocked to 5GHz (pic at bottom).
- 16GB DDR3 1333
- 2x 40GB SSD in Raid 0
- 2x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB
- 1x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
- 1x Western Digital Caviar Green 750GB
- 64GB Kingston SSD-NOW
- Fractal Design Define R3 (BEST CASE I HAVE EVER OWNED)
- 1000W Silverstone Strider 80+ Fully Modular PSU
- 2x Sapphire HD 6850

I sold off the 64GB SSD and both of the 6850's as well as the 1TB, then later the whole system to buy my 2001 Acura CL-S. I think I got like $800 from the system minus the parts I sold, with an 8400GS fanless video card. OH! I also kept the SSD's and one 2TB drive and 8GB of ram.

I went to an Intel Tech Conference and got the opportunity to buy more systems

So for ~ 140 bucks I got a mini itx system that I promptly sold for 400 and an Intel Core i5-2500k and Intel DZ68BC motherboard which is in my current system:

Current:
- Intel Core i5 2500K
- Intel DZ68BC
- 2x Intel 40GB SSD's
- Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB
- Hitachi 500GB
- 8800GT 512MB
- 550W Sparkle () PSU
- Generic Case (probably no more than $10 -was free to me :yay

Here are some pics:

my way old setup at my old place, like 2 years ago the 2nd best laptop I've ever owned, the GX640-098US with a HD5850m and an upgrade to 8GB ram/ core i7 720qm :




I miss my projector (PS3 was on 3.54CFW WANNANIKOKO or something like that) and yes, those are Xmas lights in May. Deal with it.


And here is the proof of the core i5 @ 5GHz - this was after about 3 hours of Battlefield Bad Company 2 :



And a giant WTF:



And I guess I might as well:

Nov 2008 : HP nc8230
May 2009: Dell Studio 15 - 1536 (Sold HP nc8230)
July 2009: Replacement Dell Studio 15 - 1536 (Returned Studio 15 - 1536 for Replacement)
August 2009 : Asus G50VT-X5 ( Demanded refund from Dell due to failing 1536 Replacement out of Box)
November 2009: HP tc4200 (Kept G50VT-X5)
January 2010 : Asus UL80VT-A2 (Sold G50VT-X5 , Kept tc4200)
April 2010 : MSI GX640-098US (Sold UL80VT-A2, Kept tc4200)
July 2010 : HP nc2400 (Kept GX640-098US)
July 2010 : HP nc2400 (Sold nc2400, Kept GX640-098US)
July 2010 : HP 2510p (Returned nc2400 due to wrong item, Kept GX640-098US)
Sept 2010: MSI GX640-098US
July 2010 : HP 2510p
April 2011: Acer 3820TG (BEST LAPTOP EVER) HD5650M, upgraded to core i5-480m
August 2011: Acer 3820TG (BEST-ER LAPTOP EVER) HD6550M i5-480 8GB Ram
Sold the 2nd 3820 in December to buy a car.

Currently I have a Lenovo T60 core 2 duo with no screen attached to an external monitor :/

Had an EEE Pad Transformer TF101 and an HP Mini 110-1030CA at a point.

/wall of text.

 

52C max @ 5GHz after 3 hours of CPU pounding? BULLLLLLLLLSHHHIIIIIEEEEETTTT.

I'm running GTX 680 with i7-3820 @ 4.5 with more liquid coolant/fans than in my car, I won't get that 52C as Max. Run prime for 10 mins, give me that print out

PS My first pc build (uncle helped) was a 286 12Mhz monster and that was two decades ago. wow, I'm old.

 

The conditions to get that temp were pretty abnormal, all fans on max, push-pull on a Hyper 212+, middle of winter with -10*C-ish and the window wide open, fan pulling freezing air in from outside. My components do not get as hot as yours (afaik - too lazy to confirm via google). It also helped that my room was the coldest in the house year round (helps even more during summer :pirate

Prime would probably peak at 70 in the same conditions. I've always found in-game vs P95/LinX to have a 15-25*C difference. I did damage the CPU doing 5GHz though... started giving BSOD Hardware Failure (code pointed to CPU) all over the place.

And with proper water, you can get a Core 2 Quad q6600 at 4.2GHz with about 26c idle and 48c after running for about 4 hours of LinX. This is with two triple and a double radiator with the best CPU waterblock money can buy and 16 120mm fans in push-pull config on a heavily modded Thermaltake Armour (we are talking cutting & welding )

 

Decided last night to put all my components into a case i was selling for a friend while I paint the interior of my HAF 922.

Looks SOOO much better with a black interior and some proper holes for wire tucks.

Case is a Corsair 400R. PSU is an ETASIS 750w that has extremely long SATA leads, so that's why there's a rats nest behind the drives.



Once the painting is done, Corsair case will be back up for sale for $70

 

Damn, that looks clean

 

+1

Mine is similar but not that clean. Damn pet fur, dust, reality..

 

mines a whole jungle of cables. been wanting to get a new case to better organize it.

was thinking the corsair graphite series thou.

 

Corsair in general makes superb cases for wire management.

Im' very tempted in obtaining the white and black 600T to make a storm trooper themed case. Very tempted. I'm eyeing one on CL right now in fact. I'll see if it's still there next weekend.

random sidenote i like how the ETASIS has no label on that one side..cleaner looking than having the Corsair badge of my TX750

 

Just ordered this bundle
ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard and AMD FX-4170 4.20 GHz Quad Core AM3+
Unlocked CPU and ADATA Premier Srs 4GB DDR3 Desktop Memory Module Bundle

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...5&Sku=M69-0817

Already have 8 GB of DDR3 waiting for it.

Picked up this power supply - Thermaltake W0388RU TR2 Series Power Supply - 600 Watts, ATX
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=5344843

Now I just have to decide if I want to rebuild one of my full towers or a mid-tower

 

Can't decide if I want to get a laptop or build a new desktop.

 

Really depends on what you are looking to do. I haven't built a PC for myself in years. I usually only surf at home from a laptop, so back in the spring I picked myself up a new laptop so I wouldn't have to use my work LT anymore. I'm building a desktop because I want something a little more static to do other things on.

 

I've always built because I used to game a lot, now that I don't I just use my desktop for the heavy work such as photoshop torrents word etc etc (that it can handle) and my iPad for surfing the net around the house.

 

If you surf on your ipad around the house, sounds like you don't really need a laptop

Got my new PC all built last night, the SATA drive that I had set aside for the OS was bad

So I had to sacrifice my data drive out of my Home Theater PC to get it up and running. But it's running great now

 

I should mention I hate surfing the net on that thing now.

Im Too impatient

And I can't really just plop down on the couch and surf have to make an effort to hold it up and sux for typing too.

 

I dunno

 

I love my new laptop, paid $400 for it at Sam's, thing works great