Hey all...its been a good few months since I resolved my last problem with a Gigabyte mobo, now im back again, and the problems might just have gotten worse.
My system specs havnt changed, here they are listed again.
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System Info Version: 2.2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Processors: 2 x Intel Pentium® 4 @ 3.42 GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Total Physical Memory: 1 GB
Free Physical Memory: 576.88 MB
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: 8I945PL-G
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Description: Primary Display Driver
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Total Local Video Memory: 512 MB
Total Local Texture Memory: 512 MB
Total AGP Memory: 248 MB
Display Driver: nv4_disp.dll
Display Driver Version: 6.14.10.8198
Driver WHQL Certified: Yes
DirectX Version: 9.0
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Description: Motherboard
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model: 8I945PL-G
Version: x.x
BIOS Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release Date: 31/03/06
BIOS Properties: Plug and Play, Flash
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Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Version: 5.1.2600
Service Pack: Service Pack 2
Locale: GB
Desktop Width: 1280
Desktop Height: 1024
Desktop BPP: 32
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Total Physical Memory: 1 GB
Free Physical Memory: 576.88 MB
Total Pagefile Memory: 2.41 GB
Free Pagefile Memory: 2.06 GB
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Number: 1
Designation: PCI-1
Type: PCI
Characteristics: <unknown>
Data Bus Width: 32
Details: In Use, Long
Device Class: Network Adapter
Device Name: Belkin 802.11g Wireless Card
Device Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Device Driver Date:
Device Vendor ID: 0x1814
Device ID: 0x0301
Device Sub-System ID: 0x700e1799
Device Revision: 0x00
IRQ: 20
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Temperatures:
Motherboard 83 °C (181 °F)
CPU 78 °C (172 °F)
GPU 45 °C (113 °F)
GPU Ambient 36 °C (97 °F)
WDC WD1600JD-00GBB0 33 °C (91 °F)
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-note: Ive included the information for the Wireless device because I believe this problem is related to internet use somehow-
-The Problem-
Ive been having this problem for about a week now, since i started using wireless internet on my PC. Ill start up windows, fire up Guild Wars and start playing, after X period of time (this varies) the PC will freeze, then unfreeze for a few seconds, then freeze and then unfreeze again. If im quick enough to close Guild wars down, then the PC wont crash, If not, then it blackscreens and restarts without any BSOD.
Obviously I went through the motions to test the problem:
I ran Heavyload to test CPU and RAM stress - no problems, no crashes
I Ran Video Stability Stress Tester - no problems, no crashes
I Ran Memtest 86 for 3 passes - all were successful, no errors found.
So Im sat here wondering what the problem could be, i start playing again, nothing, no problems, the next day i go for some more gaming, and the crashes start again. This time i closed guild wars in time, and ran Everest to check the system tempratures, they are listed above at resting tempratures, i ran video card stress and heavyload simultaneously, the temps increased but didnt peak, and nothing crashed.
I noticed after shutting down GW, that the system tray in the bottom right had disconnected from the internet, i found that this happened everytime one of these "freezes" occured. I also noticed that the Audio devices were also afected by the freezes, the jack detection for the back of the PC failed, once GW was closed, everything returned to normal.
Im hooked on the idea that this has something to do with internet use, as if i turn of the net and play Hitman Blood money for a few hours, I have no problems. Also, the problem has only started occuring since I installed wireless devices.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
oRB
My system specs havnt changed, here they are listed again.
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System Info Version: 2.2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Processors: 2 x Intel Pentium® 4 @ 3.42 GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Total Physical Memory: 1 GB
Free Physical Memory: 576.88 MB
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: 8I945PL-G
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Description: Primary Display Driver
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Total Local Video Memory: 512 MB
Total Local Texture Memory: 512 MB
Total AGP Memory: 248 MB
Display Driver: nv4_disp.dll
Display Driver Version: 6.14.10.8198
Driver WHQL Certified: Yes
DirectX Version: 9.0
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Description: Motherboard
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model: 8I945PL-G
Version: x.x
BIOS Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release Date: 31/03/06
BIOS Properties: Plug and Play, Flash
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Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Version: 5.1.2600
Service Pack: Service Pack 2
Locale: GB
Desktop Width: 1280
Desktop Height: 1024
Desktop BPP: 32
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Total Physical Memory: 1 GB
Free Physical Memory: 576.88 MB
Total Pagefile Memory: 2.41 GB
Free Pagefile Memory: 2.06 GB
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Number: 1
Designation: PCI-1
Type: PCI
Characteristics: <unknown>
Data Bus Width: 32
Details: In Use, Long
Device Class: Network Adapter
Device Name: Belkin 802.11g Wireless Card
Device Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Device Driver Date:
Device Vendor ID: 0x1814
Device ID: 0x0301
Device Sub-System ID: 0x700e1799
Device Revision: 0x00
IRQ: 20
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Temperatures:
Motherboard 83 °C (181 °F)
CPU 78 °C (172 °F)
GPU 45 °C (113 °F)
GPU Ambient 36 °C (97 °F)
WDC WD1600JD-00GBB0 33 °C (91 °F)
----------------
-note: Ive included the information for the Wireless device because I believe this problem is related to internet use somehow-
-The Problem-
Ive been having this problem for about a week now, since i started using wireless internet on my PC. Ill start up windows, fire up Guild Wars and start playing, after X period of time (this varies) the PC will freeze, then unfreeze for a few seconds, then freeze and then unfreeze again. If im quick enough to close Guild wars down, then the PC wont crash, If not, then it blackscreens and restarts without any BSOD.
Obviously I went through the motions to test the problem:
I ran Heavyload to test CPU and RAM stress - no problems, no crashes
I Ran Video Stability Stress Tester - no problems, no crashes
I Ran Memtest 86 for 3 passes - all were successful, no errors found.
So Im sat here wondering what the problem could be, i start playing again, nothing, no problems, the next day i go for some more gaming, and the crashes start again. This time i closed guild wars in time, and ran Everest to check the system tempratures, they are listed above at resting tempratures, i ran video card stress and heavyload simultaneously, the temps increased but didnt peak, and nothing crashed.
I noticed after shutting down GW, that the system tray in the bottom right had disconnected from the internet, i found that this happened everytime one of these "freezes" occured. I also noticed that the Audio devices were also afected by the freezes, the jack detection for the back of the PC failed, once GW was closed, everything returned to normal.
Im hooked on the idea that this has something to do with internet use, as if i turn of the net and play Hitman Blood money for a few hours, I have no problems. Also, the problem has only started occuring since I installed wireless devices.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
oRB
