Hi gang, I'd appreciate any thoughts on the following :-
Have just upgraded my pc and my mate said get 2 of everything and I'll have the same upgrade. (Specs below) SO basically both machines are the same with the same software and the same drivers....
Now the only difference in the system is the psu's (both 300watt and AMD rated) and I have a 80mm fan in the side of my case.
His cpu does run about 8c hotter but the heatsink and fan is rated to an 2100Xp and we have 1800XP's.
Have tried swapping graphics cards and memory but the system still locks after 3 minutes!! HELP??? Its very strange coz I know the software and drivers are fine. Think it may be a heat or power issue what do you guys think?
Thanks for any comments
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Have just upgraded my pc and my mate said get 2 of everything and I'll have the same upgrade. (Specs below) SO basically both machines are the same with the same software and the same drivers....
...but mine runs perfectly and my mates locks up after about 3 minutes of playing a 3d game (ie SOF2)! The system just locks solid and you have to reset to get going again... but when you do this Win2K doesn't even do a system check.System:
- 1800 Athlon XP (with Taisol h/s & fan)
- Gainward Geforce 4 Ti4400
- Gigabyte GA 7VRXP
- 256 meg Samsung PC2700 (mine will run at CAS2)
- Win 2k with service pack 2.
Now the only difference in the system is the psu's (both 300watt and AMD rated) and I have a 80mm fan in the side of my case.
His cpu does run about 8c hotter but the heatsink and fan is rated to an 2100Xp and we have 1800XP's.
Have tried swapping graphics cards and memory but the system still locks after 3 minutes!! HELP??? Its very strange coz I know the software and drivers are fine. Think it may be a heat or power issue what do you guys think?
Thanks for any comments
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