ASUS A7V333
AMD 2100+ running at 1700 Mhz (original fan)
ASUS v9999 GeForce 6800
512 DDR
Ok so I used to have a ASUS v8420S GeForce Ti4200 but I had overheating problems. Smart as I was I let the computer suffer with an open case for over a year. Smart as I was I didn't noticed that the fan was broken until that year had passed by. So I couple of days ago the card died of course. I took action and bought the new video card listed above and a case-fan (Papst 80x80). I also did a thoroughly cleaning of dust (even opened the PSU and cleaned it). I thought that my problems would finally be solved but when I played the new Brothers in Arms yesterday for some hours I got a bluescreen. So I restarted, and another bluescreen. After the 4 different bluescreens I recognized the pattern of an overheated AMD CPU. So I went into BIOS and checked, and damn it was 78 Celcius!! The CPU Fan was only going for 2000 as well! In those temperature they should go at max (arond 5000 RPM in this case).
I started to monitor my hardware with ASUS Probe and played for awhile later when the CPU had cooled down. After 30 minutes the computer rebooted telling me no keyboard was detected. I pressed the reset button and I it worked fine this time. Later when checking the loggings of Probe, the CPU temperature was steady at 58 celsius and MB temp was at 44 at the reboot time. The disturbing thing I noticed was that at once I started playing the game my 3,3 V started sinking. At the time the computer rebooted it was as low as 2,5.
I'm not any hardcore PC modder so I have no idea what this really means. My guess is that since the Video Card uses Power directly from the PSU it may consume too much and then all hell breaks loose when other components aren't getting enough power. My PSU is probably really lousy since it is only a cheap 300W.
So the questions:
What is the 3,3 V responsible for? What parts use it?
Is a new PSU the solution?
Thanks in advance
AMD 2100+ running at 1700 Mhz (original fan)
ASUS v9999 GeForce 6800
512 DDR
Ok so I used to have a ASUS v8420S GeForce Ti4200 but I had overheating problems. Smart as I was I let the computer suffer with an open case for over a year. Smart as I was I didn't noticed that the fan was broken until that year had passed by. So I couple of days ago the card died of course. I took action and bought the new video card listed above and a case-fan (Papst 80x80). I also did a thoroughly cleaning of dust (even opened the PSU and cleaned it). I thought that my problems would finally be solved but when I played the new Brothers in Arms yesterday for some hours I got a bluescreen. So I restarted, and another bluescreen. After the 4 different bluescreens I recognized the pattern of an overheated AMD CPU. So I went into BIOS and checked, and damn it was 78 Celcius!! The CPU Fan was only going for 2000 as well! In those temperature they should go at max (arond 5000 RPM in this case).
I started to monitor my hardware with ASUS Probe and played for awhile later when the CPU had cooled down. After 30 minutes the computer rebooted telling me no keyboard was detected. I pressed the reset button and I it worked fine this time. Later when checking the loggings of Probe, the CPU temperature was steady at 58 celsius and MB temp was at 44 at the reboot time. The disturbing thing I noticed was that at once I started playing the game my 3,3 V started sinking. At the time the computer rebooted it was as low as 2,5.
I'm not any hardcore PC modder so I have no idea what this really means. My guess is that since the Video Card uses Power directly from the PSU it may consume too much and then all hell breaks loose when other components aren't getting enough power. My PSU is probably really lousy since it is only a cheap 300W.
So the questions:
What is the 3,3 V responsible for? What parts use it?
Is a new PSU the solution?
Thanks in advance