fierceseaman
02-19-2003, 03:37 PM
Ok guys, I built my computer about 6 months ago. To start off with these are the system specs:
P4 2.53 GHz
Giga-Byte GA-8IHXP Mobo (latest chipset drivers)
1 Gig PC1066 RDRAM
MSI GeForce Ti4600 (latest drivers)
SB Audigy Platinumn (latest drivers)
Win XP +SP1
DirectX 9.0
Ok guys, this is the deal... I started building my computer over the summer right when PC1066 came out and I got one of the first batch of RDRAM. The first set that I got was bad, Windows would not even load on my box. Got a new set of RAM and it did the same thing. So finally on my third set of RDRAM I got it right. Windows loaded and it seems things were going well. Once I got the comp set up thing went well for a while. There were some odd things that happened to my comp everyonce in a while. First of all, the computer would randomly turn off and then restart. When I would turn my computer off, via the Windows prompt, the computer would turn off but as soon as it would turn off it would turn back on, like I told it to restart but I didn't. Also, if I turned off the computer via the front button, the computer would turn back on after a little bit of time by itself. Very odd. So that is fine, I don't really care about that because I keep my comp on all the time anyway. It hasn't randomly turned itself off and then back on in a while. My next problem is the one I am concerned about the most. When I attempt to play a game, there is a good chance that after a while I will get booted from the game directly to the desktop with no warning. This doesn't happen with just one game, it happens with 4, and since I only have 4 this is a big problem. With what I've given y'all is there anything offhand that yall could think of would be the problem? Video card, bad mobo, bad soundcard, bad RAM? I would suspect the sound card but video is fine in windows and during the game until I am booted to the desktop. I would suspect mobo but the system is stable. I would suspect RAM but once again the system is stable. Is there any programs out there that could definately figure this problem out? Any programs that would definately rule out my RAM? I would also suspect the video games themselves but they are all differnent types, for those of you who know: Red Alert 2, Command and Conquer: Generals, SimCity 4, and Warcraft 3. Any help here guys? I've come to y'all with help before and y'all have always come through. Please help with this problem on my expensive box!
Oh, another quick thing. Sometimes, not very often, the screen will flicker, the image will distort and within a fraction of a second the image will return to normal. Just another symptom. Thanks guys.
P4 2.53 GHz
Giga-Byte GA-8IHXP Mobo (latest chipset drivers)
1 Gig PC1066 RDRAM
MSI GeForce Ti4600 (latest drivers)
SB Audigy Platinumn (latest drivers)
Win XP +SP1
DirectX 9.0
Ok guys, this is the deal... I started building my computer over the summer right when PC1066 came out and I got one of the first batch of RDRAM. The first set that I got was bad, Windows would not even load on my box. Got a new set of RAM and it did the same thing. So finally on my third set of RDRAM I got it right. Windows loaded and it seems things were going well. Once I got the comp set up thing went well for a while. There were some odd things that happened to my comp everyonce in a while. First of all, the computer would randomly turn off and then restart. When I would turn my computer off, via the Windows prompt, the computer would turn off but as soon as it would turn off it would turn back on, like I told it to restart but I didn't. Also, if I turned off the computer via the front button, the computer would turn back on after a little bit of time by itself. Very odd. So that is fine, I don't really care about that because I keep my comp on all the time anyway. It hasn't randomly turned itself off and then back on in a while. My next problem is the one I am concerned about the most. When I attempt to play a game, there is a good chance that after a while I will get booted from the game directly to the desktop with no warning. This doesn't happen with just one game, it happens with 4, and since I only have 4 this is a big problem. With what I've given y'all is there anything offhand that yall could think of would be the problem? Video card, bad mobo, bad soundcard, bad RAM? I would suspect the sound card but video is fine in windows and during the game until I am booted to the desktop. I would suspect mobo but the system is stable. I would suspect RAM but once again the system is stable. Is there any programs out there that could definately figure this problem out? Any programs that would definately rule out my RAM? I would also suspect the video games themselves but they are all differnent types, for those of you who know: Red Alert 2, Command and Conquer: Generals, SimCity 4, and Warcraft 3. Any help here guys? I've come to y'all with help before and y'all have always come through. Please help with this problem on my expensive box!
Oh, another quick thing. Sometimes, not very often, the screen will flicker, the image will distort and within a fraction of a second the image will return to normal. Just another symptom. Thanks guys.