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TwistedFate · 08-08-2003, 10:35 AM

Too many to quote and reply too, so just one big reply here.

Heat: could be but the case is open, fan is spinning and near an AC vent. But I'll take a good look at the fan maybe air isn't actually getting to the chip like it should, that would explain freezes when it has to do the extra work when most of the freezes occured.

Bad Memory: This is where I am concentrating my efforts today. I have one chip in now and was able to reproduce the problem before I went to bed. I'm going to keep at it to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and then swap them.

Video: It freezes when I use the onboard with the other removed or use the GEForce with the onboard disabled.

Blue Screens: I've gotten them a couple of times but no more than your normal Windows user. Nothing to cause me any alarm I wrote them down in the error log though, just in case.

Win ME LOL, yeah I know not to install ME at all. I should have been clearer earlier. My friend is actually getting upset that I won't listen to him and install it. I know he's not trying to prank me. It works fine for him. He thinks he knows everything about computers, but he forgets I am the one who taught him most of what he knows.

Thanks guys. I'll go check some things and see what I turn up.

Thanks to whoever edited the post title. At 5AM I wasn't thinking straight. That's what I get for staying up all night and sleeping all day.

08-08-2003, 10:35 AM	#13 (permalink)
TwistedFate Crazy	Too many to quote and reply too, so just one big reply here. Heat: could be but the case is open, fan is spinning and near an AC vent. But I'll take a good look at the fan maybe air isn't actually getting to the chip like it should, that would explain freezes when it has to do the extra work when most of the freezes occured. Bad Memory: This is where I am concentrating my efforts today. I have one chip in now and was able to reproduce the problem before I went to bed. I'm going to keep at it to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and then swap them. Video: It freezes when I use the onboard with the other removed or use the GEForce with the onboard disabled. Blue Screens: I've gotten them a couple of times but no more than your normal Windows user. Nothing to cause me any alarm I wrote them down in the error log though, just in case. Win ME LOL, yeah I know not to install ME at all. I should have been clearer earlier. My friend is actually getting upset that I won't listen to him and install it. I know he's not trying to prank me. It works fine for him. He thinks he knows everything about computers, but he forgets I am the one who taught him most of what he knows. Thanks guys. I'll go check some things and see what I turn up. Thanks to whoever edited the post title. At 5AM I wasn't thinking straight. That's what I get for staying up all night and sleeping all day. __________________ If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.