Hi this is my first post here
PC specs at bottom
I have been having this problem for a while and havent been able to completely resolve it but have managed to lessen it.
I built my computer in the early spring. The first game I bought/installed was half-life 2. As soon as I tried to start the opening cinematic, my computer would crash. I fixed this problem by disabling and unnecessary programs from running in the background of my computer. Since then the game has run perfectly. I soon decided to benchmark my rig with 3dmark-05. After about ten seconds of running the actual 3dmark app, the same problem reoccured - my PC would crash, the LEDs and power still on, but a blank [powersave mode] monitor screen.
My first suspiscion is my RAM. I bought Ultra 512mb pc3200 budget memory. Plus the memory does not have a heatspreader attatched.
Next would be my video card which is an XFX Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 128Mb card. Since the problem only occurs during visually demanding apps, I had a feeling something may be wrong with my videocard. I have tried to see if my GPU's fan is operational but am unable to completely see because the fan faces the bottom of my chassis. Also, I have a Vantec PCI dual fan card running right under my GPU which should be adding extra cooling...very confusing indeed.
Finally, could this be a *gulp* proccessor problem?! I am running an Intel P4 3.34 Ghz processor on a Chaintech Summit series motherboard. The CPU has an Aerotech heatsink/fan on it but could this possibly be a faulty heatsink/fan combo?
Any and all help is deeply appreciated.
Pentium 4 3.34 Ghz cpu
XFX nividia 6600GT 128mb videocard
Chaintech Summit series motherboard
Aspire 500 watt ATX power supply
Wester Digital 120Gig HDD
Sony dual layer dvd burner
Vantec PCI dual fan card
Aerotech CPU fan/heatsink
PC specs at bottom
I have been having this problem for a while and havent been able to completely resolve it but have managed to lessen it.
I built my computer in the early spring. The first game I bought/installed was half-life 2. As soon as I tried to start the opening cinematic, my computer would crash. I fixed this problem by disabling and unnecessary programs from running in the background of my computer. Since then the game has run perfectly. I soon decided to benchmark my rig with 3dmark-05. After about ten seconds of running the actual 3dmark app, the same problem reoccured - my PC would crash, the LEDs and power still on, but a blank [powersave mode] monitor screen.
My first suspiscion is my RAM. I bought Ultra 512mb pc3200 budget memory. Plus the memory does not have a heatspreader attatched.
Next would be my video card which is an XFX Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 128Mb card. Since the problem only occurs during visually demanding apps, I had a feeling something may be wrong with my videocard. I have tried to see if my GPU's fan is operational but am unable to completely see because the fan faces the bottom of my chassis. Also, I have a Vantec PCI dual fan card running right under my GPU which should be adding extra cooling...very confusing indeed.
Finally, could this be a *gulp* proccessor problem?! I am running an Intel P4 3.34 Ghz processor on a Chaintech Summit series motherboard. The CPU has an Aerotech heatsink/fan on it but could this possibly be a faulty heatsink/fan combo?
Any and all help is deeply appreciated.
Pentium 4 3.34 Ghz cpu
XFX nividia 6600GT 128mb videocard
Chaintech Summit series motherboard
Aspire 500 watt ATX power supply
Wester Digital 120Gig HDD
Sony dual layer dvd burner
Vantec PCI dual fan card
Aerotech CPU fan/heatsink