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Games Freezing, LOUD screeching.
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Name: mrellis1181
Date: January 27, 2006 at 05:41:33 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching.OS: XP sp2CPU/Ram: Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2GHz, |
Comment: Hi all. I am having a VERY strange problem with my computer. Every now and then while playing any of my games the computer will suddenly freeze and there is this LOUD screaming/Screaching noise which changes tone a few times then flat lines on a single tone after a minute or so requiring me to re-boot. I have tried all different drivers and am currently running everything with latest drivers. My system spec..... Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2GHz
1Gb PC3200 ram
Gigabyte K8NSNXP MOTHERBOARD
BFG Geforce 6800GT AGP
Creative Audigy Player I have tried moving the sound card to another slot but that didn't help. I have formatted and re-installed XP but that didn't work either so i know it's not a software problem. Is anyone else having the same problem? Games i play that crash... Battlefield 2
Counter Strike Source
Warhammer 40k dawn of war
Age of empires 3.... the list goes on. thanks in advance
Steve
pheonix.flash@gmail.com
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Response Number 1
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Name: snoopy104
Date: January 27, 2006 at 17:26:40 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)What are your system temps like? Is your CPU or Video card overheating?, are the fans and heatsinks installed properly (decent thermal compound, tight fit, right type etc) and in working order free from dust?, what are room temps like? is your computer next to a heater/radiator? What PSU are you using? It could be locking up due to excessive heat build-up, since games push the processor etc harder than just dawdling round on the internet, it could also be the PSU struggling to cope with the extra load. Never trust cheapo no-make PSU's regardless of their wattage! AMD AthlonXP 2200+
Abit NF7-S v2.0
Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb
1GB Crucial PC2700
80GB & 120GB SATA HDD's
SB Audigy2 ZS
Enermax Noisetaker 485W
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Response Number 2
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Name: mrellis1181
Date: January 28, 2006 at 07:37:43 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)Hi, the temperatures are all average, cpu is usually 45c under load and the Gpu temp never goes above 70c under load. Its nothing to do with heat because the case is well ventalated and the room it is in is never above 20c at most. All fans are clear of dust etc as i clean it all every sunday and all the heat sinks are all properly secured with arctic silver compund on eberything. It also can't be the PSU because i have tried 3 seperate 450w-550w ones in there as i thought it may be that as well. It's really pi***ng me off now :-( Have you heard of this happening before?
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Response Number 3
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Name: heroedge
Date: January 29, 2006 at 05:48:35 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)Does this noise happen if you disable the sound card and use the onboard sound? Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Corsair 512X4 2048mb
2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K
2X 256 6800 GT
Raid-0
WinXP Pro X64
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Response Number 4
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Name: mrellis1181
Date: January 30, 2006 at 06:51:09 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)To be honest i tried that but the sound quality and performance hit was so bad i didn't keep it like that for long. It was like trying to play battlefield 2 on a pentium 133. :-) well not that bad obviously but it was unplayable so it was hard to really test it, even with all graphics turned down. do you think it may be my sound card?
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Response Number 5
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Name: heroedge
Date: January 30, 2006 at 19:16:34 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)Grasping to assist. Actually, I doubt a sound card would make your games freeze. However, a sound card might make loud screeching noise. Why can't you play the game with onboard sound? Of course the sound quality takes a hit but the game should play fine. Especially in low settings. Obviously you're not getting any error messageing?
Oh and my computer does something similar once in a blue moon. I never worry about it because its so rare. But when it does, I get a screeching noise then my computer automatically restarts. I can't recall exactly but I think I got an error message about a driver that appears to be working fine most of the time. :) Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Corsair 512X4 2048mb
2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K
2X 256 6800 GT
Raid-0
WinXP Pro X64
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Response Number 6
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Name: mrellis1181
Date: January 31, 2006 at 01:15:22 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)Ok, well i'll put up with it for now..... it hasn't done it in a couple of days now though, usually happens a few times a day so fingers crossed! Thank you for all your help, oh and
heroedge....... NICE SYSTEM SETUP!!!!! (DROOL) :-()
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Response Number 7
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Name: heroedge
Date: February 1, 2006 at 19:33:59 Pacific
Subject: Games Freezing, LOUD screeching. |
Reply: (edit)Hey thanks. I am satisfied with it. Hope your problems simply go away the same way it came. :) Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Corsair 512X4 2048mb
2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K
2X 256 6800 GT
Raid-0
WinXP Pro X64
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