HarwareMabeOverheated????

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While playing some high graphic games like UT 2004 and playing C&C generals and absolutely dominating the battlefield with about 70 comaches the game will usually stop.

Most of the time i would get a blank screen that says 'no signal input''. I tried ALT F4 to exit and CTRL ALT DEL and still no response. This would usually cause me to reset the computer.

And once it is reset and windows reboots i get a message that says ''your system has recovered from a serious error which could have resulted from overheated or faulty hardware hardware not being installed properly, driver or a virus/(es).

I've ran NAV 03 with all definitions up-to-date and found nothing wrong.

Specs:
WINDOWS XP HOME.
AMD ATHLON 64BIT 3200+ CLOCKED AT 2.00GB
1GB OF DDR 433 KINGMAX SUPERRAM(2 512K/S).
TRITON k8NNXP DDR400/8X (ALREADY SET IN BIOS TO 8X) SUPPORTS 64BIT
RAEDON 9800XT 256MB SET AT 66 IN BIOS AGP SETTINGS (WITH LATEST DRIVER INSTALLED FROM ATI WEBSITE)
240GB(2X120GB HD) SEAGATE BARRACUDA HD 7200RPM (6% SPACE USED)

I also have a thermometer on the front of the pc and i have never seen the graphics card go over 50c. Is it overheated hardware? If so is there a way i can test if it is overheated?

This is really annoying as i love playing video games more then anything and if someone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
 
First, check in your BIOS upon startup what your shutdown temp is. You need a processor thermometer to knwo what it is running. They aren't expensive, and you can just slip them in the heatsink. IF it has actually gotten to the BIOS shutdown levels, the computer will turn itself off and will accompany that with obnoxious beeping. Believe me, it'll make it known that it got too hot.
 
50oC would be about 122oF unless I'm mistaken. I still don't have the
temperature thing down in the metric system so please pardon me. I am of
the opinion that you may indeed be having heating problems. However, the
problem may not be in your graphics card. The ATI Radeon 9800XT is one of
the best and most advanced cards available. It should handle 50oC, but
cooler is better and faster.

You could have a processor heating problem. If you have a small fan handy
you can easily test to see if heat is an issue. Simply place the fan so
that the stream of air is directed at the intake area of the case. If you
can't do that, direct it at the back of the case so that it passes over the
exhaust port(s) of the case. This will greatly increase air flow into and
out of the case, providing additional cooling to the processor and the
graphics card.

Run your game and get it really cooking. If cooling, of either the
processor, or the graphics card is the problem, the increased air flow
provided by the fan will eliminate the game crashes. Check out your
thermometer during this exercise and note the cooler operating temperature
of the graphics card.

Hope this helps!

Pro said:
While playing some high graphic games like UT 2004 and playing C&C
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generals and absolutely dominating the battlefield with about 70 comaches
the game will usually stop.
Most of the time i would get a blank screen that says 'no signal input''.
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I tried ALT F4 to exit and CTRL ALT DEL and still no response. This would
usually cause me to reset the computer.
And once it is reset and windows reboots i get a message that says ''your
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system has recovered from a serious error which could have resulted from
overheated or faulty hardware hardware not being installed properly, driver
or a virus/(es).
I've ran NAV 03 with all definitions up-to-date and found nothing wrong.

Specs:
WINDOWS XP HOME.
AMD ATHLON 64BIT 3200+ CLOCKED AT 2.00GB
1GB OF DDR 433 KINGMAX SUPERRAM(2 512K/S).
TRITON k8NNXP DDR400/8X (ALREADY SET IN BIOS TO 8X) SUPPORTS 64BIT
RAEDON 9800XT 256MB SET AT 66 IN BIOS AGP SETTINGS (WITH LATEST DRIVER INSTALLED FROM ATI WEBSITE)
240GB(2X120GB HD) SEAGATE BARRACUDA HD 7200RPM (6% SPACE USED)

I also have a thermometer on the front of the pc and i have never seen the
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graphics card go over 50c. Is it overheated hardware? If so is there a way i
can test if it is overheated?
This is really annoying as i love playing video games more then anything
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and if someone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
 
I'm soon going to install a new thermotake fan in the side panel so i'll keep you up-to-date with the results.

Although when i was playing painkiller on the 3rd stage, I noticed some fairly large white patches where it's obvious there should'nt be any. I think this could have someting to do with overheated hardware? So do you think installing a side panel fan will work?

And if so could you tell me should i install it to cool the proccessor(ie: 40oC, or the graphics card ie: 44.5oC while not playing games)?
 
No, there is no way your system is having problem with those temps. Default system shutdown isn't until 125 degrees CELCIUS, so that can't be your issue. Besides, XP will give you an on screen heat warning with several options when you start to near those temps (refer to your XP manual). Your Radion 9800 XT has its own heatsink, so there is no issue there. That AMD isn't clocked anywhere near its peak, so a stock heatsink fan will have no problems cooling it.

Like I said, your computer will make it know that it is overheating.
 
Default shutdown is 125 Celsius? Wow! That's 257 Fahrenheit! You sure
about that?

blake said:
No, there is no way your system is having problem with those temps.
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Default system shutdown isn't until 125 degrees CELCIUS, so that can't be
your issue. Besides, XP will give you an on screen heat warning with
several options when you start to near those temps (refer to your XP
manual). Your Radion 9800 XT has its own heatsink, so there is no issue
there. That AMD isn't clocked anywhere near its peak, so a stock heatsink
fan will have no problems cooling it.
 
It can't hurt! See the reply from Blake indicating a maximum operating
temperature of over 250oF! While that seems very high, Blake is correct in
pointing out that you will get an overheating warning before shutdown.
There may be an electrical or mechanical malfunction with the graphics card
which is causing these video anomalies.

Pro said:
I'm soon going to install a new thermotake fan in the side panel so i'll
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keep you up-to-date with the results.
Although when i was playing painkiller on the 3rd stage, I noticed some
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fairly large white patches where it's obvious there should'nt be any. I
think this could have someting to do with overheated hardware? So do you
think installing a side panel fan will work?
And if so could you tell me should i install it to cool the proccessor(ie:
Click to expand...
40oC, or the graphics card ie: 44.5oC while not playing games)?
 
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