No one seems to be able to figure this out.

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 03:07 PM

Processor Manufacturer: AMD
Processor Type: Athlon 64 3400+
Processor Speed: (same as Frequency? if so) 2200Mhz
Operating System / Service Pack: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
System RAM: Physical Memory :1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR-SDRAM )
Video Card Manufacturer: ATI
Video Card :ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
Video Card RAM: 512 MB
Video Card Driver Version: Catalyst (not sure how to find what type)
Sound Card Manufacturer: SoundMAX
Sound Card Model: (not Sure how to find this)
Sound Card Driver Version: (Dk how to find)
Current Sound- SoundMAX Digital Audio.

Under display-
Drivers-
Main Driver- Ati2dvag.dll
Version- 6.14.0010.6719
date- 8/22/2007
Mini VDD- atimtag.sys
DDI version- 9 (or higher)

Sorry anyone who reads this, I’m not terribly computer savvy so I’m not sure how to locate some of the information, just tell me if I need to post any other information here. Thanks.

Problem- During gameplay at random intervals my game/computer will crash. It is typically during battle but has happened in town. It doesn't even seem like the game locks up, all that happens is my screen goes black I hear my computer go "click" and the system restarts. I have had this problem before and thought that it was related do to the overheating graphics card i had at the time. But recently I went out and bought a new card just to test this and it still happens. This issue has not happened on any other game, I tested CounterStike and World of Warcraft and both work flawlessly. I thought it might have been an overheating problem, partially because my old Radeon 9800 fried itself, but that was do to the fact the fan on the card failed, not poor circulation. I have downloaded a few programs to monitor heat and the typical temp on the processor (when I’m gaming) is around 52C and the mainboard temp is about 10 degrees cooler. The Graphics card temp is around 35C when I’m not gaming at around 45C when I am. I’m not exactly sure what the “safe” temp is, but one of the programs I have said it warns you if your computer is getting to hot.

Also on a side note- I was also considering that it might be a soundchip issue, do to outdated an outdated driver or something. I have been looking around all day trying to find something or someone who can help me figure out how to check this and how to fix it.

Anyone have any ideas? I have been asking around for along time and so far no one has been able to figure out what it is. So if you manage to fix this, you are a god among men lol. I’m dieing to get this fixed. I really appreciate any ideas you can throw my way.

Hard Disk
Number of Hard Disk- 1
General info- SMART: Version 1.1
Other Info- IDE channel- Master Drive
- Size: 160 GB
-Cache: 8.192 GB
Partitions
-Hard Disk #1 :Partition #1 (149 GB)

CD Rom Drive-Info
-IDE Channel: #2 Master drive
-Manufacturer- Sony
-Model- Sony RW DW-D22AReading CD-Rom :125x (22160 KB/s)
-Reading DVD-Rom :40x
Writing CD-R : 125x (22160 KB/s)
Writing CD-RW : 76x
Writing DVD-R : 26x
Writing DVD-RW : 12x
Writing DVD+R : 26x
Writing DVD+RW : 12x
Writing DVD+R DL : 8x

Physical Memory :1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR-SDRAM )
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2

Fans-
Chassis Fan :2481 rpm
Processor Fan :3426 rpm
1st fan located at the front of my computer sucking air in
2nd fan is in the back blowing outward- Located about 5 inches higher then the 1st fan

Exact info from the power supply case

- Model : DX-PS350W Ac input- 115/230v-, 60/50Hz, 7/4A
Fan controlled ATX12v Power supply
DC Output Wats- 35W, +5v,3.3v: 210W
(All that info I got off of PCWizard 2008)

Anything else i can give you?

And system Requirements for the game

System Requierments-

OS- Windows XP
Processor- intel pentium 4 2.0 GHZ or AMD athlon XP 2000 or equivalent
Mem- 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space- 5.5 GB
DVD Rom Drive- 4X speed
Sound- WIndows XP- Compatible sound Card

**NooNoo** · December 6th, 2007, 03:19 PM

Welcome to Windrivers Savassan

I would look at your power supply... 350w is a bit light for your hardware and what motherboard have you got... is a 24 pin connector to the motherboard or a 20? If it's 24, are you using an adapter or does the 24 pin connector break into 20 and 4 pins?

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Welcome to Windrivers Savassan

I would look at your power supply... 350w is a bit light for your hardware and what motherboard have you got... is a 24 pin connector to the motherboard or a 20? If it's 24, are you using an adapter or does the 24 pin connector break into 20 and 4 pins?

Im Using an Asus K8N-E Deluxe
its a 20 pin connector

**CCT** · December 6th, 2007, 04:23 PM

That motherboard has 20 pin and 4 pin 12v ATX connectors.

The manufacturer apparently recommends a 400 watt psu - the card itself doesn't have an extra power plug requirement.

per:
http://review.zdnet.com/graphics-car...?tag=pdtl-list

You can get voltages from Everest ( http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html ) to look at and compare to what you 'should' have.

**NooNoo** · December 6th, 2007, 04:36 PM

350w is still a bit light considering your video card... do you have any pci cards as well? The dynex is not exactly the world's best make.

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

350w is still a bit light considering your video card... do you have any pci cards as well? The dynex is not exactly the world's best make.

Yes, i have a PCI wireless internet card. Thats the only PCI thing i have tho.

**NooNoo** · December 6th, 2007, 05:01 PM

So get a 400-450w power supply by antec, enlight or enermax or other nice heavy make.

**Guts3d** · December 6th, 2007, 05:04 PM

I think the power supply is the culprit as well, but I would also suggest looking at the ram. 512 is a bit light, and it could be faulty. Try running Memtest+ or another memory testing program.

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Guts3d

I think the power supply is the culprit as well, but I would also suggest looking at the ram. 512 is a bit light, and it could be faulty. Try running Memtest+ or another memory testing program.

Ah the 512 ram is for the video card.

I have 1gig of Ram for memory.

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 05:13 PM

And im looking at PSU now, what do you think i should go for? 450/500/550/600/650w? Cause Im thinking about upgrading my computer a bit, nothing major but a bit more ram and maybe a new vid card.

**NooNoo** · December 6th, 2007, 05:21 PM

Then 450 should be fine. If you want to add more hard drives, then 500

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 06:49 PM

I found a 650w card for cheap but im not sure how good it is and if that brand name is worth anything.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=371926

Any thoughts?

**Savassan** · December 6th, 2007, 07:00 PM

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=371258
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=371926
those are 2 PSU's that i have found that i will prob get. Im not sure which one to get tho, Any ideas? Im thinking the first, but im not sure about the name brand or why the second one would cost more. Am i missing something?

**CCT** · December 6th, 2007, 07:35 PM

Here's a thread that spans 2 years about PSU's - you might wanna read through it and get a feel for what you want to know.

http://www.techimo.com/forum/archive.../t-124252.html

**slgrieb** · December 6th, 2007, 11:37 PM

Savassan, power supply specs can be confusing to evaluate. I'd generally suggest power supplies from Antec. I think they are excellent performers and reasonably priced. I've sold lots of PC Power and Cooling PSU, and I think they are the best PSUs available, but they are WAY expensive.

Thermaltake generally makes good products, and I have a Thermaltake 550 in one of my office machines. At a year or so of usage, it has performed just fine. However, I bought it during a major budget crunch, and would still have gone with an Antec had not the $40 difference been an issue.

I don't have any direct experience with CoolerMaster power supplies, but my opinion of the majority of their products such as CPU coolers is that they are adequate performers, but not world beaters.