Major, major problems with new system
03-08-2004, 16:58
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Ok,
3Dmark01 fails but Memtest passes yes - so it dosent look like its the memory.
I think your issue is Fastwrites you know - i have known so many people to have this issue with new boards. Go into your BIOS and disable it then run 3Dmark again.
3Dmark01 is IMO a brilliant program, not for benchmarking but for proving new systems.
Try it and let me know.
P.s. Wouldnt be a Hercules 9800 Pro would it?
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04-08-2004, 01:57
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
No, it's not.
Thanks for your advice, I disabled fastwrites and I also ran a couple of hard disk surface scans but neither helped.
3DMark2001 ran for about 5 mins then it locked (screen went blank, high pitched noise from speakers, then rebooted).
I don't think it's a graphics card problem because only a minute ago I pressed the back button in my browser and I had a crash.
Strangely enough, I've been playing Doom 3 for hours with no problems at all. 
Now that is one hell of a system test so I doubt if it's the graphics card or the power supply.
I've already proved this theory by using a GF4 and it still crashed.
Next thing to try is taking the HD from another PC and reinstalling Windows on that.
If it doesn't crash then it's either the Raptor HD itself or the SATA/RAID drivers.
If it does crash then it's almost certainly the motherboard.
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04-08-2004, 02:25
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
You may also want to look over at the AMDMB forums where a LOT of people post. They have a section specifically devoted to ASUS boards and a lot of discussions going on.
There is a whole heap of posts about your board - just do a search for A8V in the ASUS section of the Forum.
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04-08-2004, 02:52
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Have you got an URL for that?
I vaguely remember reading some official AMD forums to do some homework prior to buying an FX but I don't know the address.
Is it amdzone.com?
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04-08-2004, 03:03
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
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04-08-2004, 03:09
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Thanks. 
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04-08-2004, 03:22
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Hmm.. thanks for that link but all I can find are people moaning about AGP locks as usual - nobody seems to be having the problem that I am. 
Going to phone OCUK TS in the morning to get this sorted once and for all.
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04-08-2004, 03:54
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Ooh, ooh!
I think I found something out!
Just now my system went to crash as usual with it's normal black screen, I waited for a sec and thought to myself "oh great, another crash" and then it suddenly came back and said "VPU recover has reported your VPU as not responding" or words to that effect.
Then I got the screen as shown below...
To me this means that it's even more a motherboard problem.
Right now, I'm using the "software renderer" which is like using a system without any drivers installed, pages take ages to scroll etc. 
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04-08-2004, 09:50
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
I've never heard or seen that error before
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04-08-2004, 10:04
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
VPU recover is a feature built into the ATi Drivers, the thing is - if you dont have them installed how can it be recovering.
Unless you are using the ATi drivers that come with an updated XP - they are supplied by ATi and probably have feature as it was released in 3.8 cats. (More here)
SO therefore
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Hmm.. thanks for that link but all I can find are people moaning about AGP locks as usual
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This would kinda seem to be a similar thing would it not.
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04-08-2004, 10:28
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
didnt read it all - so forgive me but did u try a different OS? 2000 for example
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04-08-2004, 12:37
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
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Originally Posted by theblueraja
VPU recover is a feature built into the ATi Drivers, the thing is - if you dont have them installed how can it be recovering.
Unless you are using the ATi drivers that come with an updated XP - they are supplied by ATi and probably have feature as it was released in 3.8 cats. (More here)
SO therefore
This would kinda seem to be a similar thing would it not. |
I'm using the Cats 4.7.
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05-08-2004, 12:42
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Just got through to OCUK tech support and the guy said he's never seen anything like this and concluded that it's a faulty mobo.
He's using a mobo with a KT800 chipset too so it helped that he knew what he was on about.
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05-08-2004, 12:53
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
Nice one - RMA then?
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05-08-2004, 16:18
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Re: Major, major problems with new system
I've followed this thread with interest. The dangers of building your own machine  Put me right off. Methinks it's safer to let someone else do it - at least then you have someone to blame
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