XP Crashing random when playing TDU

[Unimatrix Xero]

Ok this problem cropped up yesterday evening once and again 4 times within 20 mins this afternoon

While ive been trying to play Test Drive Unlimited my system has been locking up and a high pitched sound comes from my surround sound speakers, the system is completly loced and i have to reset the machine to get the system back

it did this once on loading TDU

and 3 times while i was driving round on the map (cockpit view)

my idle GPU temp is 66c and in game its hitting around 95-96c, i know this is kinda high but what am i suppost to do...

my CPU is at 31 idle, bu ti have no idea what its at when in the game

the only thing that is overclocked is my processor, and TDU has been running fine with the overclock for 2 weeks now, so i cant see how it would be that.

At the moment in time im leaning towards a overheating issue as its a hot day and my PC sits next to a window, ive opened up all the fan vents and windows close to the PC

does anyone else think its an overheating issue??

[Unimatrix Xero]

well i decided to take the fan and heatsink off my graphics card and all the white gunk had gone over the chip and most of it wasnt even on the silver core, so ive taken it all off and replaced it with some ArticSilver stuff what ive got.

So far the GPU temp as dropped by around 5c, atm its on 60-61c

Mods please move to hardware and overclocking

[fingers.t.beaver]

Definately sounds like an overheating issue.

[Unimatrix Xero]

  fingers.t.beaver said:

Definately sounds like an overheating issue.

thankx for confirming this mate

just ran TDU for 20 mins in various views, no crashing but GPU core was still hitting 90c

[L3thal Veteran]

Moved here

[Odom Member]

Have you looked in the Event Viewer, if there is anything in there, under Apps or Sys?

[Unimatrix Xero]

/\ /\ there is nothing there about TDU or about any BSOD

my gfx temp has gone back to 60c now so ive had a drop of 6c give or take a 'c' or so

[NienorGT]

Herm, what are your specs at first?

[Unimatrix Xero]

Computer:

Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

OS Service Pack Service Pack 2

Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 (IE 7.0)

DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Computer Name MEDIA-PC (Media PC)

User Name Unimatrix

Logon Domain MEDIA-PC

Date / Time 2007-05-02 / 11:16

Motherboard:

CPU Type AMD Sempron, 2115 MHz (9 x 235)

Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-K8NS (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)

Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce3 250, AMD Hammer

System Memory 1536 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

BIOS Type Award Modular (10/19/05)

Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)

Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (256 MB)

3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Monitor LG Flatron L1720B [17" LCD] (14083999)

Multimedia:

Audio Adapter SigmaTel STAC9750/51 @ Creative Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350) Sound Card

Storage:

IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)

IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)

Storage Controller NVIDIA NForce ATA RAID Class Controller

Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller

Disk Drive Lexmark USB Mass Storage USB Device

Disk Drive Maxtor 6B160M0 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)

Disk Drive Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)

Disk Drive ST332062 0AS USB Device (320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)

Optical Drive JLMS XJ-HD166S (16x/48x DVD-ROM)

Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-16H5S (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)

Optical Drive ZW1524Q VCF532T SCSI CdRom Device

SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:

C: (NTFS) 39189 MB (26767 MB free)

D: (NTFS) 156327 MB (112513 MB free)

F: (NTFS) 305242 MB (240487 MB free)

Total Size 489.0 GB (370.9 GB free)

Input:

Keyboard Microsoft eHome MCIR 109 Keyboard

Keyboard Microsoft eHome MCIR Keyboard

Keyboard Microsoft eHome Remote Control Keyboard keys

Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Mouse Logitech USB Marble Mouse

Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network:

Primary IP Address 192.168.1.64

Primary MAC Address 00-14-85-BF-5B-73

Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (192.168.1.64)

Peripherals:

Printer Lexmark 4300 Series

Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer

FireWire Controller Creative Audigy IEEE1394 Firewire Controller (PHY: TI TSB41AB1/2)

Infrared Controller eHome Infrared Receiver

Infrared Controller Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver

USB1 Controller nVIDIA nForce3 250 (CK8S) - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller

USB1 Controller nVIDIA nForce3 250 (CK8S) - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller

USB2 Controller nVIDIA nForce3 250 (CK8S) - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller

USB Device eHome Infrared Receiver

USB Device Generic USB Hub

USB Device Generic USB Hub

USB Device Lexmark 4300 Series

USB Device Logitech USB Marble Mouse

USB Device USB Composite Device

USB Device USB Human Interface Device

USB Device USB Human Interface Device

USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

USB Device USB Printing Support

USB Device Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

DMI:

DMI BIOS Vendor Award Software International, Inc.

DMI BIOS Version F18

DMI System Manufacturer

DMI System Product

DMI System Version

DMI System Serial Number

DMI Motherboard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

DMI Motherboard Product nForce

DMI Motherboard Version x.x

DMI Motherboard Serial Number

DMI Chassis Manufacturer

DMI Chassis Version

DMI Chassis Serial Number

DMI Chassis Asset Tag

DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case

DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 3 / 0

[Ap0x]

omg...

[NienorGT]

huh ok, next time, just a little sum will suffice.

90c is possible on a 6600GT, in reviews at the time they was getting 80c.

So if your fan is getting old, it's possible, but not really good.

But, I would look also at the temps of the CPU. Most of BSOD (even if you don't see it, when computer freeze with a repetitive sound it's a BSOD) are more related to CPU than the GPU. In my little experience in a computer store, when the GPU over-heat you get crashing games (not the whole system) or artifacts.

If you really want to know if your system is over-heating, get ATi-Tool and SuperPI.

Run ATI-Tool with the 3D View activated and run a 4Mb in SuperPi.

If something over-heat, it will most likely crash on this.