Lockups with 6800GT

Here's my setup:

Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
Thermeltake Silent Cooler
Zalman 400W PS
(3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive

Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of start of
intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the 6800 (I believe
stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down? 3dmark03 also locked up
after about 5 minutes.

What are the things I should try first to increase stability?

Thanks!

--
Michael Sovitzky
MCSE: W2K

Michael Sovitzky wrote:
> Here's my setup:
>
> Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
> Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
> Thermeltake Silent Cooler
> Zalman 400W PS
> (3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
> GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
> WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive
>
> Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of start of
> intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the 6800 (I believe
> stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down? 3dmark03 also locked up
> after about 5 minutes.
>
> What are the things I should try first to increase stability?
>
> Thanks!
>
thats an odd fsb, you sure the pci and agp buses are not out of
spec ? try running at 166 or 200 fsb and see if that makes a difference.
I would try running at stock speeds first, and once stable then overclock.

On Thu, 26 May 2005 00:29:17 GMT, "Michael Sovitzky"
<> wrote:

>Here's my setup:
>
>Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
>Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
>Thermeltake Silent Cooler
>Zalman 400W PS
>(3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
>GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
>WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive
>
>Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of start of
>intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the 6800 (I believe
>stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down? 3dmark03 also locked up
>after about 5 minutes.
>
>What are the things I should try first to increase stability?
>

How about running your WHOLE SYSTEM AT DEFAULT SPEED and
memory settings...........FIRST !!

John Lewis



>Thanks!
>
>--
>Michael Sovitzky
>MCSE: W2K
>
>

In article <xL8le.3229$>, Michael
Sovitzky says...
> Here's my setup:
>
> Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
> Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
> Thermeltake Silent Cooler
> Zalman 400W PS
> (3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
> GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
> WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive
>
> Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of start of
> intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the 6800 (I believe
> stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down? 3dmark03 also locked up
> after about 5 minutes.
>
> What are the things I should try first to increase stability?
>
Stop overclocking your CPU.


--
Conor

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." O.Osbourne.

"Michael Sovitzky" <> wrote in message
news:xL8le.3229$
> Here's my setup:
>
> Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
> Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
> Thermeltake Silent Cooler
> Zalman 400W PS
> (3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
> GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
> WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive
>
> Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of
> start of intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the
> 6800 (I believe stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down?
> 3dmark03 also locked up after about 5 minutes.
>
> What are the things I should try first to increase stability?
>
> Thanks!

I have that same card. Not a single crash or lockup with it in at all.
Ah. Run your CPU and buses at stock freqs and see what happens.
McG.

Well, it was the CPU. I went from a 188 FSB to 175. I then ran 3dmark03,
and got up to 7400 3dmarks being able to run the card at 415/1100 with no
problems in 3dmark03 and Doom3 running ultra quality @ 1280x1024.

Very sweet! Thanks for all your help!

Michael

"McGrandpa" <> wrote in message
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> "Michael Sovitzky" <> wrote in message
> news:xL8le.3229$
>> Here's my setup:
>>
>> Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
>> Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
>> Thermeltake Silent Cooler
>> Zalman 400W PS
>> (3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
>> GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
>> WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive
>>
>> Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of
>> start of intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the
>> 6800 (I believe stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down? 3dmark03
>> also locked up after about 5 minutes.
>>
>> What are the things I should try first to increase stability?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> I have that same card. Not a single crash or lockup with it in at all.
> Ah. Run your CPU and buses at stock freqs and see what happens.
> McG.
>

This may be your problem Zalman 400W PS
you need bigger PSU anything over 450W would be okay. Due to power
consumtion of GT card.


Dreadlocks man
"Michael Sovitzky" <> wrote in message
news:xL8le.3229$...
> Here's my setup:
>
> Epox 8RDA+ w/ 7/29/04 BIOS
> Athlon XP 3200+ running at 12.5 x 189Mhz (2366)
> Thermeltake Silent Cooler
> Zalman 400W PS
> (3) Corsair CMX512-3200 (1.5 GB)
> GF 6800 GT (eVga) stock cooler
> WD 200 GB 7200rpm 8MB hard drive
>
> Just put in the eVGA and get lockups in Doom3 after 3 minutes of start of
> intro to game. Currently running at 400Mhz/1000Mhz on the 6800 (I believe
> stock is 350/1000). Should I lower that down? 3dmark03 also locked up
> after about 5 minutes.
>
> What are the things I should try first to increase stability?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Michael Sovitzky
> MCSE: W2K
>