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System Hard Locks for Gaming
Hi, I have been struggling with a problem with my pc for months now. The system is about 3months old and hard locks everytime I play games(eg COD4, BF:BC2). I have tried changing out the RAM modules to a different brand(G.Skill->Corsair) and this has made no difference. The system hard locks even at stock bios settings so I'm ruling out overclocking causing any crashes as I can run prime95 blend for 16hrs np and LinX 20 pass np.
My temps are well within acceptable range. GFX: 36idle 70max load under furmark, CPU: 38idle 73max load in lynx under oc and no OC is around 50 something. I have read that running games in admin mode fixes this but not here. Also I have the latest chipset/bios/gfx/sound drivers. Also read disabling windows media sharing fixes this but no. When gaming the system completely locks within 2-30mins, the game will be running fine then all of a sudden it freezes completely and the sound loops on the last sound made. Sometimes I reboot and can game for about 1hr before it locks again. I don't get any grey screen or artifacts appearing. I've tried increasing various voltages but this has made no difference. I've tried flashing my GFX to a different bios(asus) and this has done nothing.
I can render 720p video in sony vegas with CPU usage hitting 100% solid and ram 90% used and have no crashes.
I am truely baffled as to what the issue is. The system has been doing this for as long as I can remember. It could be something in the software maybe a setting in windows 7. I'm not sure. You can see my PC specs they are all reliable good brands/hardware.
Last edited by Vandal; 13 Sep 2010 at 10:02.