The 9th Sage
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Ok, so for those who don't remember, which is probably all of you, I've had this problem for a while now where my CPU and GPU evidently lose communications with each other (on the desktop this means I get a VPU recovery error, with Windows telling me in different words that the GPU had a problem and has recovered). This means that games have a tendency to freeze, often seemingly at random.
Now, I've stress tested my CPU, Memtested my RAM, sent out my motherboard to get it checked, and sent out my power supply to get it checked, and they all seem to check out (though I don't actually have the power supply back yet, I confirmed this over the phone).
I've also tried two different graphics cards and both work, and both the GPU and CPU don't seem to be running overly hot (I mean, hell, I Prime95'd this QuadCore for like 48 hours straight). I'm pretty much out of ideas at this point, and am looking for some assistance.
It almost always happens only when I'm playing a game, though once in a great while it will when I'm doing something else (on the desktop or whatever). Since the power supply itself works, my only other thought right now is to try different RAM (my RAM checks out, but I wanted to get more RAM anyway, so why not?), or that possibly my PC is drawing a little bit too much current, not enough to trip up the PSU but enough to cause problems. I think this is unlikely, but at this point I can't rule anything out (oh, also I don't believe it's windows as it did this on both XP and Windows 7 x64). I guess I need to find a way to check this under load before I spend the cash to get a new power supply. I was thinking about unplugging one of the hard drives to see if that helped. I don't think it overly uses power, but perhaps it would be enough to help if it really is using too much power overall.
Anyway, suggestions are hoped for.
*edit*
Specs
Intel Core2Quad Q6600
2x1 GB sticks of DDR2 RAM at 800 mhz (will try it with my new 2x2 GB DDR2 @ 1066 mhz pair, doesn't use any more voltage at least)
Radeon HD 5750
two WD Caviar drives a 320 GB and 640 GB one as I recall (exact specs other than this I don't recall right now)
power supply is a 610 watt PC Power and Cooling one (model number 610EPS I believe)
motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro
Now, I've stress tested my CPU, Memtested my RAM, sent out my motherboard to get it checked, and sent out my power supply to get it checked, and they all seem to check out (though I don't actually have the power supply back yet, I confirmed this over the phone).
I've also tried two different graphics cards and both work, and both the GPU and CPU don't seem to be running overly hot (I mean, hell, I Prime95'd this QuadCore for like 48 hours straight). I'm pretty much out of ideas at this point, and am looking for some assistance.
It almost always happens only when I'm playing a game, though once in a great while it will when I'm doing something else (on the desktop or whatever). Since the power supply itself works, my only other thought right now is to try different RAM (my RAM checks out, but I wanted to get more RAM anyway, so why not?), or that possibly my PC is drawing a little bit too much current, not enough to trip up the PSU but enough to cause problems. I think this is unlikely, but at this point I can't rule anything out (oh, also I don't believe it's windows as it did this on both XP and Windows 7 x64). I guess I need to find a way to check this under load before I spend the cash to get a new power supply. I was thinking about unplugging one of the hard drives to see if that helped. I don't think it overly uses power, but perhaps it would be enough to help if it really is using too much power overall.
Anyway, suggestions are hoped for.
*edit*
Specs
Intel Core2Quad Q6600
2x1 GB sticks of DDR2 RAM at 800 mhz (will try it with my new 2x2 GB DDR2 @ 1066 mhz pair, doesn't use any more voltage at least)
Radeon HD 5750
two WD Caviar drives a 320 GB and 640 GB one as I recall (exact specs other than this I don't recall right now)
power supply is a 610 watt PC Power and Cooling one (model number 610EPS I believe)
motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro