Hey all, I just built my first computer. Everything seems to be fine, put in my PNY 8800GTS, installed drivers, set my windows resolution, etc. etc.
Then I tried to play HL2. Crashed during the loading screen. Then I tried performing a PCMark score. Again, crashed in the middle. Then I tried playing Civ IV, game just aborts during the loading screen.
Sooo...any ideas? I'm using all of the new drivers and DX9c. Oh, and I'm on XP. It's perplexing. I also ran Performance Test, but that actually worked. Very strange.
Stats:
[Post] (Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:31 pm
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blade85 wrote:
whats your overall system specs + psu details
E4300 @ 2.5ghz
GIG 965P-DS3 (1.3)
2GB 667mhz 55515
PNY 8800GTS 320 MB
Vigor 500W PSU (my first thought of being the culprit, kind of a cheapo PSU, but I wasn't sure how to go about diagnosing it)
SB X-FI (but haven't installed that yet)
Seagate 250GB SATA
Windows XP Home (SP2)
Samsung 206BW (DVI)
I went online to DL the new Forceware drivers, but ended up rolling back to the ones released in Dec. of 06. Still no luck.
Then I tried to play HL2. Crashed during the loading screen. Then I tried performing a PCMark score. Again, crashed in the middle. Then I tried playing Civ IV, game just aborts during the loading screen.
Sooo...any ideas? I'm using all of the new drivers and DX9c. Oh, and I'm on XP. It's perplexing. I also ran Performance Test, but that actually worked. Very strange.
Stats:
[Post] (Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:31 pm
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blade85 wrote:
whats your overall system specs + psu details
E4300 @ 2.5ghz
GIG 965P-DS3 (1.3)
2GB 667mhz 55515
PNY 8800GTS 320 MB
Vigor 500W PSU (my first thought of being the culprit, kind of a cheapo PSU, but I wasn't sure how to go about diagnosing it)
SB X-FI (but haven't installed that yet)
Seagate 250GB SATA
Windows XP Home (SP2)
Samsung 206BW (DVI)
I went online to DL the new Forceware drivers, but ended up rolling back to the ones released in Dec. of 06. Still no luck.