GPU F@H crashes my dell

[yh125d]

So I built a dell for my moms office thats sitting unused for a couple weeks til they get all the software they need for it. I load CPU and GPU clients, and after 2-15 seconds, I get a BSOD from the GPU client (I get it any time the GPU client is running, but its perfectly stable with cpu client only. I have the newest ATI drivers installed, is this a common occurrence?

Dell something
Q8300
8gb ram
3650 256mb
blah blah
Vista 32(for now)

 

[Assimilator1]

Which GPU client are you using? console or GUI?


(Btw on a side note I see the RAM you have in your E7200 is the type I'm thinking of getting & you have a similiar mbrd too, what's the RAM o/c to?)

 

[yh125d]

GUI client, i think.


And I never bothered overclocking the ram, there's not really a point. It's good for 533 FSB at least though

 

[Assimilator1]

Pitty, I was hoping to get some idea of what it might o/c to.

Re F@H , did you have the graphics showing?
Because if you did (from here) :-

Note: The viewer included with the Systray client is not working properly and it's a known bug. The Pande Group is aware of the issue and is working to fix it. In the meanwhile, don't use it (it's not required to open the viewer to make the client run, having the Systray icon on the taskbar is enough).

 

[Foxery]

Any chance you can open the side of the case without voiding the warranty, and see what the power supply is rated for?

Those are conservative components compared to an overclocker's rig, but OEMs like to reeeally skimp on power supplies. Overloading it will cause hard crashes like this.

 

[yh125d]

Its a 350w Delta, so plenty of power. Putting a load on the GPU only wouldn't cause it to crash anyway if it can support the CPU being loaded. It's just that systray bug - thanks assimilator

 

[dajeepster]

Dude... you got a Dell.


sorry... couldn't resist

 

[Assimilator1]

No probs .
I hope they fix the graphics soon as I'd like to see them from time to time too.

Btw if you're running DC then their is a point in overclocking RAM, greater output
When I took my OCZ DDR2 800 from 745 MHz (couldn't select 800 @372 MHz FSB)on 4-4-4 timings to 933 MHz 5-5-5 it boosted output on DPAD by ~4.5%, not a huge amount but a worthwhile increase nonetheless . Although of course you have to go through the rigmarole of finding & testing its top speed, it didn't cost anything.
Anyway I've bought some OCZ DDR2 1066 RAM now, if you're interested to know what I end up overclocking it too then LMK.