Another comp issue

[dragonone]

I have a p43.0HT and when i game it restarts and crashes about ~ 1 hour
i've tried memtest (various), nothing thorough like overnight, and some weird video card test that showed nothing

any ideas?

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CPU 01 : Intel Pentium 4, 2998 MHz (3000.00 MHz = 15.0 x 200.00 MHz)
CPU 01: Core/Socket : Gallatin / Socket 478
CPU 01: Cache : L1: 12 K µOPs + 8 KB, L2: 512 KB, L3: 0 KB
CPU 02 : Intel Pentium 4, 2998 MHz (3000.00 MHz = 15.0 x 200.00 MHz)
CPU 02: Core/Socket : Gallatin / Socket 478
CPU 02: Cache : L1: 12 K µOPs + 8 KB, L2: 512 KB, L3: 0 KB
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Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800
BIOS Type : AMI-Hiflex, V9.05
BIOS Version/Date : 1019.005 / 10/14/2004
BIOS ID : 63-1905-000104-00101111-101404-I865PE
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Plug and Play : yes, Signature: $PnP, Version: 1.0, Address: F000h:5020h
SMBIOS : yes, Signature: _SM_, Version: 2.3, Address: F000h:AAC0h
DMI : yes, Signature: _DMI_ Revision: 2.3, Address: F000h:AAD0h
ACPI : yes, Signature: RSD PTR, Revision: 1.0, Address: F000h:9E30h
Multiprocessor (MP) : yes, Signature: _MP_ Revision: 1.4, Address: F000h:F780h
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Chipset : Intel 82865G/PE/P Host Bridge
Total memory : 1536 MByte, 4 Modules
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Sound 01: Card : unknown
Sound 01: Chipset : Intel, 82801EB (ICH5), AC97 Audio
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Operating System : Windows XP Professional
Version / SP / Build : 5.1 / 2.0 / 2600
Operating System Path : I:\WINDOWS
Name of Computer : DDR-797346
Domain/Workgroup : WORKGROUP
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Drv Description Capacity Free Type Filesystem/Source
A: --- 0 MByte 0 MByte Removable ---
C: Virtual 3498 MByte 1278 MByte HDD NTFS
D: Storage 172275 MByte 44490 MByte HDD NTFS
E: --- 1758 MByte 0 MByte CD-ROM CDFS
H: --- 0 MByte 0 MByte Removable ---
I: OS 14998 MByte 9619 MByte HDD NTFS
J: --- 0 MByte 0 MByte Removable ---
K: --- 4435 MByte 0 MByte CD-ROM CDFS
L: --- 0 MByte 0 MByte Removable ---
M: --- 0 MByte 0 MByte Removable ---
N: --- 0 MByte 0 MByte CD-ROM ---
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Drv Interface SCSI-ID Type Capacity SN SMART Description
01 IDE --- HDD 190779 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- ST3200822A
02 USB --- HDD 0 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- Generic STORAGE DEVICE
03 USB --- HDD 0 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- Generic STORAGE DEVICE
04 USB --- HDD 0 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- Generic STORAGE DEVICE
05 USB --- HDD 0 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- Generic STORAGE DEVICE
06 IDE --- DVD 4432 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B
07 IDE --- DVD 1756 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109
08 SCSI 2|0|0|0 DVD 0 MByte -DEMO- -DEMO- SCSIVAX DVD/CD-ROM
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Bus Dev Func Vendor Device SubVendor SubDevice Description
(00 | 00 | 00) 8086h 2570h 1043h 80F2h Intel 82865G/PE/P Host Bridge
(00 | 01 | 00) 8086h 2571h 0000h 0000h Intel 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller
(00 | 1D | 00) 8086h 24D2h 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), USB (UHCI), Nr.: 0
(00 | 1D | 01) 8086h 24D4h 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), USB (UHCI), Nr.: 1
(00 | 1D | 02) 8086h 24D7h 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), USB (UHCI), Nr.: 2
(00 | 1D | 03) 8086h 24DEh 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), USB (UHCI), Nr.: 3
(00 | 1D | 07) 8086h 24DDh 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), USB (EHCI)
(00 | 1E | 00) 8086h 244Eh 0000h 0000h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), Hub Interface-to-PCI Bridge
(00 | 1F | 00) 8086h 24D0h 0000h 0000h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), LPC Interface
(00 | 1F | 01) 8086h 24DBh 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), IDE
(00 | 1F | 03) 8086h 24D3h 1043h 80A6h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), SMBus
(00 | 1F | 05) 8086h 24D5h 1043h 80F3h Intel 82801EB (ICH5), AC97 Audio
(01 | 00 | 00) 1002h 4E48h 1002h 0002h ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R300)
(01 | 00 | 01) 1002h 4E68h 1002h 0003h ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - Secondary
(02 | 05 | 00) 10B7h 1700h 1043h 80EBh 3COM 3C940 Gbit Adapter (LOM)
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NIC 01: Name : 3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940) - Packet Scheduler Miniport
NIC 01: Type/MAC: Type: Ethernet, MAC : -DEMO-
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Printer name Driver Port
hp deskjet 3600 series hp deskjet 3600 series USB001
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer DriverMicrosoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
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[ricosuave]

hows your power supply and cooling?

[HyperZell]

Step one is to download all of the latest drivers, especially for your graphics card. ATI just released Catalyst 6.2, I believe. Once that's done, you can be sure that you're not missing any simple and easy steps.

[dragonone]

cpu runs at 40-50 i think? last i checked these run at 70 celcius
powersupply is enermax, tho i don't kno how to check for that

i just recently installed everything so the drivers are all latest from the net

[HyperZell]

Step two is to isolate the problem. What game does it crash with? All of them? Only a certain one? And, what about normal operations?

[dragonone]

it crashed in delta force extreme and cs: condition zero
quakeGL ran fine tho lol

[Shrad]

download Prime95, run the In-place Large FFT under the Torture Test menu, and tell us if you get any errors within about 4-5 hours of it, and tell us the max temperature it hits.

[ShadowDragonx]

sounds like a heat issue

has the cpu or gpu been overclocked?
ram overvolted?

[dragonone]

i have no idea if it's been overclocked or overvolted, i bought this thingi used
but from the bios it seems everything is normal?
and from ati, the internal clocks are at default i believe

but cool program the prime95
i got two errors, but i don't know what they mean

Test1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFt length.
FATAL ERROR: rounding was 0.4921875, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file. (which didn't help much)
Torture test ran 2 mintues - 1 errors, 0 warnings
execution halted

self-test 8k passed
10k passed
12k passed
then:
Test3, 38000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M282625 using 14K FFt length.
FATAL ERROR: rounding was 0.498046875, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file. (which didn't help much)
Torture test ran 54 mintues - 1 errors, 0 warnings
execution halted

i know there's something wrong, but i'm not too sure as to how to isolate the problem or how to identify them

[Shrad]

Did you run the test I asked you to? The rounding errors are mathematical errors either coming from your CPU, or the math co-processor.

If you did, then the problem is that your CPU is a busted POS. Secondarily, it could be the motherboard crapping out, but the test I suggested isolates your CPU very well.

Also, what kind of powersupply are you using?

[GQBalla]

take your processor and plug it in another mb.

your processor at stock speeds can't even run for 1 hour and it already gets a error...

thats not a good sign already,

i do a little overclocking to about 2.56 ghz on my 2.0 ghz processor and i can run prime 95 stable for 24 hours.

but like Shrad said, i think it could be 75 % chance its your processor and about 25 % your mb.

hopefully its your mb since its cheaper.

but check to see if your processor still has warrenty if it is your processor.

[dragonone]

hm... i don't know what to think
not that the processor had these wrong caculations during this stress test, and not to be evident elsewhere, even when i encoded mpg1 or mpg2's (which uses the cpu heavily i presume)

maybe i should take it to memxpress for them to do a thorough test
i bought this sys used from a fellow beyond member, i don't know what he'd do if i was in his position either
he told me he bought the processor from a futureshop worker's deal and thus doesn't have a receipt from it (i said ok to that so i guess that was stupid)

everything works fine until i game~~
i can burn dvd's, d/l, watch movies, extract stuff, encode stuff just fine

i'm kinda stumped

[eblend]

check your powersupply, maybe it does not have enough wattage to run all your stuff under high load for long time

[ShadowDragonx]

Originally posted by dragonone
hm... i don't know what to think
not that the processor had these wrong caculations during this stress test, and not to be evident elsewhere, even when i encoded mpg1 or mpg2's (which uses the cpu heavily i presume)

maybe i should take it to memxpress for them to do a thorough test
i bought this sys used from a fellow beyond member, i don't know what he'd do if i was in his position either
he told me he bought the processor from a futureshop worker's deal and thus doesn't have a receipt from it (i said ok to that so i guess that was stupid)

everything works fine until i game~~
i can burn dvd's, d/l, watch movies, extract stuff, encode stuff just fine

i'm kinda stumped


cpu sounds like it's dieing
try giving it alittle mroe voltage to test it out

[legendboy]

this was my old machine. i honestly never overclocked it or even tinkered around with it. i just left all the bios stuff as it came from the factory.

this machine never ever gave me one problem. i flashed the bios once and the videocard bios was updated i think but i played halo, doom3 (or 4 or whatever), hl2 and never had a problem.

the hard drive i sold with the pc isn't the one i had my os on. i kept that sata drive.

i bought the futureshop mobo/cpu/xp deal from my buddy Ed the SOHC (username). the p4 cpu on the recipt is actually in my grand parents pc, along with the intel board i got with the deal. i kept the p4c chip for my machine.

the 1gig of ddr400 dual channel kit is only about 6 weeks old also. the 512dc kit i bought with the pc.

i really don't know what the problem is your running into. this thing really never gave me any trouble, and was mostly used for web surfing :dunno:

[Charon]

Could be a RAM issues as well, ^^ mentions 1 gig ddr400 and also the 512dc kit. I have had computers crash like this because of mixed ram. Pull the 512 out and give er a go

[dragonone]

well i'm bringing it to memxpress later and i'll post up the results in a bit=) thnx for the help so far

[djayz]

yes could definately be a bad piece of ram as well
when i got my comp it would run sometimes for a good day or so and when i tried to run a game or something it would just restart itself

see if your memory test during boot up checks out okay.