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  1. 11-18-2002, 05:18 AM #1
    IceBlitz
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    Temperature too high? Or not enough power?

    Symptom:
    1. When I play WarCraft 3/Morrowind/Battlefield1942, sometimes the screen freezes and metallic sound continues to repeat itself.
    - When I check the temperature, it is around 52~57 degrees C.

    2. When the system is idle, CPU temp is around 49~51 degrees C. When the system runs the program it is around 55~59 degrees C.




    Here is my system spec

    Powersupply:
    +5V and +3.3V combined load 160W
    total output 300W



    CPU & Mobo:
    Athlon 1800+ oc to 1900+
    Volcano 6 4550rpm heatsink
    *plus 2 case fans

    K7S5A mobo



    Drives:
    1 13.6gig hard
    1 40 gig hard
    1 80 gig hard
    1 CD-rom drive
    1 CD-RW drive
    1 floppy (duh)


    Cards:
    ATI Radeon 8500
    SBlive
    ATA133 controller card
    network card (cable connection)


    OS:
    Windwos XP prof.




    I want to know what is wrong with my system.
    It is keep crashing on CPU intensive 3D games!!!
    It is annoying!
    (I have suffered 5 straight losses in Battle.net Ladder... FRUSTRATING!)
    Strengths
    stock fan
    2200mhz @ stock v-core (200 X 11)
    2300mhz @ 1.75v (200 X 11.5)
    2400mhz @ 1.95v (200 X 12.0)

    Going higher than 2400mhz is near impossible with air cooling.
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  2. 11-18-2002, 05:38 AM #2
    rogue1979
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    Try clocking the cpu down to stock first. Second, that is alot of devices you are running on a 300-watt power supply, perhaps an upgrade is in order.

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  3. 11-18-2002, 05:42 AM #3
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    I would do something about that heat getting near 60c your chip will likely be unstable especially when overclocked. You might also want to install something like mbm5 or another utility to check your rails and make sure they're stable.
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  4. 11-18-2002, 10:50 AM #4
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    yeah, bigger psu and more cooling is in order!
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