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Post subject: computer freezes  Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:27 pm |
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| Apprentice bacon herder |
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my computer has started freezing (and in alot of cases also blanking out screen for 2 seconds) and then loads up again. it also crashs media player when trying to load a DVD or load music.
there are 2 slots on my card for power (card got put in about 10 mins ago) but have only plugged one in just incase it did overload... would this be a power problem or what?
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:37 pm |
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| it is I! Diabetes man! |
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cards...gfx card?
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:37 pm |
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| Apprentice bacon herder |
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MrNiceGuy=GCHQ= wrote: cards...gfx card?
yea _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:48 pm |
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well as you just put it in...
and presumably...... you were ok before...
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a/power.....
b/drivers.....
does it do it if you come up in safe mode?
and how often is it freezing?
what power supply is it you have in? and normally....the card should only need one power connector...
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:54 pm |
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| Apprentice bacon herder |
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MrNiceGuy=GCHQ= wrote: well as you just put it in...
and presumably...... you were ok before...
its
a/power.....
b/drivers.....
does it do it if you come up in safe mode?
and how often is it freezing?
what power supply is it you have in? and normally....the card should only need one power connector...
got a new 600w psu after sending the other back... it only down it when trying to load media player (havent tried games yet as wanted to stop it from media player first) not tried safemode yet... will reinstall drivers for the car now... _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Chips=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:01 pm |
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| I'm ghey 4 teh Hoff! |
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CPU intensive processes? Overheating - cleaned your heatsink of dust recently?
Not much of a techie guy me - obviously 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:06 pm |
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Chips wrote: CPU intensive processes? Overheating - cleaned your heatsink of dust recently? Not much of a techie guy me - obviously cpu is clean... cleaned it before i put the new graphics card in...
could it b that my computer might be to slow for it? thats y it is freezing? _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Chips=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:17 pm |
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On displaying a video, shouldn't be - the performance of a computer should be fine, unless you've got your screen res to some massive amount, so it's doing plenty of processing on the GFX card, which requires more power than it's currently got - which could cause it to 'freeze' up. My Radeon used to do that, needing VPU recover to kick in... or me to reboot.
The important thing about those PSU's is the power output on the 12v rail, and not the overall power output (which is actually usually it's max unsustainable power output - it's peak is 600W, but may normally be 480W).
I actually mis-read your original post, does the manual not show where to plug the card into the power supply? Does it require 2 * 12v or something? I'd read the manual carefully and see whether only one or both of those requires plugging in. What card is it by the way?
Last edited by Chips=GCHQ= on Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:19 pm |
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ah ok.
and i reinstalled my drivers... and tried again but still wont load DVD's... requires me to task manager to end the process
so no idea what else   _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:20 pm |
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| I'm ghey 4 teh Hoff! |
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I edited my above post whilst you posted
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:29 pm |
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Chips wrote: I actually mis-read your original post, does the manual not show where to plug the card into the power supply? Does it require 2 * 12v or something? I'd read the manual carefully and see whether only one or both of those requires plugging in. What card is it by the way? it says Quote: connect the female connector of the harddisk adapter cable to the power connector on the back of the graphics card. then attach the male connector on the cable to a matching connector from your computers power supply. gainward bliss 6800gs, 7800 (one i have) and 7900 series display adapters will not operate without the additional power source
so does it need 2 or...? _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:41 pm |
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I've no idea, what's the female hDD connector? I only know of the IDE connector slot, or the SATA - dependant upon your HDD, and it also takes a bog standard power supply socket as well.
Why's it connected to the HDD i dunno, as it's addressing comes from the system bus itself and processor doesn't it?
Argh, dunno mate - sorry. It's talking taiwanese to me.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:44 pm |
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Chips wrote: I've no idea, what's the female hDD connector? I only know of the IDE connector slot, or the SATA - dependant upon your HDD, and it also takes a bog standard power supply socket as well.
Why's it connected to the HDD i dunno, as it's addressing comes from the system bus itself and processor doesn't it?
Argh, dunno mate - sorry. It's talking taiwanese to me.
dont make much sence to me either lol
the plug (for power) was a box with 4 pins in it, i have the same next to my cpu. it is my power to my mobo... (i believe), it has 2 sets of wires with 2 different plugs on the end (same type of connect though) i have 2 plugs that can go into it. and i could do it but in fear of blowing up my pc  _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:02 pm |
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I have known of pc lockups due to bad codecs when watching video, installed any new codecs recently?
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:06 pm |
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Gmar=GCHQ= wrote: I have known of pc lockups due to bad codecs when watching video, installed any new codecs recently?
no only install the one, at which allows me to watch this (and any other) DVD. not had any problems with it...
anything that came with the graphics card i have installed... and reinstalled as well _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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