half life 2, and counter strike source, crashes

clairelovestlc · #11 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005, 07:43 PM

you'd think that wouldnt you! lol
all i got is my invoice, which lists the pc spec, and that doesnt say, i think i have an idea of another wya to check tho

on the inside, on those pics i showed u , big black box at the top left, thats the pcu isnt it?

it syas on there 420w

AphJN · #12 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005, 07:47 PM

Thats the PSU, and 420 is a scewtch on the low side for my taste. Wait for the engineer to get there and see what he says. I have a 550 at home and my video isnt as potent as yours. of course I cant run Half-Life2 either...so I guess its a wash for me.

clairelovestlc · #13 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005, 07:50 PM

well my old system ran it fine ( or the demo anyway) so ive spend 2 n a bit grand ,and got a worse system than i had!!

AphJN · #14 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005, 07:53 PM

I wouldnt say that, yours appears to be a "Kick'n" system, just has a few bugs to work out. Any high end gaming system will have that. You push the envelope and you are bound to get some paper cuts!

clairelovestlc · #15 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005, 07:57 PM

lol! aslong as they fix it i dont mind, they just like taking there time about it

clairelovestlc · #16 (**permalink**) 09-04-2005, 12:07 PM

oh yeah, and thanx for your help

clairelovestlc · #17 (**permalink**) 11-04-2005, 04:28 PM

Ok so the technetium came out, has replaced both graphics card, spent an hour on the phone, because he was confused to one of his superiors. And decided to fit another fan....to then find he didnt have the right screws, so is coming back 2morrow....

In the mean time im sitting here, with my pc in the middle of the room with the side case off and a fan on it (as recommended) and its still freezing in games my dads gone absolutely bananas (luckily he’s just got in a cab back to Scotland so its up to me to deal with Evesham, or he'd end up reaching down the phone line and killing someone

im waiting for Evesham’s head supervising technician to call me back, and when he does, be basically gets the ultimatum, the system is fixed tomorrow, and it doesn’t crash again, and if it does, I want an entirely new system.

the man who came out said he’s never seen a system of this spec in the "sleek" case, because it only has the psu fan and the fan under the hardrive so it would get 2 hot, it should be in the "decimator" case, because it has 4 fans and a temperature control thingy, so basically I want my system put into the case that it should be in,

Typically when we ordered the system we asked about the "decimator case" and they said that the sleek case would be fine for our system, but could upgrade if we wanted to pay the extra £125 it costs, and said nothing about the fact they recommend it being in the decimator case because of heat.

clairey the mildy agrivated fairy

AphJN · #18 (**permalink**) 11-04-2005, 04:33 PM

Ok, so now that they have "Decimated" your experience...what are they REALLY going to do?

If I read you message right, only a PSU fan, CPU Fan and one Inlet fan? How hot did the case get? You should have had temp alarms going off if it was too hot.

clairelovestlc · #19 (**permalink**) 11-04-2005, 05:13 PM

i dont know im waititng for one the head men to call me,

i got a psu fan, and the cpu fan, and errm thats it???. the case was geting about as hot as a radiator. the tekkie they sent out couldnt even replace the graphics cards straight way, despite the system only having been on less than and hour, ( and all i was doin was checking emails) because it was so hot.

the graphics cards are quite cool atm (66deg, but its onlt been on about half hour, just checking emails no games, and has the side off and a desk fan on it)
aparently the graphics card *can" run at uptop 127 at which point i get alarms, but hes still convinceed my problem is its overheating..

he did nothing about my moniter problem or dvd drive not workingdespite me telling him, he also ignoired the fact that nividias moniter said the graphics card needed more power, not that it was 2 hot
( see attached image)

AphJN · #20 (**permalink**) 11-04-2005, 05:19 PM

Overheating will cause an excessive draw on power and have the card shutdown (increased resistance due to heat will also cause the system to think its not getting enough power...Very smart setup!)

I would push for a new machine at this point. If you card is running 66deg C and can max out at 127 C, thats still too hot. My case does not get about 32deg C (wont allow it due to burnout concerns) I have 2 massive exhaust fans (600 CFM each) which sound like hurricane fans, but even over clocked from 2.8gh to 3.5gh my P4 doesnt budge past 40 C.

Too much heat will cause the Processor and other components to wear out too fast. If its feeling like a radiator, then its too hot. (i use that test to find burned out PSUs!)