Frequent crashes, re-boots only in vALVE games?

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Andrew K - 19 Feb 2005 16:34 GMT

I have seen other posts from persons with similar problems but never any
thoughts on the possible causes.
Counter-Strike was working just fine till I upgraded the CPU from an Athlon
XP 2100+ to a 3000+.This included the newest BIOS upgrade, a change in FSB
from 266 to 333 and a different CPU multiplier. Now CS crashes to the
desktop with in a few seconds of starting a game every time. The crash can
be described as a sudden freeze in action with a rapid looping of the sound
for one to two seconds before the screen goes blank and goes back to the
desktop. This happens every time at the beginning of a round of CS. (Once ot
twice I played for 4 to 5 minutes.) I am able to play Half-Life or Team
Fortress for ten minutes before a sudden re-boot. I replaced the SOYO 4 in 1
motherboard drivers, ATI video drivers and reinstalled Steam without any
effect. I had upgraded to the CPU in preparation of installing Half-Life 2
but now I not so sure I can if it is going to crash all of the time. Should
I go to a PCI sound card instead of the on-board sound?

-Soyo Dragon SY-KT400 motherboard with VIA chipset, on-board sound/LAN
-AThlon 3000+ / 333 Barton
-512 MB Kingston DDR333
-ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
-Windows XP Professional SP2
-Enermax 350w power supply
-One unused PCI Leadtek TV tuner

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DaveL - 19 Feb 2005 16:43 GMT

Sounds like you have something over-heating and then causing the pc to lock
up. Try with the case open and a house fan blowing onto the motherboard and
video card. Test your memory with Memtest86. Downclock the fsb to 266 and
test. Maybe the PSU is over-stressed. Try with a better, higher wattage
unit.

DaveL

>I have seen other posts from persons with similar problems but never any
> thoughts on the possible causes.
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> -Enermax 350w power supply
> -One unused PCI Leadtek TV tuner

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Civilian_Target - 24 Feb 2005 15:50 GMT

Getting this problem also. Suspect leaky capacitors though, because a
reformat didn't fix anything and my setup isn't that unusual....

Civilian_Target

> I have seen other posts from persons with similar problems but never any
> thoughts on the possible causes.
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> -Enermax 350w power supply
> -One unused PCI Leadtek TV tuner

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Andrew K - 26 Feb 2005 19:40 GMT

Thanks, you probably saved me a re-format...ASUS here I come. (That's if the
Sound Blaster card won't help. Steam's site mentions occasional problems
related to on-board sound.)

> Getting this problem also. Suspect leaky capacitors though, because a
> reformat didn't fix anything and my setup isn't that unusual....
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
>> -Enermax 350w power supply
>> -One unused PCI Leadtek TV tuner

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