Trying to figure out a problem, need help...

I joined this forum because I am at a loss on this problem and am in need of help. I guess I will start with my system specs:

Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Asus Rampage Extreme, Bios 0501
Nvidia Geforce GTX 280
OCZ DDR3 1600 (PC 12800) 8GB 4 x 2GB
Sounblaster X-Fi Elite Pro
2 VelociRaptors in Raid 0 Config

All drivers are of the latest I could find, as well as the bios, nothing is overclocked.

The operating system hangs up usually when I have some sort of video and audio running, but it will happen when I don't have anything running. I did notice that it does not happen in safe mode. Please let me know what other information I need to provide to better troubleshoot this problem. Thanks in advance.

jcav4576 wrote: You can try what's in the link. What do you have to loose at this point?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

sounds like a driver, NVidia cards are bad with Vista.

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A clue might be that the problems occur when you use audio or video. Is your soundcard new? Did you update your graphics card or audio card drivers? If so did the problem occur after that. Or have you installed any new programs or codecs?

Go to NVIDIA's website and make sure you have the latest drives from there or
at least do windows update.

If you added the video card to your system yourself you might want to check
and make sure your power supply is large enough to handle the card. the power
supply requirements will be on the video card box. Changing out the power
supply to a larger one is really easy if that's the problem.

Also make sure you have all your fans running inside the case and that the
vents aren't blocked. heat build up can cause those systems as well.

Also make sure your not having electricity problems in your house. Are the
lights dimming when it happens?



"jcav4576" wrote:

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:26:36 -0600, "Not Even Me"
<cargod01@xxxxxx> wrote:
What are you gonna pull outta yer ass for your next trick?

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David makes a good point about the power. You should have a Molex to 6-pin adapter and a 6-pin to 8-pin adapter. Some newer CPU's come with an 8 pin plug. Search this forum for info on the power requirements. There are some guys on the board who can tell you what you need to know. However, from my knowledge you need a decent CPU to get this beast working properly. Also I have read somewhere that the Molex to 8pin adapters are not really suitable as they do not deliver the right power.Don't take this as gospel.. Do some research yourself before rushing in. Also could you post your full specs including CPU

Thanks

I have a corsair 620HX which is suppose to be high efficiency 80 plus, SLI and Crossfire Certified (I am only using one video card) I would think this would do. I have a server sitting right next to this computer on the same outlet, which I have no issues with. So I think I can rule out the electricity factor.

I have a coolermaster cosmos case with 5 120mm case fans and a ZEROtherm Nirvana cpu cooler. Granted with all that I still get pretty high north and south bridge temps, but I still hung when I had the case open and the temps were very cool.

Nvidia Driver 178.13 (latest)
X-fi Driver 2.18 (latest)
Latest Intel chipset driver
Latest NIC driver

I have openAL and the vista codec package installed

I have an Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 CPU (sorry forgot to list that)

The power thing doesn't refer to mains power but to your PSU. You have a lot of power hungry hardware hanging off your PSU and I just wanted to check it was big enough. Given the gear you've got and the type of case, I'm sure thats not an issue. But still be nice to check.

I understand you meant the psu and not the 120V. I was just answering your post and the other regarding power. When my computer hangs usually it just sits there and does not go into a reboot, the LCD Poster still cycles throught the temperature readings which comes straight from the motherboard. THis leads me to believe that it is some sort of software issue, either with the drivers or some type of conflict. Frustrating as hell being that I do this for a living and still can not figure it out. I have a readeon 4870 in my server so I am probably going to swap and see if I still get hang ups. I just hate to mix drivers, but at this point who cares.