Is this overheating?

[cheesy999]

nothing on this computer is over clocked except the graphics card

Well that might be the problem if it crashes in visually intensive games

 

[erocker]

We need more info. If you are unable to provide this information, I suggest you take the machine to a local computer shop to get it fixed as we cannot physically work on your machine.

 

[jakealder]

tell me exactly what you need and how i get the info

 

[XeoNoX]

sorry but ATX is a form factor, not a BRAND, what BRAND IS THE PSU??? If it has no brand then i would venture to say your problem is more likely one or the following three in this order:

1) Set your video card / and or CPU to stock, DO NOT OVERCLOCK ANYTHING, see how it runs, if u still get problems see #2

2)might be your RAM...RUN MEMTEST for 6 hours , if u DO NOT GET problems from MEMTEST see #3

3) with a no name brand PSU running all that stuff i can probably say your PSU is not supply proper voltages, get a good and not a cheap PSU... example seasonic or maybe even corsair PSU

 

[jakealder]

Heres some information
and the weird thing is that my third ram chip isnt showing

 

[Widjaja]

Set your GPU to default values as even if you are overclocking it and not getting high temperatures, it can still crash due to lack of voltage if it needs it to stay stable.

Then shutdown your PC and remove the stick of RAM which is not showing.
Boot up and run the game again.

Sure performance maybe possibly lack a little but it's far better than having your system crash constantly.

 

[jakealder]

how you turn off overclocking?

 

[XeoNoX]

We need more info. If you are unable to provide this information, I suggest you take the machine to a local computer shop to get it fixed as we cannot physically work on your machine.

this sounds like his best bet, he can not supply basic info, such as PSU manufacturer and model of ram. he keeps saying ATX when atx is not a brand but a "form factor" and the ram he is saying corsair wich is half good cuz he has the manufacturer but he can not specify the MODEL!!!!!

 

[erocker]

how you turn off overclocking?

Do the opposite of turning it on.

 

[jakealder]

but i never turned it on?

 

[XeoNoX]

how you turn off overclocking?

Go into your BIOS/CMOS and set it to to LOAD SYSTEM DEFAULTS then choose EXIT AND SAVE

 

[erocker]

but i never turned it on?

Then you're probably not overclocked to begin with.

 

[jakealder]

ok
ill take out the card thats not registering
and ill look at the psu to find the manufacture

 

[cheesy999]

tell me exactly what you need and how i get the info

EDIT:Sorry my browser wasn't loading newer post's for some reason

 

[erocker]

ok
ill take out the card thats not registering
and ill look at the psu to find the manufacture

As I mentioned before, remove the stick of RAM that came with the motherboard and just use the Corsair RAM. Mixing RAM can cause crashes and this is a simple fix.

 

[XeoNoX]

ok
ill take out the card thats not registering
and ill look at the psu to find the manufacture

KUDOS...wow finally thank you!!!

 

[jakealder]

Ok
My psu says
Pentum p4 MODELC-750AUBA-M
And the logo says powercool

The unregistered ram was mushkin

The cosair chip says CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
It also says 1600 MHz and 1.65v
And I have two

 

[XeoNoX]

im thinking its your PSU, however the following test will narrow it down, can you remove the mushkin memory and use JUST THE CORSAIR memory, and then see how it runs...let us know.

 

[jakealder]

Nope it still crashed
I think it's the power because I tried doing a graphics card test and it just failed
If you think its the power let me know so I can get money back and get a better one
Any recommendations

 

[Widjaja]

Corsair is the most recommended of the PSU brands.
Enermax is fine, have mine for ages.
Thermaltake make some decent PSUs in recent years too.

I'm usually over the top with PSU wattage suggestions so I'll leave the specifics down to the rest of the TPU members.

 

[XeoNoX]

Nope it still crashed
I think it's the power because I tried doing a graphics card test and it just failed
If you think its the power let me know so I can get money back and get a better one
Any recommendations

If you read the link to the post below:
THIS GUY ALSO SEEMED TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH SAME PSU


you have two options from here

1) you can run memtest for 6 or more hours and tell us results

or

2) you can replace your PSU and let us know how it went

let me know which you prefer solution 1 or 2?? from there i will give u more info


Also please answer these few questions:
When was the last time everything was working fine?
What components (pc parts) did you recently add when u started to have this problem?

.

 

[jakealder]

Option 2
I have confidence that the ram is ok

 

[XeoNoX]

Also please answer these few questions:
When was the last time everything was working fine?
What components (pc parts) did you recently add when u started to have this problem? (ram and video card or just ram or just video card)

 

[jakealder]

It was working fine before I got video card

 

[XeoNoX]

Lets try one more thing....
What version of windows are you using XP/Vista/7? and is it windows64 bit or windows 32 bit?