Raideon HD 2900 GT causes computer to crash

smillyfries

i have had this card for awhile know sense X-mas this year and now for some reason it has started to crash in game for no reason at all it mostly hate steam games such as garrys mod i can play it but soon go to exit or hour so into game "crash" or counter strike was even worse i try playing and soon get in server "crash" blue screen death only got the screen once and it sead something ATI raideon cause it to crash so i re-installed drivers omega and basic (ones on the disc that it came with) still same problem so i installed both of them together works nicly for a lil while holds up better but will eventually crash yet agian no big change so i reformatted my entire computer got rid of everything re-instaled everything complete destructive reformat nothing left rightb ack to basics re-instaled drivers. works fine for about a day or so then went back to crashing. so now i decided to try something else i pulled my entire computer appart cleaned everything off of any kind of dust re jelled the cpu and heatsink i pulled everything appart basicly put it back together and still crash now it didnt start to crash till i got a new processor a pentium 4 3.2 ghz hyperthreaded processor it is compatable with my motherbourd and befor hand i was getting crashes but not as bad so anyone know why my computer is hateing games especially steam?

its a pci express grafics card (Raideon HD 2900 GT) i have 2 gig of G-skill ram and a pentium 4 3.2ghz processor hyperthreaded all i have added to the computer thats not manurfacture and the power supply i change that so i could house the grafics card so i would have enough power so please help with any suggestions

kris23

can you give us COMPLETE details?

what model is your motherboard?
what model and brand and clocking is your graphics card?
what spec of G.Skill RAM?
what kind of hard drive?
what kind of power supply and brand and model number?
what is your OS?
what are your temperatures?

smillyfries

ATI motherbourd stock in compaq computers idk anything else

G skill ddr ram 2 gig Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

hard drive (st3120213as) Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 120 GB Hard Drive ( ST3120213AS ) - Hard Drives

Grafics card is a HD 2900GT ATI Radeon with omega drivers 2900 GT specs revealed :: TweakTown

a linkyses wireless internet antena thingy whatever u wana call it card Newegg.com - LINKSYS WMP54GS IEEE 802.11b/g 32-bit PCI Interface Wireless-G Adapter with SpeedBooster Up to 54Mbps Data Rates WEP key bits: 64Bit and 128Bit WEP and WPA - Wireless Adapters

a penntium 4 3.2 ghz processor with hyper thread not clocked Newegg.com - Intel Pentium 4 631 Cedar Mill 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Single-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
power supply LOGISYS Computer PS575XBK ATX12V 575W PCI-E Power Supply 100-120V/ 200-240V cUL, FCC, CB, CE, CSA Newegg.com - LOGISYS Computer PS575XBK ATX12V 575W PCI-E Power Supply 100-120V/ 200-240V cUL, FCC, CB, CE, CSA - Power Supplies

OS is windows XP home edition 2002 with service pack 2

and my tempetures idk really i didnt clock anything so there jsut normal really i know its not the heat gettin to it cause it will crash right away when i paly css or exit garrys mod or oblivion and sometimes it will crash in assasins creed and unreal tornament it seems to like low based games like audio surf and doom95 and tomb raider anniversery and so on it has also started randomly crashing like i will just leave it on and then all of a sudden crash it restarts itself no reason at all even when i aim certain peaple the computer gets mad and kills itself it has even crashed in WORD

The computer itself is a Compaq Presario SR1900NX i replaced the processor grafics card powersupply and ram everything else is the same ZDNet HP Compaq Presario SR1900NX (Celeron D 352 3.2GHz, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD) Review & Comparison



i have a great question tho WHY THE HELL-O KITTY CANT YOU BUY MY GRAFICS CARD ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!! i cant find it for sale =[ especially on new egg guess it really sucked arse or something it ran great when it worked please help me if you needa know anything else lemmie know im gonna try puttin back in my Nvidia card and see if it stops crashing if it dous im calling up sapphire and gettin my money abck i paid 180$ for it at the time i want my money back if it is the reason please help me pretty please and sorry if there some spelling errors

IEMC

Grammar is key.

kris23

try using different drivers and once thats done, if it still doesnt work, reformat and try again.

kris23

lol i was thinking that....

tcman

You say you have changed the psu, but what is the psu you are using now (brand and model)? And how many amps are on the 12V rail/combined 12V rail?

Despite that the HD2900GT is a cut down version (lesser shaders and got 256bit memory instead of 512bit memory, 256MB version only) of the HD2900PRO or XT, it still is a power hungery gfx-card, especially for the graphical power it can deliver. The newer HD3850 is a much power efficient gfx card with better performance, and nothing has been cut (all TMUs, pipelines, shaders are intact). For the gfx-card HD 2900GT alone you may need 135 watts at full load in 3d games.

It is recommended to use a power supply with at least 28-30 amps on the 12V rail (combined 12V rail) in your case. And that's not simply adding the amps of the 2 rails together; you have to check the max output of the 12V rail of the psu instead.


Update:

I see you are using the LOGISYS Computer PS575XBK ATX12V 575W PCI-E Power Supply which have on paper 25 amps on the 12V which is, I am afraid, the LOGISYS psu is not efficient for the HD 2900GT videocard. A budget psu as the mentioned one can never deliver the power that's printed on the lable of the power supply unit. If I were you I would immediately return the power supply if you can and buy a more decent psu which doesn't have to be expensive. A more decent psu costs around the 50 US dollars. You can get e.g. the OCZ StealthXstream 500W for around 60 bucks, 39.99 USD after rebate. The OCZ StealthXstream is a decent value psu which can power up your system with the HD2900GT which can deliver the power on the lable; despite the ripples of this unit is higher than the higher end power supplies the ripples are still within atx specification; it is a very nice power supply for this price, especially this OCZ unit includes active pfc. But ofcourse there are much better psu's out there but also much more expensive, e.g. the Corsair VX450 which is a Seasonic Oem with high-end components like Japanese capacitors etc..

I would get the Corsair VX450, since it's a really good power supply for the money (after rebate 59.99 USD), but if you can get the rebate for the OCZ StealthXStream 500W, then the OCZ unit is not a bad choice;

Here the link for the Corsair VX450 (free shipping buy.com): Corsair VX 450w Power Supply - CMPSU-450VX - Buy.com


Good luck!

OldBuzzard

I'm betting that the PSU is giving up the ghost. It's getting some age on it, and according to the specs it only had 25A on the 12v to start with.

As a PSU starts gettiing warmer, it's power output starts dropping, and then add to that when you start a game, the card asks even more from the PSU, and when it output drops far enough...crash.

$25.00 for a "575 Watt" PSU isn't going to get you much.

Do yourself, and your system, a favor and put in a Corsair VX450 or VX550.

Don't bet the life of your $180.00 Vid card on another $25.00 PSU, it just isn't worth it.

kris23

get a good 80 dollar PSU

smillyfries

well i hope u guys are right about this ill go with the PSU u guys recommended i hope it works if it dous ill let ya know if it dousnt ill let ya know lol =]