Just finished building pc.... all my games crash to desktop!

trekrider · Posted: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:20:11 Post Subject:

Sometimes, the newer games that are CPU/GPU intensive will flake out with "other" programs running in the background.....make sure you turn off all extra programs............

bruceModn · Rated NC-17 Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 155 Location: texas

Okay ty, i am going to run the suse memtest, if it passes i might go further and try diff sticks. I have no programs running in the background. Is it possible the mobo chipset is buggy...?

dadx2mj · Posted: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:26:39 Post Subject:

Mobo is always a possibility. My kids system just died due to a bad mobo. It started BSOD on many games and only got worse. I tried different ram and video cards but none of it worked. When I used the jumper to clear CMOS and it smoked it was a pretty obvious clue.

IceNine · Posted: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:29:05 Post Subject:

Um... aren't you supposed to clear the CMOS with the power off?

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:39:01 Post Subject:

Note to self... no mobo reviews for dadx2mj

Laughing

dadx2mj · Posted: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:46:18 Post Subject:

When I cleared the CMOS it was unplugged. The jumper to clear it was white but turned black when I moved it. Put it back on normal position and tried to fire up the PC. Nothing but smoke, no fans no beeps just smoke.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 22:12:34 Post Subject: