I just built a new conroe machine and I was totally stoked. Now that it's somewhat running, I must say I'm pissed and I hate myself because I'm obviously not as smart as I think I am...
Anyway, new components:
Gigabyte mobo, will get model number if needed
E6600
2gb dual channel ram
DVD drives, bla bla, those probably aren't the problem so I'll skip the rest
Used components:
evga 7900gtx (this has given me problems before. in the old system, it would overheat and artifact)
WD 160gb Raptor drive (this gave me problems as well. i installed it as a secondary drive, and it would lock up the system when i wanted to put something on it. i fixed that issue sort of, but the system never ran right so I took it out)
The problem:
Everything installed smooth as butter. Newest drivers from nvidia.com, all that cool jazz. Installed 3dmark06 and ran it. It ran the Proxycon test, the Firefly test, then it went to the CPU test (i think it skipped the flying boat monster in lake test). Toward the end of the CPU test, it put some funny colored bars on the screen, then got an error. Something about D3d or some such file being corrupt. After that, the screen goes blank at random intervals between 1-5 seconds. All processes are slow, but you can still make it shut down by itself. So, I reinstalled directX and reinstalled 3dmark. Same thing happens. I haven't had much time to work on stuff on it or test it in actual games or anything. 3dMark05 ran through after the reinstall of DX, but after it was done, it did the little thingy with the screen flashing on and off and everything running extremely slow.
I went into task manager while it was in it's flashy state, and the CPU is at 0% usage...
I have had that same error on other machines as well. Perhaps 3dmark06 doesn't support core duo (laptop) or core 2 duo (the PC in question) somehow? I don't know.
I'm hoping it's the video card, because I'm going to warranty it from the overheating anyway, but if anyone knows differently, or some way to find out, I'd love to know. Thanks.
Anyway, new components:
Gigabyte mobo, will get model number if needed
E6600
2gb dual channel ram
DVD drives, bla bla, those probably aren't the problem so I'll skip the rest
Used components:
evga 7900gtx (this has given me problems before. in the old system, it would overheat and artifact)
WD 160gb Raptor drive (this gave me problems as well. i installed it as a secondary drive, and it would lock up the system when i wanted to put something on it. i fixed that issue sort of, but the system never ran right so I took it out)
The problem:
Everything installed smooth as butter. Newest drivers from nvidia.com, all that cool jazz. Installed 3dmark06 and ran it. It ran the Proxycon test, the Firefly test, then it went to the CPU test (i think it skipped the flying boat monster in lake test). Toward the end of the CPU test, it put some funny colored bars on the screen, then got an error. Something about D3d or some such file being corrupt. After that, the screen goes blank at random intervals between 1-5 seconds. All processes are slow, but you can still make it shut down by itself. So, I reinstalled directX and reinstalled 3dmark. Same thing happens. I haven't had much time to work on stuff on it or test it in actual games or anything. 3dMark05 ran through after the reinstall of DX, but after it was done, it did the little thingy with the screen flashing on and off and everything running extremely slow.
I went into task manager while it was in it's flashy state, and the CPU is at 0% usage...
I have had that same error on other machines as well. Perhaps 3dmark06 doesn't support core duo (laptop) or core 2 duo (the PC in question) somehow? I don't know.
I'm hoping it's the video card, because I'm going to warranty it from the overheating anyway, but if anyone knows differently, or some way to find out, I'd love to know. Thanks.
