well, as of late (last 3ish months), I've been having problems with stability regarding my video (fx5200 agp (dur)). basically what happens is.. in windows: hard lock whenever I do anything with 3d accelleration after ~5min. sometimes, it renders the first few frames of a game, so if it fades in from black, I can see things dimly in 3d rendering, etc. apps, it usually works for ~5min, then hard locks, sometimes with artifacts overlay/2d works perfectly, except when I have 2 overlay windows going on seperate monitors ctrl + alt + del does nothing in linux: hard locks with 3d or overlay, non-accellerated 2d is fine though time until lock varies greatly, I've had enough time to watch a whole movie without a lock, apparently it depends on what I'm doing, mouse movement, etc ctrl + alt + del does nothing also, my psu is a pos. right now, the +3.3v line is at 2.83 (according to mbm and the bios, I cba using the multimeter). everything else is acceptable though (+- 5%) right now, I'm thinking, due to people suggesting it, that my psu is to blame, and the best course of action is to buy a new one, like this so yeah, what do you guys think? I've never had a problem with my video/mobo yet, and the problems started when the voltage dropped to 2.8ish from 3.2ish.
I'd check the PSU with a multimeter and replace it if the line really is that bad. Also check your graphics card and motherboard for any bulging/leaky capacitors.
3.3 @ 3.17ish, then when I do something with graphics, it dips to 3.07ish. 12 is at 11.8, 5 is at 5.03
Well maybe you could do with a new PSU, but those lines are reasonable enough. Have you tried a different graphics card? Maybe that's the source of torture.
the lines shoukd be within 5% of the voltage. and if you have 3.07 volts on the 3,3V line you have a problem... 3.3v x 5 = 0,165v 100 3.3v- 0.165v =3.135v= the lowest voltage you should ever have on the 3.3V line. I would suggest a new PSU. Atleast try with a different one.
The lines should be wihin +-5%, but since your mobo is the only thing that uses the 3,3V line, it shoudn't be the source of the lockups... Since you get artifacts, I'd think it's a problem with the GFX card itself... Guess heat is the problem, because you only get it when you do graphical intens apps, wich require the card to work hard Just my $.02 I suggest go to a clientfriendly PC shop... They can check what's wrong without you having to buy an expensive new PSU and/or GFX
GFX cards DO use 3,3V (atleast they have one (several?) 3.3v lines going to them) (what did you think all those pins in the PCI and AGP sockets are used for?) Besides, if it's a crappy PSU the loads on the other lines can affect the 3.3v (and other) lines. Todays GFX cards draw enough power to make a PSU on the edge to behave naughty
don't have another that's about what I'm getting nope, I reapplied thermal stuff just over a month ago I'm working on borrowing a psu/gfx. will report back with results
I would suggest buying/borrowing/stealing another. I've had PSU's that were 20% out of their rails and still the PC worked fine - it's too consistent a problem to really be a PSU problem imho.
well, my psu is consistantly problematic I am working on borrowing another psu/gfx, but my friend who will probably let me is out of town right now, so I can't test it very soon :/
