Gordon, I used the stock thermal pad that was on the HSF. I bought the
retail cpu, and it came with that. Do you think I need to peel off that
thermal pad and put compound now?
That stock fan looks really nice, but...
What do you mean by, lapped the cpu?
I'm not really sure how to do that, as far as adding volts to the ddr
memory.
Thanks
Gary
> This sounds very much like the GF4/P4 standby problem - I take it that the
> monitor goes into standby and the pc is running but no life?
> As far as i can tell this is a heat/cpu issue.
> I ran through some things and got rid of this problem in the end:
> Reseat your heatsink of the cpu - sounds funny I know but my pc stopped
the
> black screen problem when I did this properly - I lapped the cpu as well
as
> mine had a slightly concave surface. If you dont fancy this try using more
> thermal compound than you would normally - in effect use more to take up
any
> non-contact areas on the cpu-heatsink interface.
> You could try an uprated heatsink and fan unit but I use the retail one
> running my 1.6a at 2.3 without problems now.
> Try also a few more volts to your ddr memory and make sure that the memory
> isnt getting too warm
> Improve case airflow if you can.
> I dont know whether it was a combination of the above or either on its own
> that cured my problem but mine is now running flawlessly.
> > I'm just wondering if anyone may know what's going on with my pc.
> > I have a :
> > P4 2.0a NW (not o'clocked)
> > Asus P4B266 mobo Bios 1005
> > 768 mb PC 2100 Crucial DDR ram
> > VisionTek GF4 Ti4600 with v.28.32 drivers
> > SB Audigy, using latest drivers dated 1/21/02
> > I also just bought a LianLi PC70 case and a new Enermax 350w psu.
thought
> I
> > needed more cooling
> > My problem is, when I play Nascar2002, my computer crashes. When I say
> > crash, this is what happens, I lose the video signal to the monitor.
The
> > little green light on the monitor turns orange signifying loss of video
> > signal.
> > What is strange about this is, it seems to only happen when I'm hosting
a
> > race, not when I join a race.
> > I'm not real good at troubleshooting this, obviously, but it seems like
> > maybe a video card, or nic card heating problem?
> > I'm not sure if it only happens in this game, because its the only one I
> can
> > sit down and play for this long period of time:)
> > Any ideas?
> > tia
> > Gary
