GP3 locking up pc....

Hmmm, GP3 keeps crashing after about 5 or 10 minutes? The whole pc locks up and I get a blank screen, the only way to resolve it is to do a hard reboot. This is on my *new* pc which is an Athlon Duron 650 running at 900 on an Asus A7V m/b with 128Mb pc133 sdram, and using a V3 2000 card. But I don't think it has anything to do with the fact its being overclocked (although I may be wrong?) as GPL, Rally Masters, and Super1 Karting are also running on this pc as happy as Larry with no probs (as is Win98 and a few other things). The music/sound effects contunue to play when the lockup occurs, maybe its a soundcard prob? (running a basic SB16 PCI card here) I'll try and get new drivers for the card to see if that cures it. I suppose it might also be the game port on the soundcard? Anyone got any other ideas? anyone else suffering from lockups too? I'm gonna try a GP3 re-install as well to see if that cures it. 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (rrevved) wrote:

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> On 6 Aug 2000 20:10:06 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > >Hmmm, GP3 keeps crashing after about 5 or 10 minutes? The whole pc > locks >up and I get a blank screen, the only way to resolve it is to > do a hard >reboot. > > > >This is on my *new* pc which is an Athlon Duron 650 running at 900 > on an >Asus A7V m/b with 128Mb pc133 sdram, and using a V3 2000 card. > > > >But I don't think it has anything to do with the fact its being > >overclocked > > Why not just stop overclocking it for a few minutes and see > if you still have the crash?

Think I've cured it, I had directx7 installed, (I thought I had directx7a), I installed 7a and it appears to work ok now..... BTW, It was running ok for the first day or so when I o'clocked this new pc, thats why I'm sure its not that... 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Uncle Fester) wrote: > I'd almost guarantee it's the O/C by the way you describe it. Just > for > giggles, back her down to factory spec (650) and see what you come up > with. What speeds are the PCI & AGP bus running at right now? Nah, don't think, so had GP3 running ok when I first o/clocked this pc to 900. But i've changed a lot on this pc since then! I've installed directx 7a (had v7 installed) and that appears to have cured it (I hope?) BTW, I'm running the Duron at 9 x 100 busspeed, PCI is 33Mhz AGP is 66Mhz. 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

In article <8mmbeg$l16$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (James and Careena Kellie) wrote:

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> I get very similar lockups. > > They seem to occur more rapidly when processor usage is way over > 100%, i.e. > I have the textures and resolution set way over those that my lowly > pc can > handle. > > Lowering resolution so that CPU usage hovers around 100 - 130 % gives > me > much longer without crashing. > > Ensuring that CPU usage is always less than 100% means that I have a > graphic > detail that is only just better than GP2 > > I should point out that I am squeezing the last dying breath from an > elderly, yet appreciated c266@412Mhz with a TNT 1 card!! (C566 on the > way - > hoping to reach 850Mhz). > > I also found that pitting in the rain, when a large number of other > cars are > also in the pits, and thus graphic load is at a peak, is a sure bet > that the > game will lock up. So it seems that the advice to always keep CPU > usage > below 100% is well worth heeding.

Good point, but I don't think its causing my particular problem, as I have a nice new shiny Athlon 900 (650 Duron overclocked to 900) on an Asus A7V m/b with 128Mb pc133 ram, and with pretty much *everything* on, its under 100% for most of the time (apart from race starts). But, I have actually turned off a few things anyway, especially in mirrors, just in case. 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

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> > Hmmm, GP3 keeps crashing after about 5 or 10 minutes? The whole pc locks > up and I get a blank screen, the only way to resolve it is to do a hard > reboot. > > This is on my *new* pc which is an Athlon Duron 650 running at 900 on an > Asus A7V m/b with 128Mb pc133 sdram, and using a V3 2000 card. > > But I don't think it has anything to do with the fact its being > overclocked (although I may be wrong?) as GPL, Rally Masters, and Super1 > Karting are also running on this pc as happy as Larry with no probs (as > is Win98 and a few other things).

I'd almost guarantee it's the O/C by the way you describe it. Just for giggles, back her down to factory spec (650) and see what you come up with. What speeds are the PCI & AGP bus running at right now? -- Chuck Kandler Windows is just a virus with a GUI

I get very similar lockups. They seem to occur more rapidly when processor usage is way over 100%, i.e. I have the textures and resolution set way over those that my lowly pc can handle. Lowering resolution so that CPU usage hovers around 100 - 130 % gives me much longer without crashing. Ensuring that CPU usage is always less than 100% means that I have a graphic detail that is only just better than GP2 I should point out that I am squeezing the last dying breath from an elderly, yet appreciated c266@412Mhz with a TNT 1 card!! (C566 on the way - hoping to reach 850Mhz). I also found that pitting in the rain, when a large number of other cars are also in the pits, and thus graphic load is at a peak, is a sure bet that the game will lock up. So it seems that the advice to always keep CPU usage below 100% is well worth heeding.

"James and Careena Kellie" <[email hidden]> writes:

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> I get very similar lockups. > > They seem to occur more rapidly when processor usage is way over 100%, i.e. > I have the textures and resolution set way over those that my lowly pc can > handle. > > Lowering resolution so that CPU usage hovers around 100 - 130 % gives me > much longer without crashing. > > Ensuring that CPU usage is always less than 100% means that I have a graphic > detail that is only just better than GP2 > > I should point out that I am squeezing the last dying breath from an > elderly, yet appreciated c266@412Mhz with a TNT 1 card!! (C566 on the way - > hoping to reach 850Mhz). > > I also found that pitting in the rain, when a large number of other cars are > also in the pits, and thus graphic load is at a peak, is a sure bet that the > game will lock up. So it seems that the advice to always keep CPU usage > below 100% is well worth heeding.

It seems like you may have a serious overclocking issue. Have you tried to get the same crashes on the default 266 Mhz speed ? (Like GP3 would work very well at all then:) I got this C566 two months ago, and there is no way I will get that chip to go 850, but again, I'm always unlucky in such cases, so your will probably work :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying