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From: Little Nemo on 14 Apr 2008 04:30
Hey everybody. Long time lurker, first time poster.

I've been having a weird problem with my Dell XPS Gen 4 for several months.

Whenever a game (except Hoyle or Windows included) is played full screen, or
even Media Center goes full screen, I get one system beep and about 5-10
minutes of play before the system errors out and reboots itself.

Sometimes the errors point to the graphics card, sometimes to the sound
card, sometimes to onboard RAM. I have tested all these without problems.

My graphics card: Radeon X859 XT Platinum Edition
Sound card: Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)

I'm running XP Media Center fully up to date.

Any ideas of what to try?

TIA


From: Little Nemo on 14 Apr 2008 04:46

"Little Nemo" <noone(a)forgetit.com> wrote in message
news:BCEMj.4732$bx3.2387(a)trnddc02...
> Hey everybody. Long time lurker, first time poster.
>
> I've been having a weird problem with my Dell XPS Gen 4 for several
> months.
>
> Whenever a game (except Hoyle or Windows included) is played full screen,
> or even Media Center goes full screen, I get one system beep and about
> 5-10 minutes of play before the system errors out and reboots itself.
>
> Sometimes the errors point to the graphics card, sometimes to the sound
> card, sometimes to onboard RAM. I have tested all these without problems.
>
> My graphics card: Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition
> Sound card: Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
>
> I'm running XP Media Center fully up to date.
>
> Any ideas of what to try?
>
> TIA
>
Typo'd the graphics card model. Sorry.


From: wm_walsh on 14 Apr 2008 11:00
Hi!

> Any ideas of what to try?

Is the system clean? Are all fans working?

Does the power supply meet the requirements of the card? If the card
has a power connector, is it plugged in?

It sounds like the computer may be having trouble keeping up with the
card's demand for power. I suspect that the diagnostics you have run
just don't stress the card or system to the breaking point. Real life
applications are often the best test you can run anyway.

You mentioned that Windows XP Media Center is fully up to date on your
computer. Are the display drivers fully up to date as well?

William
From: Little Nemo on 14 Apr 2008 15:10

<wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
>> Any ideas of what to try?
>
> Is the system clean? Are all fans working?
>
> Does the power supply meet the requirements of the card? If the card
> has a power connector, is it plugged in?
>
> It sounds like the computer may be having trouble keeping up with the
> card's demand for power. I suspect that the diagnostics you have run
> just don't stress the card or system to the breaking point. Real life
> applications are often the best test you can run anyway.
>
> You mentioned that Windows XP Media Center is fully up to date on your
> computer. Are the display drivers fully up to date as well?
>
> William

Yes, I just cleaned the system a week ago and reseated all boards, no fan
problems and power supply (brain fart here) I think is a 400. Although I had
to replace the graphics card early on from Dell, it worked fine for over a
year. It likes Direct X is not releasing memory and the RAM or onboard
memory is just filling up over time and then crashing.

I'll recheck everything. Dell wants to wipe the system whenever you call
with a problem like this and I already did that months ago, which suggests
to me hardware again. These crossed errors I'm getting are making me crazier
than I started with.

Sorry I wasn't more detailed this morning but thanks for the reply.

Little Nemo


From: Little Nemo on 14 Apr 2008 16:43

"Little Nemo" <noone(a)forgetit.com> wrote in message
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>
> <wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d4e62c53-e95f-4d11-b11a-a773d610f9d9(a)m71g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi!
>>
>>> Any ideas of what to try?
>>
>> Is the system clean? Are all fans working?
>>
>> Does the power supply meet the requirements of the card? If the card
>> has a power connector, is it plugged in?
>>
>> It sounds like the computer may be having trouble keeping up with the
>> card's demand for power. I suspect that the diagnostics you have run
>> just don't stress the card or system to the breaking point. Real life
>> applications are often the best test you can run anyway.
>>
>> You mentioned that Windows XP Media Center is fully up to date on your
>> computer. Are the display drivers fully up to date as well?
>>
>> William
>
> Yes, I just cleaned the system a week ago and reseated all boards, no fan
> problems and power supply (brain fart here) I think is a 400. Although I
> had to replace the graphics card early on from Dell, it worked fine for
> over a year. It likes Direct X is not releasing memory and the RAM or
> onboard memory is just filling up over time and then crashing.
>
> I'll recheck everything. Dell wants to wipe the system whenever you call
> with a problem like this and I already did that months ago, which suggests
> to me hardware again. These crossed errors I'm getting are making me
> crazier than I started with.
>
> Sorry I wasn't more detailed this morning but thanks for the reply.
>
> Little Nemo
>

Oops! Forgot to mention that all drivers are also up to date.


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