Crash to desktop...I'm baffled and new to forums but I need help with this one.

[Bookerjoe]

Ermmm...Yeah I just built a new pc made up of these parts....MSI k9a,AMD64 2x 5200+,Crucial ballistix 2x1gb pc5300,sapphire x1950 pro 512mb,2x120gb hd and 2x optical (oh and the trusty floppy) ... But I've been having probs with games crashing to desktop and coming up with an error with the game exe's...It happens to most my games but not all yet,happens mostly with need for speed most wanted,but hasn't happend yet to armed assualt or company of heros...Sometimes I can get through afew hours of game play before it happens or only afew mins...I don't know,I need help :p

[BXtreme]

1. Do a spyware scan.
2. " " antivirus " .
3. Check other security utilities are problematic or not.
3*5. Kill other unneeded processes in the task manager to see if one is causing this or not.Be sure NOT to kill the important ones :p
4. Reinstall video drivers if 1,2,3 fail.
5. Reinstall the game if 1-4, fail.
6. Reinstall the os if 1-5 fail.
7. If all fail, the game is screwed :p

[zekrahminator]

Ah, your problems are very likely to be caused by the following sources, in order of likeliness...

Underpowered power supply
Unstable drivers (get the latest versions of drivers for EVERYTHING you can find)
Overheating GPU
Bad install of operating system
Overheating system
Bad RAM
Yeah, what power supply are you using, that could easily cause your crashes.

[BXtreme]

PSU can cause this too ??? didn't know this, never happened with me :rolleyes:

[Bookerjoe]

12v rail is 30a max so I'm guessing that could cause it...But I'm here to just to get an idea and to make sure...The PSU I'm guessing is a cheapy because it came with the case...Can't get the name of it right now but I'll give you a link to where I got the case and PSU from ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8011L-B3-Silver-Midi-Neon-Case-Window-600W-PSU_W0QQitemZ120081890158QQcategoryZ51063QQrdZ1QQs sPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Do you have any good ideas to test the ram??? and software to check all the temps???

[watts289]

dont ever use a psu off of ebay, you can use the case , and some components, but psu could be bad, start, a fire, etc.

[Bookerjoe]

dont ever use a psu off of ebay, you can use the case , and some components, but psu could be bad, start, a fire, etc.

If thats the case then I better get that thing out of there quick...Do you know of any decent PSU's for my system???

[Bookerjoe]

I got the rest of the from neweeg,ebuyer,scan and crucial...I thought I may have to change the PSU but not for the fire sort of reason,lol

[KennyT772]

for a solid PSU i reccomend the hiper 580w's on newegg...awesome psus.