Vista 64 Ultimate reboots while gaming

I've got a newly built system with the following:

XFX 680i mobo
Intel QX6850 cpu at stock settings
4x1Gb PC2-6400 RAM
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card
PC Power 1200w psu
2 WD Raptor 150Gb h.d.
1 Seagate Barracuda 1Tb h.d.
Razer Barracuda AC-1 sound card
Razer DeathAdder mouse

All drivers are current as is the bios on the mobo. The system works great
but while gaming it will reboot. Sometimes it reboots within 5 minutes of
play, sometimes it takes an hour. The system is watercooled (but no OC'd
yet) so the temps stay low (CPU always below 50ºC, video always below 55ºC).
There is no rhyme or reason as to why it reboots, no BSOD, the screen just
goes black & it reboots. I've tried a Creative soundcard, mobo sound, no
difference. I've swapped the video for dual Ultras SLI with newest drivers
and still does it. I upgraded the psu from a 750w unit thinking it couldn't
handle the Ultra SLI setup and it had no impact.

Any ideas?

Dave C wrote:
> I've got a newly built system with the following:
>
> XFX 680i mobo
> Intel QX6850 cpu at stock settings
> 4x1Gb PC2-6400 RAM
> EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card
> PC Power 1200w psu
> 2 WD Raptor 150Gb h.d.
> 1 Seagate Barracuda 1Tb h.d.
> Razer Barracuda AC-1 sound card
> Razer DeathAdder mouse
>
> All drivers are current as is the bios on the mobo. The system works great
> but while gaming it will reboot. Sometimes it reboots within 5 minutes of
> play, sometimes it takes an hour. The system is watercooled (but no OC'd
> yet) so the temps stay low (CPU always below 50ºC, video always below 55ºC).
> There is no rhyme or reason as to why it reboots, no BSOD, the screen just
> goes black & it reboots. I've tried a Creative soundcard, mobo sound, no
> difference. I've swapped the video for dual Ultras SLI with newest drivers
> and still does it. I upgraded the psu from a 750w unit thinking it couldn't
> handle the Ultra SLI setup and it had no impact.
>
> Any ideas?
Which game does that?

"David Sanders" wrote:
> Which game does that?
>

It happens in Lost Planet & Bioshock. It happens regardless of the
settings, DX9 or DX10.

Have you run a memory stress test?

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"Dave C" <Dave > wrote in message
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> I've got a newly built system with the following:
>
> XFX 680i mobo
> Intel QX6850 cpu at stock settings
> 4x1Gb PC2-6400 RAM
> EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card
> PC Power 1200w psu
> 2 WD Raptor 150Gb h.d.
> 1 Seagate Barracuda 1Tb h.d.
> Razer Barracuda AC-1 sound card
> Razer DeathAdder mouse
>
> All drivers are current as is the bios on the mobo. The system works great
> but while gaming it will reboot. Sometimes it reboots within 5 minutes of
> play, sometimes it takes an hour. The system is watercooled (but no OC'd
> yet) so the temps stay low (CPU always below 50ºC, video always below 55ºC).
> There is no rhyme or reason as to why it reboots, no BSOD, the screen just
> goes black & it reboots. I've tried a Creative soundcard, mobo sound, no
> difference. I've swapped the video for dual Ultras SLI with newest drivers
> and still does it. I upgraded the psu from a 750w unit thinking it couldn't
> handle the Ultra SLI setup and it had no impact.
>
> Any ideas?

Yes I did. I ran Memtest86 and all worked fine. I have tested this machine
on the Corsair PC2-6400 RAM and on some Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 RAM.

"Steve Easton" wrote:

> Have you run a memory stress test?
>
> --
>
> Steve Easton
>

I have heard instances where an overheated display adapter will cause this.
Is the EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card fan cooled or heat sink cooled?

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"Dave C" <> wrote in message
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> Yes I did. I ran Memtest86 and all worked fine. I have tested this machine
> on the Corsair PC2-6400 RAM and on some Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 RAM.
>
> "Steve Easton" wrote:
>
>> Have you run a memory stress test?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Steve Easton
>>
>

When I'm running the GTS it's fan cooled. But the temps stay low, under
60ºC. When I was running the Ultras SLI it was water cooled and they were in
the 40's.

"Steve Easton" wrote:

> I have heard instances where an overheated display adapter will cause this.
> Is the EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card fan cooled or heat sink cooled?
>
> --

water cooled? man!

"Dave C" <> wrote in message
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> When I'm running the GTS it's fan cooled. But the temps stay low, under
> 60ºC. When I was running the Ultras SLI it was water cooled and they were
> in
> the 40's.
>
> "Steve Easton" wrote:
>
>> I have heard instances where an overheated display adapter will cause
>> this.
>> Is the EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card fan cooled or heat sink cooled?
>>
>> --
>

Dave if you come up with a solution I would for sure like to hear it. I
too am having random rebooting with my XFX 680i (Model # MB-N680-ISH9)
and only during gaming. I have damn near the identical setup as you:

XFX 680i Mobo
QX6850
Dual 150Gig Raptors (non raid setup)
Dual EVGA 8800 Ultras
1000W PSU

I play COD 4 and Supreme Commander Forged Alliance and either can be
played for hours and rebooting occurs anywhere from a couple hours to
quite a few hours.

Each listing here I tried and then attempted to play one of the games I
mentioned and still the random rebooting continues:

Updating the BIOS to P31
Dual Boot with Vista 64-bit and XP 32-bit with no updates and then all
updates
Installed Vista 64-bit only with no updates and then all updates
Installed XP Only with no updates and then all updates
Tried NVidia Forceware drivers: 169.28, 169.21, 169.17, 169.06 as well
as a half dozen 15x.xx version drivers
Thought maybe it was GPU overheating problem and turned GPU Fans up to
100%
Took case side panel off and used box fan
Updated X-Fi soundcard drivers
Updated Mobo drivers
Uninstalled X-Fi Sound Card
Used onboard sound card
Updated onboard sound card drivers
Disabled onboard sound
Disabled SLi and removed one GPU
Removed GPU and put other GPU in
Reinstalled XP with no additional hardware... no printer, webcam etc
etc with no updates and then all updates

Attempt after attempt still caused random reboots. I am to the point I
am pounding my head against the wall. I have been told it could
possibly be a compatability issue with the 680i motherboards and the
QX6850 and have found numerous posts in regards to this random
rebooting but none other then yours mentioned only during gaming... so
at least I know its not just me now. LOL

My system is actually from Alienware and just purchased it a couple
months ago and have a 3 yr warrenty but honestly am tryign to hold out
sending it in till I can get some hard evidence of the exact cause of
the rebooting. Alienware techs arent exactly the cream of the crop and
have delt with them on one other occasion that has left me to this day
scratching my head.

EDIT: I notice you have the title as Vista 64 Ultimate Rebooting... as
you can see from all various attempts you can at least breath a sigh of
relief it has nothing to do with Vista, in all reality it has nothing to
do with OS, GPU, drivers, software or overheating.


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hi can i just say i have had murders whith the xfx680i mobo.

xfx680i
evga8800gtx
intel q6600
samsung pebble 22"
xfi extreme music
corsair Twin2X2048-6400C4 (4-4-4-12) initial build.
corsair TWIN2X2048 5400C4 (4-4-4-12) installed now
os vista 64
i was running 4x1gb of corsair twinx pc6400 800mhz and it kept crashing
bsods driver errors etc. i started a memtest and had thousands of
errors, memory i thought.
wrong!
i also have an asus m2n mobo with 4x1gb twinx pc5400 675 mhz. also
vista 64 so i did a simple test 1 stick at a time i swapped the memory
from 1 pc to the next set the default ram timings from corsair and
bingo not a blue screen or a crash for nearly two weeks.
my son plays cod4 all the time and does not notice the difference.
i dont consider myself an expert by any means but i am always upgrading
my sons gaming pc. and getting the leftovers.
hope this helps.
regards mitch


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