hawk_eyeBF2
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OK.. here's the lowdown:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.3GHz
Nividia GeForce 7600GT 256mb
Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS Soundcard
1 200GB SATA HDD
1 20GB IDE HDD
1 80GB IDE HDD
2x 512mb Acer DDR RAM
2x 512mb Corsair DDR RAM
Two 120mm Case fans (one at front blowing air onto HDD's, one exhausting air at back)
One 80mm Case Fan in side window blowing air into case
Zalman CPNS9500 CPU cooler/heatsink
In-built case fan temperature gauge attached to Zalman heatsink.
One PCI Fan Blower under the Graphics card
Numerous other system fans like BIOS/GPU/PSU
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Overclocking: None
RAM settings: From last set 5 months ago (see below)
BIOS settings: All modified from 5 months ago
Range temp of heatsink: 30-40c
Alright, so I have been making maps for Company of Heroes for a few months now using the Worldbuilder that was released in a patch.
When it is a reasonably hot day (20c) in Christchurch, my computer makes a high pitched beeping noise after I have been in the worldbuilder for about 30-1 hour.
I recognise this as overheating, and turn my PC off and on again, letting it cool down.
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Overclocking: 2.3Ghz (from 2.0Ghz) Multiplier x10
RAM settings: Default
BIOS settings: Default
Range temp of heatsink: 25-34c
After getting rather annoyed by this I bought a Zalman CPNS9500 Heatsink and installed it properly, following the directions and putting on thermal grease etc etc..
Thinking this would stop the problem, I went back to work on my maps... but whoa and behold, my computer started beeping again!
(NOTE: at the time of beeping the case temp gauge read about 34c and my CPU was overclocked to 2.3Ghz)
As you can imagine, I was pretty annoyed after spending over $100NZD on a brand new CPU heatsink to stop this!
Earlier today I overclocked my CPU to a max of 2.6Ghz and ran a stress test for about 30mins to check to see it didn't overheat. It ran fine, and never overheated at all.
But, noticing a performance DROP in games, I reduced the core speed back to 2.3Ghz with a multiplier of x10.
My computer is situated on the carpet, under a desk and in the corner. The back is to the wall, and the side without the window is to the wall. It doesn't have lots of ventilation, but the fans do a good job.
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Now, onto my other problem:
Recently (today) I had to reset my BIOS to default, because it needed a refresh. I started up a game, and it ran a LOT slower than it should have... I blamed it on the CPU being overclocked, but then I remembered what happened about 5 months ago.
About 5 months ago I purchased another 2x 512mb sticks of RAM for the PC. When I installed them I noticed a DROP in performance.
After several days of discussion in a thread on these boards about it, it turned out it was my RAM settings in the BIOS. For some reason the defaults were weird or something and I needed to change a few.
I don't know much about RAM settings, so here are my DEFAULT SETTINGS as of NOW:
(note with these settings the PC is running slow).
Memclock index value (Mhz)......................333Mhz
CAS# latency (Tcl).....................................2.5
Min RAS# to CAS# active time (tras).........7T
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd).......................4T
Row precharge time (Trp).........................4T
Row cycle time (Trc)..................................16T
Row refresh time......................................18T
Read to Write time....................................4T
Write recovery time..................................3T
1T/2T Memory timing.................................2T
S/W DRAM over 4G remapping..................enabled
H/W DRAM over 4G remapping..................enabled
Now, I did get my settings sorted out last time I went through all this, and my PC was running fine, but i've forgotten what I changed.
From past experience, the PC won't boot up if I change the wrong setting
Could you tell me what I should change to make my RAM work?
NOTE: Last time, we tried the most obvious thing (changing timing to 1T) but it just made my PC unbootable. Turned out memory over 1GB doesn't like 1T timing!
CPU-Z Dump file
DXDIAG Dump File
Help?
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.3GHz
Nividia GeForce 7600GT 256mb
Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS Soundcard
1 200GB SATA HDD
1 20GB IDE HDD
1 80GB IDE HDD
2x 512mb Acer DDR RAM
2x 512mb Corsair DDR RAM
Two 120mm Case fans (one at front blowing air onto HDD's, one exhausting air at back)
One 80mm Case Fan in side window blowing air into case
Zalman CPNS9500 CPU cooler/heatsink
In-built case fan temperature gauge attached to Zalman heatsink.
One PCI Fan Blower under the Graphics card
Numerous other system fans like BIOS/GPU/PSU
-------------------------
Overclocking: None
RAM settings: From last set 5 months ago (see below)
BIOS settings: All modified from 5 months ago
Range temp of heatsink: 30-40c
Alright, so I have been making maps for Company of Heroes for a few months now using the Worldbuilder that was released in a patch.
When it is a reasonably hot day (20c) in Christchurch, my computer makes a high pitched beeping noise after I have been in the worldbuilder for about 30-1 hour.
I recognise this as overheating, and turn my PC off and on again, letting it cool down.
---------------------------
Overclocking: 2.3Ghz (from 2.0Ghz) Multiplier x10
RAM settings: Default
BIOS settings: Default
Range temp of heatsink: 25-34c
After getting rather annoyed by this I bought a Zalman CPNS9500 Heatsink and installed it properly, following the directions and putting on thermal grease etc etc..
Thinking this would stop the problem, I went back to work on my maps... but whoa and behold, my computer started beeping again!
(NOTE: at the time of beeping the case temp gauge read about 34c and my CPU was overclocked to 2.3Ghz)
As you can imagine, I was pretty annoyed after spending over $100NZD on a brand new CPU heatsink to stop this!
Earlier today I overclocked my CPU to a max of 2.6Ghz and ran a stress test for about 30mins to check to see it didn't overheat. It ran fine, and never overheated at all.
But, noticing a performance DROP in games, I reduced the core speed back to 2.3Ghz with a multiplier of x10.
My computer is situated on the carpet, under a desk and in the corner. The back is to the wall, and the side without the window is to the wall. It doesn't have lots of ventilation, but the fans do a good job.
--------------------------
Now, onto my other problem:
Recently (today) I had to reset my BIOS to default, because it needed a refresh. I started up a game, and it ran a LOT slower than it should have... I blamed it on the CPU being overclocked, but then I remembered what happened about 5 months ago.
About 5 months ago I purchased another 2x 512mb sticks of RAM for the PC. When I installed them I noticed a DROP in performance.
After several days of discussion in a thread on these boards about it, it turned out it was my RAM settings in the BIOS. For some reason the defaults were weird or something and I needed to change a few.
I don't know much about RAM settings, so here are my DEFAULT SETTINGS as of NOW:
(note with these settings the PC is running slow).
Memclock index value (Mhz)......................333Mhz
CAS# latency (Tcl).....................................2.5
Min RAS# to CAS# active time (tras).........7T
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd).......................4T
Row precharge time (Trp).........................4T
Row cycle time (Trc)..................................16T
Row refresh time......................................18T
Read to Write time....................................4T
Write recovery time..................................3T
1T/2T Memory timing.................................2T
S/W DRAM over 4G remapping..................enabled
H/W DRAM over 4G remapping..................enabled
Now, I did get my settings sorted out last time I went through all this, and my PC was running fine, but i've forgotten what I changed.
From past experience, the PC won't boot up if I change the wrong setting
Could you tell me what I should change to make my RAM work?
NOTE: Last time, we tried the most obvious thing (changing timing to 1T) but it just made my PC unbootable. Turned out memory over 1GB doesn't like 1T timing!
CPU-Z Dump file
DXDIAG Dump File
Help?