Manufacturer roadmaps to keep in mind when building a new PC - Page 3

jmke · 2nd July 2011, 11:59

a bit too much variables to be comfortable with in my humble opinion

3rd July 2011, 00:16

Yeah, I'm not sure if it's the mobo or the SSD.

I've done 7 reinstalls now, following OCZ's support forum's procedures with each time a slightly different procedure as suggested. Doesn't change a thing.

I'm going to drop it off at Alternate on tuesday, let them figure it out. They have spare parts so should be straight forward for them.

20th August 2011, 16:13

If anyone is keeping score: Firmware 2.11 seems to be solving a lot of people's problems for Vertex 3 drives.

26th August 2011, 20:45

So finally Deus Ex HR comes out, and I'm playing it on my new rig. Sadly the thing crashes... First infrequently now frequently.

The 570 GTX's GPU is constantly at 100% and reading out at 64% fan speed & 85°c. Is the GPU barfing or is the SSD back to cause issues? *sigh* More debugging ahead of me...

Really not having much luck with this new PC. I shall name it Agrajag...

geoffrey · 27th August 2011, 13:15

could be a software bug

27th August 2011, 20:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoffrey

could be a software bug

Nah, I found some posts about how a bunch of MSI cards went out with wrong BIOS settings. Supposedly the "OC" cards went out with too low voltage settings etc. Couldn't run the "OC" settings.

To test I downclocked to standard 570 GTX speeds and it's been running solid for a day now. And with 'sane' GPU load levels etc (eventhough it now has less 'computing power').

Will need to flash the GTX's BIOS to see if that makes it run normally again.

29th August 2011, 19:07

Updated to next BIOS. Let's see if this thing works.

ATM I'm getting 6192 points in 3DMARK11 with everything stock and several programs open in the background.

2nd July 2011, 11:59	#21
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	a bit too much variables to be comfortable with in my humble opinion __________________

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3rd July 2011, 00:16	#22
SuAside Posts: n/a	Yeah, I'm not sure if it's the mobo or the SSD. I've done 7 reinstalls now, following OCZ's support forum's procedures with each time a slightly different procedure as suggested. Doesn't change a thing. I'm going to drop it off at Alternate on tuesday, let them figure it out. They have spare parts so should be straight forward for them.

20th August 2011, 16:13	#23
SuAside Posts: n/a	If anyone is keeping score: Firmware 2.11 seems to be solving a lot of people's problems for Vertex 3 drives.

26th August 2011, 20:45	#24
SuAside Posts: n/a	So finally Deus Ex HR comes out, and I'm playing it on my new rig. Sadly the thing crashes... First infrequently now frequently. The 570 GTX's GPU is constantly at 100% and reading out at 64% fan speed & 85°c. Is the GPU barfing or is the SSD back to cause issues? sigh More debugging ahead of me... Really not having much luck with this new PC. I shall name it Agrajag...

29th August 2011, 19:07	#27
SuAside Posts: n/a	Updated to next BIOS. Let's see if this thing works. ATM I'm getting 6192 points in 3DMARK11 with everything stock and several programs open in the background.