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    3dmark06 crashing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by stirfriedsushi, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. stirfriedsushi

    stirfriedsushi Confuse a Cat LTD

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    I've been having an issue with 3dmark 06. It has been crashing every time i run it. It used to crash every time i started it and never finished a test, and now that i updated chipset drivers, it goes through a few tests and then crashes.

    before the chipset update it would restart the whole machine. now it just crashes itself and leaves the machine running. 3dmark05 runs fine.

    anyone know what this could be?

    Edited: cpu/gpu temps are all fine.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Aug 18, 2008
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  2. Hep!

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    Check the temps of your CPU/GPU
     
    Hep!, Aug 18, 2008
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    Could you post the temps anyway?
     
    PocketAces21, Aug 18, 2008
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  4. stirfriedsushi

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    i'll post temps as soon as i get everest installed, speedfan looked very low and HWmanager looked too high. i don't trust freeware.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Aug 18, 2008
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    Run a memtest and ORTHOS for a few hours.

    Also try changing our your frivers.
     
    Hep!, Aug 18, 2008
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    well all drivers are newest. i did orthos and a gpu test and both were fine. i am running memtest now and am hoping that is the issue.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Aug 18, 2008
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    memtest gave me nothing really. it could be voltages or an individual component. i'll do troubleshooting tomorrow.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Aug 19, 2008
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    I tried 3dmark06 on my old laptop, but it has a minimum system requirement of 1gb of system memory and a 256mb graphics card!!!
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 29, 2008
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