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submariner · 04-19-07, 10:21 PM

It's your vid card overheating .... I had the exact problem with SH3.

I kept CTD at random points but usually with a lot of 3D activity going on. I spent hours and hours doing driver changes, minidump, etc. and all was a waste of time.

I finally read about overheating and so I downloaded a stand alone temp monitor utility (displays on screen or task bar).

I was shocked to find I was running at some awful temp around 70 C or something, even BEFORE SH3 was running.

I opened the case to fing tons of dust and lint packed on the fan and heatsinks !!!!

So I cleaned the fan, added a new fan, cleaned off the heat sinks, and presto .... no more CTD and a nice temp of around 40-50 C.

04-19-07, 10:21 PM	#9
submariner Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Vid Card Overheating .... It's your vid card overheating .... I had the exact problem with SH3. I kept CTD at random points but usually with a lot of 3D activity going on. I spent hours and hours doing driver changes, minidump, etc. and all was a waste of time. I finally read about overheating and so I downloaded a stand alone temp monitor utility (displays on screen or task bar). I was shocked to find I was running at some awful temp around 70 C or something, even BEFORE SH3 was running. I opened the case to fing tons of dust and lint packed on the fan and heatsinks !!!! So I cleaned the fan, added a new fan, cleaned off the heat sinks, and presto .... no more CTD and a nice temp of around 40-50 C.