BSODs with 3d Vision, 2-way SLI - Single Monitor
Hi all, first time poster here so hello to all you nice people :)

I've got the following setup

Dell XPS 730 H2C
QX9650 @ 3.6 GHz (Factory settings..)
nForce 790i Ultra SLI mobo with onboard RAID (using as striped)
Creative X-fi sound card
2 x 280 GTX's SLI'd
4 GB Ram
Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2
196.21 drivers and whatever 3d vision drivers came on the 1.20 CD
1 x ACER GD245HQ


Whenever I run games with stereoscopy enabled, with SLI enabled, I'll get a blue screen after about 10 mins. nvlddmkm.sys appears to be the faulting driver, but haven't been able write down the rest of it as the system reboots shortly after.

SLI has been working fine before I installed 3d vision, with the same drivers (196.21). I've tried earlier drivers but I have the same problems.

I have also noticed that, especially in Left 4 Dead, my sound now crackles and pops really badly with SLI enabled. This was working fine before, with all the settings ramped up. Everything works fine with one 280 enabled.

I noticed someone else having similar blue screen problems but that was attributed to a multi-monitor setup which I don't have.

I've reinstalled the nvidia & creative drivers after using driver cleaner (following instructions on the guru3d site)

The things that have changed recently are that I'm using my new Acer monitor, and added the 3d vision kit.

Could some of this be attributed to a higher refresh rate (120Hz, used to be 60Hz with the older monitor)?
I'm going to remove the creative card and go for the onboard sound and see what happens.
I'm also going to try switching which of my 280's has the monitor attached to it.

I'm unsure what power supply I've got, but would have assumed it was man enough for the job as it came with the 730 which is designed for SLI. I would like to test it, but don't really know what I'm doing so any tips on this would be gladly received. Like I said though, before 3d vision everything was hunkydory in SLI - even crysis at 1920x1080 with all bells and whistles + AA x 4 on.

I may also try switching the SLI rendering mode, as Creative mention on their website that AFR2 is more friendly to their cards.

I do like this 3d vision business though, on a single card, playing L4D you could actually see inside the zombies heads by way of shotgun wound!

Cheers guys,

BW7.

-- EDIT --

SLI works absolutely fine @ 120Hz without 3d vision turned on still. It's all connected, just not enabled in Nvidia control panel.

Trying other SLI rendering modes didn't work.

Disabling the creative card and enabling onboard sound prevented me from logging into vista. I will remove it fully tomorrow night as it's time for bed =)

I think my understanding of SLI is a little bit wonky, as trying to which my monitor output from one card to the other didn't work.

I've tried disabling steam overlay. I've had a BSOD with Call of Duty 2 running with SLI also.

I'm going to try some more games out tomorrow.
Hi all, first time poster here so hello to all you nice people :)



I've got the following setup



Dell XPS 730 H2C

QX9650 @ 3.6 GHz (Factory settings..)

nForce 790i Ultra SLI mobo with onboard RAID (using as striped)

Creative X-fi sound card

2 x 280 GTX's SLI'd

4 GB Ram

Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2

196.21 drivers and whatever 3d vision drivers came on the 1.20 CD

1 x ACER GD245HQ





Whenever I run games with stereoscopy enabled, with SLI enabled, I'll get a blue screen after about 10 mins. nvlddmkm.sys appears to be the faulting driver, but haven't been able write down the rest of it as the system reboots shortly after.



SLI has been working fine before I installed 3d vision, with the same drivers (196.21). I've tried earlier drivers but I have the same problems.



I have also noticed that, especially in Left 4 Dead, my sound now crackles and pops really badly with SLI enabled. This was working fine before, with all the settings ramped up. Everything works fine with one 280 enabled.



I noticed someone else having similar blue screen problems but that was attributed to a multi-monitor setup which I don't have.



I've reinstalled the nvidia & creative drivers after using driver cleaner (following instructions on the guru3d site)



The things that have changed recently are that I'm using my new Acer monitor, and added the 3d vision kit.



Could some of this be attributed to a higher refresh rate (120Hz, used to be 60Hz with the older monitor)?

I'm going to remove the creative card and go for the onboard sound and see what happens.

I'm also going to try switching which of my 280's has the monitor attached to it.



I'm unsure what power supply I've got, but would have assumed it was man enough for the job as it came with the 730 which is designed for SLI. I would like to test it, but don't really know what I'm doing so any tips on this would be gladly received. Like I said though, before 3d vision everything was hunkydory in SLI - even crysis at 1920x1080 with all bells and whistles + AA x 4 on.



I may also try switching the SLI rendering mode, as Creative mention on their website that AFR2 is more friendly to their cards.



I do like this 3d vision business though, on a single card, playing L4D you could actually see inside the zombies heads by way of shotgun wound!



Cheers guys,



BW7.



-- EDIT --



SLI works absolutely fine @ 120Hz without 3d vision turned on still. It's all connected, just not enabled in Nvidia control panel.



Trying other SLI rendering modes didn't work.



Disabling the creative card and enabling onboard sound prevented me from logging into vista. I will remove it fully tomorrow night as it's time for bed =)



I think my understanding of SLI is a little bit wonky, as trying to which my monitor output from one card to the other didn't work.



I've tried disabling steam overlay. I've had a BSOD with Call of Duty 2 running with SLI also.



I'm going to try some more games out tomorrow.

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#1
Posted 02/25/2010 01:51 PM   
Completely and utterly shameless bumpage. Sorry folks, kinda hoping someone might have a few ideas I could try out.
Completely and utterly shameless bumpage. Sorry folks, kinda hoping someone might have a few ideas I could try out.

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#2
Posted 02/25/2010 11:09 PM   
removal of soundcard seems to have done the trick.
removal of soundcard seems to have done the trick.

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#3
Posted 02/26/2010 10:31 PM   
BSOD back again.... L4D seemed to be rock solid after removing my sound card. Now I've just had a BSOD with Fallout 3, and after my machine rebooted my onboard sound has been disabled! What the hell is with that??

This time I've managed to find how to turn off the automatic reboot, so I've attached a photo of the BSOD.

STOP: 0x00000116 (0xC3138058, 0xCCOE3A30, 0xC00000B5, 0x0000000A)
nvlddmkm.sys - Address CC0E3A30 base at CC001000, DateStamp 4b4c0972

Photo of BSOD attached.

I've spend days on this and I'm at my wits end =(
BSOD back again.... L4D seemed to be rock solid after removing my sound card. Now I've just had a BSOD with Fallout 3, and after my machine rebooted my onboard sound has been disabled! What the hell is with that??



This time I've managed to find how to turn off the automatic reboot, so I've attached a photo of the BSOD.



STOP: 0x00000116 (0xC3138058, 0xCCOE3A30, 0xC00000B5, 0x0000000A)

nvlddmkm.sys - Address CC0E3A30 base at CC001000, DateStamp 4b4c0972



Photo of BSOD attached.



I've spend days on this and I'm at my wits end =(

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#4
Posted 02/27/2010 12:32 AM   
[quote name='BattleWeapon7' post='1008771' date='Feb 26 2010, 07:32 PM']BSOD back again.... L4D seemed to be rock solid after removing my sound card. Now I've just had a BSOD with Fallout 3, and after my machine rebooted my onboard sound has been disabled! What the hell is with that??

This time I've managed to find how to turn off the automatic reboot, so I've attached a photo of the BSOD.

STOP: 0x00000116 (0xC3138058, 0xCCOE3A30, 0xC00000B5, 0x0000000A)
nvlddmkm.sys - Address CC0E3A30 base at CC001000, DateStamp 4b4c0972

Photo of BSOD attached.

I've spend days on this and I'm at my wits end =([/quote]



You should measure various system temperatures carefully (CPU, northbridge, GPU) and log the min and max values.

I have a system similar to yours and had many months of BSOD, Nvidia driver failures because of a northbridge fan that was underperforming. Placed a 5 dollar 40mm fan on it and problems dissapeared.

Try CPUID hardware monitor, a free app which will log various system temps. Can be tricky to use but keeps a log of high and low temps at various places in system. Note that you cannot look at instantaneous "current temp" because after closing an intensive app like a game the temp can fall almost 10C in 1 sec!

Also try EVGA precision but be aware that running it during 3DVision can cause intermittent flashing (desynchronization) of the glasses. Precision can also crash some apps depending on driver version. I use to set clocks then turn it off, clock settings stay.

You must insure your cpu clock is stable at set voltage by running prime95, small fft test for 20-30min.

Run memtest to test your memory.

Agree with removing soundcard.

All else fails try completely removing nvidia drivers, (physx first then graphics), use driver sweeper, then reinstall.

i recently switched from Vista32 to 64 have found it to be somewhat more stable than 32 for large apps (e.g. CODMW2 last chapters would crash in Vista32 at 2560x1600, not in 64).

3DVision is absolutely worth the effort, amazing!


baragon


[size=1][color="#FFCC00"]MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios
CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)
RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)
GRAPHICS: 2X EVGA GTX 285ssc(clocks: 720/1624/1370, stock heatsinks)
Physx: GTS250 512MB 756MHz stock
HDD1: 2X Western Digital Caviar SATA II 250GB 7200 rpm Raid 0
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm
SOUND: On board
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2
MONITOR: Dell 3008wfp 30" Native Res: 2560X1600 @ 60Hz, AcerGD235Hz120Hz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W
CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury
3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21[/color][/size]
[quote name='BattleWeapon7' post='1008771' date='Feb 26 2010, 07:32 PM']BSOD back again.... L4D seemed to be rock solid after removing my sound card. Now I've just had a BSOD with Fallout 3, and after my machine rebooted my onboard sound has been disabled! What the hell is with that??



This time I've managed to find how to turn off the automatic reboot, so I've attached a photo of the BSOD.



STOP: 0x00000116 (0xC3138058, 0xCCOE3A30, 0xC00000B5, 0x0000000A)

nvlddmkm.sys - Address CC0E3A30 base at CC001000, DateStamp 4b4c0972



Photo of BSOD attached.



I've spend days on this and I'm at my wits end =(







You should measure various system temperatures carefully (CPU, northbridge, GPU) and log the min and max values.



I have a system similar to yours and had many months of BSOD, Nvidia driver failures because of a northbridge fan that was underperforming. Placed a 5 dollar 40mm fan on it and problems dissapeared.



Try CPUID hardware monitor, a free app which will log various system temps. Can be tricky to use but keeps a log of high and low temps at various places in system. Note that you cannot look at instantaneous "current temp" because after closing an intensive app like a game the temp can fall almost 10C in 1 sec!



Also try EVGA precision but be aware that running it during 3DVision can cause intermittent flashing (desynchronization) of the glasses. Precision can also crash some apps depending on driver version. I use to set clocks then turn it off, clock settings stay.



You must insure your cpu clock is stable at set voltage by running prime95, small fft test for 20-30min.



Run memtest to test your memory.



Agree with removing soundcard.



All else fails try completely removing nvidia drivers, (physx first then graphics), use driver sweeper, then reinstall.



i recently switched from Vista32 to 64 have found it to be somewhat more stable than 32 for large apps (e.g. CODMW2 last chapters would crash in Vista32 at 2560x1600, not in 64).



3DVision is absolutely worth the effort, amazing!





baragon





MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios

CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day

CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)

RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)

GRAPHICS: 2X EVGA GTX 285ssc(clocks: 720/1624/1370, stock heatsinks)

Physx: GTS250 512MB 756MHz stock

HDD1: 2X Western Digital Caviar SATA II 250GB 7200 rpm Raid 0

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm

SOUND: On board

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

MONITOR: Dell 3008wfp 30" Native Res: 2560X1600 @ 60Hz, AcerGD235Hz120Hz

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W

CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury

3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21

#5
Posted 02/27/2010 02:52 AM   
[quote name='baragon' post='1008809' date='Feb 27 2010, 02:52 AM']You should measure various system temperatures carefully (CPU, northbridge, GPU) and log the min and max values.

I have a system similar to yours and had many months of BSOD, Nvidia driver failures because of a northbridge fan that was underperforming. Placed a 5 dollar 40mm fan on it and problems dissapeared.

Try CPUID hardware monitor, a free app which will log various system temps. Can be tricky to use but keeps a log of high and low temps at various places in system. Note that you cannot look at instantaneous "current temp" because after closing an intensive app like a game the temp can fall almost 10C in 1 sec!

Also try EVGA precision but be aware that running it during 3DVision can cause intermittent flashing (desynchronization) of the glasses. Precision can also crash some apps depending on driver version. I use to set clocks then turn it off, clock settings stay.

You must insure your cpu clock is stable at set voltage by running prime95, small fft test for 20-30min.

Run memtest to test your memory.

Agree with removing soundcard.

All else fails try completely removing nvidia drivers, (physx first then graphics), use driver sweeper, then reinstall.

i recently switched from Vista32 to 64 have found it to be somewhat more stable than 32 for large apps (e.g. CODMW2 last chapters would crash in Vista32 at 2560x1600, not in 64).

3DVision is absolutely worth the effort, amazing!


baragon


[size=1][color="#FFCC00"]MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios
CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)
RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)
GRAPHICS: 2X EVGA GTX 285ssc(clocks: 720/1624/1370, stock heatsinks)
Physx: GTS250 512MB 756MHz stock
HDD1: 2X Western Digital Caviar SATA II 250GB 7200 rpm Raid 0
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm
SOUND: On board
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2
MONITOR: Dell 3008wfp 30" Native Res: 2560X1600 @ 60Hz, AcerGD235Hz120Hz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W
CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury
3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21[/color][/size][/quote]

Thank you so much for your advice. I think the BSOD with Fallout must have been more of a Fallout issue than a hardware issue. I've ramped the fans up on my cards, installed the latest realtek drivers, and had a good 3 hour session on dawn of war 2 and have subsequently played L4D, L4D2 and more Fallout without incident. I am convinced that it was the sound card. Interesting how the problem was exacerbated by having 3d vision enabled though.

The only annoyance I'm left with is that my BIOS complains about an audio cable being disconnected during POST, and every time I reboot I have to re-enable the onboard sound as it disables it for me (how helpful). Could be that I need a new battery, but would have expected a POST message about that. I can live with it.

3D vision, all I can say is WOW!

Thanks to everyone who had a look at this post, I know there are some that read through it at least - hopefully someone else might find this stuff helpful if they ever run into it.

baragon, I think I'll run through those tests anyway, but later - I want to play with my new toy! =)
[quote name='baragon' post='1008809' date='Feb 27 2010, 02:52 AM']You should measure various system temperatures carefully (CPU, northbridge, GPU) and log the min and max values.



I have a system similar to yours and had many months of BSOD, Nvidia driver failures because of a northbridge fan that was underperforming. Placed a 5 dollar 40mm fan on it and problems dissapeared.



Try CPUID hardware monitor, a free app which will log various system temps. Can be tricky to use but keeps a log of high and low temps at various places in system. Note that you cannot look at instantaneous "current temp" because after closing an intensive app like a game the temp can fall almost 10C in 1 sec!



Also try EVGA precision but be aware that running it during 3DVision can cause intermittent flashing (desynchronization) of the glasses. Precision can also crash some apps depending on driver version. I use to set clocks then turn it off, clock settings stay.



You must insure your cpu clock is stable at set voltage by running prime95, small fft test for 20-30min.



Run memtest to test your memory.



Agree with removing soundcard.



All else fails try completely removing nvidia drivers, (physx first then graphics), use driver sweeper, then reinstall.



i recently switched from Vista32 to 64 have found it to be somewhat more stable than 32 for large apps (e.g. CODMW2 last chapters would crash in Vista32 at 2560x1600, not in 64).



3DVision is absolutely worth the effort, amazing!





baragon





MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios

CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day

CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)

RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)

GRAPHICS: 2X EVGA GTX 285ssc(clocks: 720/1624/1370, stock heatsinks)

Physx: GTS250 512MB 756MHz stock

HDD1: 2X Western Digital Caviar SATA II 250GB 7200 rpm Raid 0

HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm

SOUND: On board

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

MONITOR: Dell 3008wfp 30" Native Res: 2560X1600 @ 60Hz, AcerGD235Hz120Hz

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W

CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury

3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21



Thank you so much for your advice. I think the BSOD with Fallout must have been more of a Fallout issue than a hardware issue. I've ramped the fans up on my cards, installed the latest realtek drivers, and had a good 3 hour session on dawn of war 2 and have subsequently played L4D, L4D2 and more Fallout without incident. I am convinced that it was the sound card. Interesting how the problem was exacerbated by having 3d vision enabled though.



The only annoyance I'm left with is that my BIOS complains about an audio cable being disconnected during POST, and every time I reboot I have to re-enable the onboard sound as it disables it for me (how helpful). Could be that I need a new battery, but would have expected a POST message about that. I can live with it.



3D vision, all I can say is WOW!



Thanks to everyone who had a look at this post, I know there are some that read through it at least - hopefully someone else might find this stuff helpful if they ever run into it.



baragon, I think I'll run through those tests anyway, but later - I want to play with my new toy! =)

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#6
Posted 02/27/2010 03:18 PM   
[quote name='BattleWeapon7' post='1009005' date='Feb 27 2010, 03:18 PM']Thank you so much for your advice. I think the BSOD with Fallout must have been more of a Fallout issue than a hardware issue. I've ramped the fans up on my cards, installed the latest realtek drivers, and had a good 3 hour session on dawn of war 2 and have subsequently played L4D, L4D2 and more Fallout without incident. I am convinced that it was the sound card. Interesting how the problem was exacerbated by having 3d vision enabled though.

The only annoyance I'm left with is that my BIOS complains about an audio cable being disconnected during POST, and every time I reboot I have to re-enable the onboard sound as it disables it for me (how helpful). Could be that I need a new battery, but would have expected a POST message about that. I can live with it.

3D vision, all I can say is WOW!

Thanks to everyone who had a look at this post, I know there are some that read through it at least - hopefully someone else might find this stuff helpful if they ever run into it.

baragon, I think I'll run through those tests anyway, but later - I want to play with my new toy! =)[/quote]

having far fewer problems now, but still get the occasional bsod when running sli and 3d vision. dx10 causes some problems, I've also moved the pyramid to a different USB port, which may have helped. avatar crashes loads in dx10 mode, dx9 is better but still get the occasional bsod. going to try GPU-z and do some stress testing with my cards.
[quote name='BattleWeapon7' post='1009005' date='Feb 27 2010, 03:18 PM']Thank you so much for your advice. I think the BSOD with Fallout must have been more of a Fallout issue than a hardware issue. I've ramped the fans up on my cards, installed the latest realtek drivers, and had a good 3 hour session on dawn of war 2 and have subsequently played L4D, L4D2 and more Fallout without incident. I am convinced that it was the sound card. Interesting how the problem was exacerbated by having 3d vision enabled though.



The only annoyance I'm left with is that my BIOS complains about an audio cable being disconnected during POST, and every time I reboot I have to re-enable the onboard sound as it disables it for me (how helpful). Could be that I need a new battery, but would have expected a POST message about that. I can live with it.



3D vision, all I can say is WOW!



Thanks to everyone who had a look at this post, I know there are some that read through it at least - hopefully someone else might find this stuff helpful if they ever run into it.



baragon, I think I'll run through those tests anyway, but later - I want to play with my new toy! =)



having far fewer problems now, but still get the occasional bsod when running sli and 3d vision. dx10 causes some problems, I've also moved the pyramid to a different USB port, which may have helped. avatar crashes loads in dx10 mode, dx9 is better but still get the occasional bsod. going to try GPU-z and do some stress testing with my cards.

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#7
Posted 03/02/2010 12:53 AM   
[quote name='BattleWeapon7' post='1010499' date='Mar 2 2010, 12:53 AM']having far fewer problems now, but still get the occasional bsod when running sli and 3d vision. dx10 causes some problems, I've also moved the pyramid to a different USB port, which may have helped. avatar crashes loads in dx10 mode, dx9 is better but still get the occasional bsod. going to try GPU-z and do some stress testing with my cards.[/quote]

Seem to be having much more success now that I've changed my keyboard for a PS/2 one and removed some DRM dongle software (Codemeter for playing Steel Beasts Pro 2), and removed my wireless usb network adapter (using wired connection now) - I think it was something dogey with a usb device...
[quote name='BattleWeapon7' post='1010499' date='Mar 2 2010, 12:53 AM']having far fewer problems now, but still get the occasional bsod when running sli and 3d vision. dx10 causes some problems, I've also moved the pyramid to a different USB port, which may have helped. avatar crashes loads in dx10 mode, dx9 is better but still get the occasional bsod. going to try GPU-z and do some stress testing with my cards.



Seem to be having much more success now that I've changed my keyboard for a PS/2 one and removed some DRM dongle software (Codemeter for playing Steel Beasts Pro 2), and removed my wireless usb network adapter (using wired connection now) - I think it was something dogey with a usb device...

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#8
Posted 03/07/2010 08:14 PM   
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