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Just Wondering

I just installed a Asus P4P800 running DDR333 and P4 2.4 FSB cpu

A game I play, Wolfenstien ET, hangs when it starts, this is the only one
that seems the do it,

The picture freezes, then you heard a sound in the speakers. Any thoughts
or directions one could think of?

Thanks
 
Hi
Things to try -
Reinstall DX9, reinstall vid card drivers, reinstall ET, if there is a setup
you can get to (external to the game) change things there, disk defrag,
reboot (if you haven't already), turn off background programs, etc
See what happens
Peter Cavan
 
Just Wondering said:
I just installed a Asus P4P800 running DDR333 and P4 2.4 FSB cpu

A game I play, Wolfenstien ET, hangs when it starts, this is the only one
that seems the do it,

The picture freezes, then you heard a sound in the speakers. Any thoughts
or directions one could think of?
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The combination of the P4P800 with DDR333 is not ideal, because the P4P800
typically woks at 400 MHz for the FSB. If this is your setting, it's normal
that under intensive work (games), your memory has problems and your PC
freezes or crashes. Check in the bios if your DDR speed is set to the
asynchronous speed of 333 MHz (4:5). If this was ok, make sure the
Performance Mode (advanced menu) and the Memory Acceleration are set to
Auto. Anyways, in your case, I would recommand to exchange your memory for
DDR 3200 (400 MHz) or even better (and more expensive!) for DDR3700. Gives
you room to run at cas 2.
 
ElJerid said:
The combination of the P4P800 with DDR333 is not ideal, because the P4P800
typically woks at 400 MHz for the FSB. If this is your setting, it's
normal that under intensive work (games), your memory has problems and
your PC freezes or crashes.
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Is this true even if they are running a 2.4 533 processor? They didn't say
which 2.4 they are running and if it is a 533 FSB chip there is no option
for ram faster than 333!
 
stacey said:
Is this true even if they are running a 2.4 533 processor? They didn't say
which 2.4 they are running and if it is a 533 FSB chip there is no option
for ram faster than 333!
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You're right, Stacey, I made one assumption too much. Just because I
consider it as a logic step to purchase a P4 2.4 with 800 MHz FSB when you
acquired an Asus P4P800!
 
Thanks to all, it is a 533 FSB CPU, so the restrictions may be in the ram,
so this board will handle DDR 3700????
 
Just said:
Thanks to all, it is a 533 FSB CPU, so the restrictions may be in the ram,
so this board will handle DDR 3700????
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Yep but it won't run over DDR333 with that 533 FSB CPU. I just bought the
same board to use my older 533 2.53 chip to get dual channel ram. Once the
800FSB chips get really cheap I might upgrade it as well?


Since it's only one game that has this problem, sounds more like a
software/driver issue. Have you tried some of the "calmer" bios settings to
see if it acts nicer? (Like auto on the performance ram settings etc). I
tried turbo and all I got was garbage on the screen on boot! Might look for
different drivers for the video card and see what happens? Sometimes the
"latest" isn't "the greatest" as far as being stable.
 
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