hey joe another very helpful person suggested its probally the power supply and being as i only have a 300w that is very likely. currently im running only one case fan a 5.25 dual fan cooler from the front blowing out, im hoping i can switch the fans on the front to blow in then install a 80mm fan on the back to blow out.. i will look into the round data cable suggestion ( i didnt even know they made such a thing :P) because my case is pretty much a cramped mess of metal and wires :) thank you for your advice Matt Butler >From: joseph marty <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Video card problems? >Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 07:03:40 -0400 > >My guess is that you have two very hot items listed: the athlon 3000+ and >the Radeon 9800 pro. Both generate a lot of heat that needs to be >dissipated. That it heats up, shuts down and won't allow a restart for a >minute or so sounds like a heat problem. A possible solution would be a >front and rear fan arrangement (pull cool air in the front and push it out >the back) in addition to the power supply fan, the CPU fan, and the fan on >the Radeon. You might also want to use round data cables instead of flat >ribbon cables to get better air flow. Check to be sure all fans you now >have are working. > > > >i just put together a new pc > >biostar m7viz km400 mobo > >athalon xp 3000+ > >and a radeon 9800pro 128mb ddr > > > >now whenever i try to run something that would take up some resources on >my > >video card ( or so it would appear) such as 3dmark or any pc game for >that > >matter after a minute or so my computer will just completely shut itself > >down and it will not let me restart it for a minute or so.. a friend of >mine > >said this may be a driver issue but as far as i know i have the latest > >drivers.. it seems like a very serious problem and i need help to remedy > >this situation.. any help would be very very very much appreciated.. > >thank you for your time, Matt Butler > > > > >__________________________________________________________________ >Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. >Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > >Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > >New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp > > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download > visit our download web page at: > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>