monkeybrain

BF2 HAS ARRIVED

A hard shut down will not cause long term damage to disks as long as the computer is restarted fairly soon afterwards. The 'damage' could be caused as a power off leaves the HDD read/write head over the disk platter and not in a neutral position as would occur if shutdown normally. As long as you restart the HDD acts as normal and the read/write head is moved of the disk platter surface. The damage would be if the disk was'nt restarted the head would sit on the platter and possibly corrupt the surface.

Problem Solved. POWER.....all I can say is if you're gonna get a 6600GT change that standard PSU for one with a massive amp figure on the +12v rail. The one I had gave 14amps, changed PSU and now 22amps has a smooth running system. The card gets very hot, hotter than my old radeon 9700pro, but until the 2 year warranty is up I will stick to the stock cooler and if it burns out they can replace it. BF2, come to me.....come to me.....I'm Bingo On Ammo!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, my first post, as I expect of most its when you've got a problem that not even the A-Team could handle. First my system. 500W PSU (+12v = 15amp) AMD64 3000+ Newcastle Gigabyte Nvidia MB 1024mb Ram - 2 x Ballistic PC 3200 DVD RW DVD rom BT wifi PCI blah blah blah I was running this system fine with a R9700 Pro, then it burnt out- KAPUTT- put my old R9200 and it all ran fine but no games. I order a 6600gt card, 128mb AGP. Fit it, connect additional power, fire it up. All is OK, then I try and play Joint Ops....graphic test runs, enter game, play for 5 minutes then a game freeze. lasts for 30 seconds then its OK. Went like that for a few days, then it gets worse, crashes to desktop, can't get game to even start. Then total crashes and a reboot. I cleaned out drivers and tried every Nvidia driver out there, still power off crash. Then it even starts to power reboot when using t'internet. Can't get a game to work, can't do anything for more than a few minutes. Ring supplier, get return sorted and send it back. They've tested it and its fine, plays Max Payne all nite apparently. So I get this card back on Monday, any ideas what the FXXXs up.