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> If you O/C'd it.... am I to assume that you upped the bus-speed
(front side
> bus speed).

> It may be a fact that your vid card is not liking to run at that bus-
speed.

> Not a CPU thing... sounds like a VC thing to me...

> but I could be wrong...

> Cheers,

> Schumi

> > Hello,
> > I'm have been runnig N3 for the last year or so with the following:

> > Monster Fusion Banshee PCI video card (16mg)
> > Abit BX6 REV.2
> > Celeron 300a O'clocked to 450mz
> > 64 mg ram
> > All up to date drivers

> > The game has always run fine.

> > Just recently i have changed chips. I'm now running:

> > Celeron 533 O'clocked to 800mz

> > everthing else is the same except i had to update my motherboard
bios.
> > I have no temp problem and really no other problems except now N3
locks up
> > after awhile. The game is running at a solid 30 fps when it locks
up and
> > when i reboot the temp is still OK , So i don't think it is a
heating
> > problem. I have also tried it at 533mz and still get same results.

> > Also when the game locks up the sound and the game is still running
> (because
> > i can hear my car crash) but the screen is frozen.
> > Any help would be apprecated.
> > Thanks
> > Kris

> I've got the exact same thing happening to me; however, I've made no
changes to
> my system other than adding a Guillemot FF Wheel *and* recently added the
N3
> patch.  I'm sure I don't have any O/C or video problems because the game
has
> run fine for almost a year.  I'm just starting to see if the Wheel
software is
> screwing it up and if not, I'll go back to the non-patched N3 to see if it
> clears up.  If you find any other info, please let me know.

> Thanks,
> Chris

> >The game has always run fine.

> >Just recently i have changed chips. I'm now running:

> >Celeron 533 O'clocked to 800mz

> >everthing else is the same except i had to update my motherboard bios.
> >I have no temp problem and really no other problems except now N3 locks
up
> >after awhile. The game is running at a solid 30 fps when it locks up and
> >when i reboot the temp is still OK , So i don't think it is a heating
> >problem. I have also tried it at 533mz and still get same results.

> >Also when the game locks up the sound and the game is still running
(because
> >i can hear my car crash) but the screen is frozen.

> Chris P