New PC problem

# 1 27-05-2004 , 10:37 PM

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Hi,

just put together some new parts and a couple of old ones to form a faster pc. Now it seems to reboot very regularly for no apparent reason - at different times i.e. under stress and when doing very little.

pc is athlon 2.6, msi motherboard, 512 ddr400 ram

win xp pro

don't suppose anyone has any ideas?

cheers

Rich

Last edited by cb8rwh; 27-05-2004 at 10:41 PM.

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# 2 28-05-2004 , 12:54 AM

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is your power source powerfull enough to power everything you have there? (i.e. some high-end video cards can draw alot of power)

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# 3 28-05-2004 , 01:56 AM

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Plus, make sure there is enough air to go into and out of the case... sometimes when a component overheats it has a protection and it can automatically restart or shut down the pC

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# 4 28-05-2004 , 02:35 AM

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i can help

Ok, there are a number of things it could be.

1)Like someone else said it could be the temperature. My motherboard is set to shutdown at 65 degrees Celsius. However, i don't think thats it. What kind of heatsink u got on it.

2)This is what i would do if i were u. Download two programs. They are called 3dmark2001SE and Prime95 a quick search on google should find them. Make sure u get 3dmark2001SE not any others. Run both of those programs one at a time and watch it to see if it ever shutdowns or freezes. Preferably 3dmark2001 SE first then Prime95. Make sure u run a benchmark test on 3dmark2001 SE and on Prime95 a torture test(its under options) and select the one that creates the most heat. Basically what these programs do is run ur computer to it maximum potential. Prime95 just does massive mathamatical equations. Now if it freezes or shuts down it probably means that ur CPU voltage is too low. Go into the bios and look for CPU voltage and up it the smallest amount possible. BE CAREFUL YOU CAN RUN THE RISK OF OVERHEATING UR PROCESSOR. currently i'm running at 1.65 volts at a very low temperature. Post what ur voltage is here before u change anything

I hope i explained that well. Is the motherboard ur using new or older?

If u have any questions email me at wright100@verizon.net (i'm really into this stuff since i just finished going through this on the PC i just finished building. user added image

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# 5 31-05-2004 , 04:47 AM

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Sounds like it's overheating. Did you plug in the CPU fan? user added image

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# 6 31-05-2004 , 09:37 PM

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ello all,

cheers for the advice - it seems to have been the memory - changed that and so far so good.

thanks again

cheers

Rich

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# 7 31-05-2004 , 10:26 PM

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oh man

Just thought i'd say with processors has fast as they are now, if u didn't plug the CPU fan you'll processor could be dead in as fast as 10 seconds.

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# 8 01-06-2004 , 05:30 AM

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Re: oh man

Originally posted by wright100
Just thought i'd say with processors has fast as they are now, if u didn't plug the CPU fan you'll processor could be dead in as fast as 10 seconds.

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if the heat sink is still on... maybe you can save it... and if it's an Intel..... AMDs will burn but Intel will not as easily

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