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Old Oct 21, 2006, 03:02 AM   #1
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Machine keeps turning off
Having a problem with my second machine where it keeps turning off about once every day or so, and won't turn back on until I plug it and leave it.
I can unplug it for a few secs, plug it back in and turn it back on, but it will soon turn off again.

Sounds like the temps right? Checked the temps, all is good.

What could it be? The mobo? The PSU?

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AthlonXP 2600+ Barton
1GB DDR400
Radeon X1600 Pro AGP
Abit NF7-S V2.0 mobo
Seasonic S12 600W PSU

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Old Oct 21, 2006, 10:16 AM   #2
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Sounds to me like it could be a flaky PSU.
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Sounds to me like it could be a flaky PSU.
+1 on that. I'm 90% certain it's the PSU, or else the motherboard.
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another point on PSU here.

how many hard drives and optical drives you have plugged into it? is it being overclocked any? these are some situations which would require the PSU to be used more, which could cause issus are you are experiencing.
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Tried taking out the Audigy, no change.

Changed the PSU, same. Changed the HSF, same, GPU, same, RAM, same.

You reckon either the CPU or mobo could cause this?
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Old Oct 21, 2006, 04:15 PM   #6
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I'd figure it was a mobo fault ahead of cpu if the psu is ok.
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try checking Event Viewer for error and warning reports in all logs for the time the problem occurs.
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Check the northbridge cooler, pretty lousy on the nf7.
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I had a similar issue on mine. Turned out that I had a huge amount of dust between the CPU fan and CPU heatsink. It wasn't getting any cooling. It may also be the fan on the northbridge. THey CAN go out, though I've been lucky on that.

If you're doing any overclocking you may also want to reset the CMOS- could be your CPU is getting old.
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OK...here's another theory:

Depending on when that mobo was made, there may be some bad capacitors on it if everything else seems to be all right.

Look over the motherboard and check for any bulging caps. There should be NONE! All the capacitors should have very flat caps or even slightly indented. If any of them is bulging, you've got a bad capacitor that may be heating up and causing the shutdown.
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Check the northbridge cooler, pretty lousy on the nf7.
Equally lousy on the KV7 since its the same one and mine died pretty fast causing freezes and random shutdowns when the fan stopped spinning fast enough
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