Major problem... Need help...

Sandok · Jan 10, 2005, 04:33 PM

Okay I just got a major problem which happens from time to time for no reason. I have just formatted and resintalled steam. I have the games for steam silver edition backed up on a fre DVDs and started to put them back on my hardrive. Mean while, I was chatting, viewing many sites (8 in firefox all tabbed) and writing in the forum when all of a sudden, the entire PC died more or less

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The screen shut off and all but everthing in the PC stayed on (the neons, the fans seemingly too) and I heard something power down. Then, I heard something power up again and the screen reappeared and my PC booted up. No system error at the windows screen or anything. Is it possible that this a PSU overheating problem? The thing is I had just booted up for maybe 20 minutes with no gaming whatso ever! No hardcore programs! So well... What could it be?

My PSU overheating?
My PSU not giving enough volts?
etc...

I think it's a PSU prob... But how can I be sure? Is there an endurance test for PCs so I can test? My voltages seem stable with the folling:

+12 lowest 11.855
+5 lowest 5.08
+3.3 lowest 3.44
CPU voltages normal

Some help plz? My PSU is a thermaltake purepower PFC active PSU with 480 Watts of power...

Vampyromaniac · Jan 11, 2005, 04:04 AM

Most important detail left out: Are you overclocking?

Sandok · Jan 11, 2005, 04:06 PM

Yes... My DDR400 ram is higher. I have overclocked by 10%. So my 3GHZ is at 3.3. I ran Prime 95 under the power consumation task for 2 hours no crash. My voltages dropped a bit but everything lasted for those 2 hours fine so?

Logla · Jan 12, 2005, 12:20 AM

yeah that definately sound like an overclocking prob. Might be your RAM.

As far as I remember it, when overclocking if your pc locks up then your cpu doesn't like the overclock. If it reboots, the memory is having a problem. However, both of these could be related to the power supply.
What kind of kit are you using?

Jan 10, 2005, 04:33 PM	#1
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Major problem... Need help... Okay I just got a major problem which happens from time to time for no reason. I have just formatted and resintalled steam. I have the games for steam silver edition backed up on a fre DVDs and started to put them back on my hardrive. Mean while, I was chatting, viewing many sites (8 in firefox all tabbed) and writing in the forum when all of a sudden, the entire PC died more or less . The screen shut off and all but everthing in the PC stayed on (the neons, the fans seemingly too) and I heard something power down. Then, I heard something power up again and the screen reappeared and my PC booted up. No system error at the windows screen or anything. Is it possible that this a PSU overheating problem? The thing is I had just booted up for maybe 20 minutes with no gaming whatso ever! No hardcore programs! So well... What could it be? My PSU overheating? My PSU not giving enough volts? etc... I think it's a PSU prob... But how can I be sure? Is there an endurance test for PCs so I can test? My voltages seem stable with the folling: +12 lowest 11.855 +5 lowest 5.08 +3.3 lowest 3.44 CPU voltages normal Some help plz? My PSU is a thermaltake purepower PFC active PSU with 480 Watts of power...

Jan 11, 2005, 04:04 AM	#2
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Jan 11, 2005, 04:06 PM	Thread Starter #3
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Yes... My DDR400 ram is higher. I have overclocked by 10%. So my 3GHZ is at 3.3. I ran Prime 95 under the power consumation task for 2 hours no crash. My voltages dropped a bit but everything lasted for those 2 hours fine so?

Jan 12, 2005, 12:20 AM	#4
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	yeah that definately sound like an overclocking prob. Might be your RAM. As far as I remember it, when overclocking if your pc locks up then your cpu doesn't like the overclock. If it reboots, the memory is having a problem. However, both of these could be related to the power supply. What kind of kit are you using?