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Help! Problem with pc
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26. May 2007 @ 12:16 |
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Last december, I built a computer. Now I am having some problems with it. It keeps restarting! Its so frustrating. I have ruled out the possibility of software problems and the power supply unit. It has happened hafe way through installing 2 different programs which can cause problems for it. There have been times when I have removed the cpu heatsink. I put thermal grease on it when I built it but never re-applied it. I don't know if this could cause it or not. Please help! lol
By the way, I have an AMD Althlon 64 x2 3800+ (am2) if that helps.
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26. May 2007 @ 12:28 |
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Oh, and it also seems to happen when the compuyer is under a heavy load i.e. installing software.
Sorry, forgot to mention that
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Suspended permanently
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26. May 2007 @ 15:04 |
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you have to apply thermal paste EVERYTIME you remove the heatsink from the CPU
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26. May 2007 @ 15:23 |
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So do you think that is the main proplem? Will I have caused damage to the cpu?
Thanks
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ddp
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26. May 2007 @ 17:44 |
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what is the temp of the cpu? check in the bios under hardware monitor or something like that
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30. May 2007 @ 06:06 |
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I will put some more thermal compound on it soon. I will post back if it still happens.
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5. June 2007 @ 09:48 |
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I just put some fresh thermal compound on my cpu. It seems to be working ok, I will post back if I have any more problems.
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5. June 2007 @ 10:56 |
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ARGH! IT RESTARTED AGAIN! What is wrong with it??
HELP!
PLEASE!
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ddp
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6. June 2007 @ 12:58 |
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check the capacitors on the motherboard that they are flat topped & not domed.
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1. July 2007 @ 15:40 |
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They are all flat topped. I really need help with this, starting college soon and I can't afford to have a broken computer!
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1. July 2007 @ 15:46 |
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I just remembered, a while ago the computer wouldn't start up and the hard drive made some strange noises. It seems to fix itself and that never happened again. I don't know if that helps.
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ddp
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1. July 2007 @ 17:21 |
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do you have a spare hd to try out with?
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1. July 2007 @ 17:41 |
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Yeah I have an old Maxtor 40gb hard drive that works, but the restarting is fairly random so I might not be able to figure out if it is the hdd. Before I try it out, could the hard drive cause the system to restart. Or is it not likely? Also, I have installed windows xp many times on this machine, last time, it said I couldn't activate it again, but when I called it was activated over the phone. Would I be able to activate it again? I need to know before I try.
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ddp
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1. July 2007 @ 17:43 |
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just tell them that your hd is causing problems so you replaced it.
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1. July 2007 @ 17:47 |
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Okay, thanks so much for the help. I will try it tomorrow when I have some free time. Damn it, I might have to buy a new hard drive. Oh well.
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2. July 2007 @ 15:58 |
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*Sighs* My mum threw it out...sorry i'm being so difficult. I'll see if any of my friends have any I Can borrow. By the way, what are the chances that the HDD will be the problem?
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ddp
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2. July 2007 @ 20:02 |
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trying to see if another hd & a fresh install still has the same problem or not.
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