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PC Shuts Off Randomly
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lazarus04
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10. April 2008 @ 00:30 |
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Hey vdiablo69, your post caught my attention. I've been having the exact same problem for about a year now. It's gotten so bad that the only way I can get the comp going now is if I unplugg the HD...which is rather pointless. I thought the hard drive was the problem, but now I'm not so sure...How much power does the HD suck up anyway?
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10. April 2008 @ 15:33 |
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A hard drive uses a large amount of power when first powering up (c.50W) but only a small amount when in use (<10W). Typically it's when powering a PC up that a PSU will fail if it's going to, for precisely this reason. It's caught me out once before. It's almost certainly your PSU at fault, Lazarus.
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lazarus04
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10. April 2008 @ 17:41 |
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Huh. I wonder if they have good quality psus at Future Shop.
Thanks for the info sammoris. Imma going psu hunting tomorrow! Haha!
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10. April 2008 @ 18:36 |
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lazarus04
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10. April 2008 @ 22:36 |
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Jesus I know. I just had a look see on their site. All they sell is crap. Gonna hafta break out the visa again...lol.
Thanks sammoris!
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vdiablo69
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11. April 2008 @ 00:14 |
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some PSU'S have different voltage settings (like a red ribbon on the back') make yours is set to the level (120v us) for your area......all the pins in right? the IDE for the hard drive set right?
lol its set on 115v.
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11. April 2008 @ 05:00 |
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Yeah, it's bad setting it to 230V when you're in the US/Canada. It's far worse setting a PSU to 115V over here. That equals issues!
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vdiablo69
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12. April 2008 @ 02:47 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Yeah, it's bad setting it to 230V when you're in the US/Canada. It's far worse setting a PSU to 115V over here. That equals issues!
Well it cant get any worse then it is now for me lol. Im using an old comp I found in the alley a couple months ago. Oh well its a computer and gives me my facebook fix lol
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tripplite
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12. April 2008 @ 10:39 |
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some PSU'S have different voltage settings (like a red ribbon on the back') make yours is set to the level (120v us) for your area......all the pins in right? the IDE for the hard drive set right?lol its set on 115v.
you'd be surprised sometimes the ribbon comes of its place and the PSU gets stuck on one setting.....am sorry i got a bit lost where are you now with this issue?
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vdiablo69
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12. April 2008 @ 13:58 |
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Ive put the new PSU in and all it does is beep when I try to turn it on. All the connections are tight and I never touched the motherboard or anything else at all. Not to sure whats goin on with it. I cant even find any beep codes online or in my manual.
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12. April 2008 @ 15:50 |
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Try removing a stick of RAM and see if the system works. If not try removing the other. (this of course assumes you have more than one stick)
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vdiablo69
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13. April 2008 @ 13:53 |
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Ive tried removin the ram both sticks and one stick at a time. Ive tried with hard drive unplugged and plugged in. Ive even tried the old PSU and still beeps. I think I fried my motherboard I dont know how but it worked before and now it dont. Id take it in to the computer store where I bought my PSU but I think it would cost the same to buy a new motherboard.
A lil off topic but at this point I think Im gonna buy a new one anyway. Im lookin at an ASUS Crosshair. Right now I have a AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ with an AM2 socket. I think with the Crosshair it would support that cpu but I could also upgrade to a quad core in the future.
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13. April 2008 @ 14:24 |
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I wouldn't bother with futureproofing for an AM2 PC. The latest and greatest AMD Quad core is still very mediocre compared to the intel ones. This may not be what you want to hear or do, but you might be as good to sell your AMD CPU and start with an Intel board, the rest of your stuff will be compatible, RAM included.
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13. April 2008 @ 20:12 |
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I know that some people might have mentioned this b4, but from my experience when a PC shuts off after a while, it might be due to RAM failure. You might not know it at or see at first, but id bet anything that thats the culprit. I've had something similar happen to me, although my PC didnt turn off after like 10 minutes off seeding or downloading files. It would always happen at night when id leave my PC.
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tripplite
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13. April 2008 @ 22:03 |
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I think I fried my motherboard I dont know how but it worked before and now it dont.
check for little cracks on the board to confirm this......also try taking the bud of a good eraser and cleaning the gold pins on the ram, it was suggested to me by ddp, something about a chemical build up er something......
-tripplite
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jshaba
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13. April 2008 @ 23:56 |
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If its still turning off randomly, try cleaning the dust from the power supply and the cpu fan, i have encountered this problem many times
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14. April 2008 @ 07:12 |
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Have you replaced the power supply yet? I still think that's the most likely cause.
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14. April 2008 @ 17:11 |
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Yeah, I had a thread about this, God knows where it went..
After replacing the RAM, Power Supply, all that sh*t, still nothing. Unplugging everything one by one by one it's all still quite fail. i can't even use my iTunes, or play GTA lol
any more suggestions are appreciated.
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14. April 2008 @ 17:14 |
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Are you sure all the connections are correct after having replaced the power supply? Did you remember the 4-pin CPU power connector?
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14. April 2008 @ 17:59 |
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Yeah, all my connectors are in. i wasn't saying nothing to like, nothing was happening. To no avail will my computer not stop restarting.
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PC: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz/4MB/1066.6MHz Stepping G0+abit IN9 32X MAX+OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM+eVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600GTS 512MB GDDR3 900MHZ+1TB Seagate+300GB Maxtor+500GB Western Digital+3 Fans+OCZ Technology 500W Stealth Xstream PSU OCZ500SXS
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14. April 2008 @ 18:23 |
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You're sure? That 4-pin block often gets forgotten. As for the reboots, keep working through your list of components. The CPU may have been damaged by the old power supply, for instance.
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16. April 2008 @ 17:29 |
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...it keeps restarting.
What else should I look for?
PS2: BASE>Fliptop+Swap Magic 2.0>Swap Magic 3.3>Swap Magic 3.6>Memory Card Exploit+FF8>Cogswap+Slide Card>HD Advance
PC: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz/4MB/1066.6MHz Stepping G0+abit IN9 32X MAX+OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM+eVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600GTS 512MB GDDR3 900MHZ+1TB Seagate+300GB Maxtor+500GB Western Digital+3 Fans+OCZ Technology 500W Stealth Xstream PSU OCZ500SXS
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