LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hey guys! I'm having bit of a problem with my computer. The thing is, my computer is shutting down when it feels like it. This is the parts that i have in my computer: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 Processor: AMD Phenom Quad 9650 2.3Ghz RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC8500 Corsair XMS3 DHX Graphic card: PowerColoe ATI HD 4870 1GB PCIe Power supply: Corsair 700w The partis is about 2 years old. When i tell people about it they thinks its the RAM memories that are broken. But i want to hear what you guys think it is. I'm thankful for any help cuz this is driving me insane! Peace out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiNoY Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You might want to check CPU temperature Processor fan power supply fan When you reboot, if its RAM problem, you should be hearing beeps beeps before it loads windows 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 So it might be overheating? My CPU temperature is around 50-60 Celsius I think. But I'll check later when I get home. Just remembered a thing. Some times when it's rebooting, it gets a error message saying "main bios checksum error............(lots of dots line up) Auto recovering.......... Think that might have something to do with the RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterz Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 If you can say when it usually occurs (during games etc.), it would be helpful. My computer does that as well, it freezes on a screen, and can't be ctrl-alt-del, and I've suspected its a heating problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubbi Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I had such a problem a few years ago. It was the temperature in my case, cleaning the fan helped temporarily, getting a better one was the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 It usually happens when I'm doing something that need some more "power". I will se if I can find anything that cools the CPU better than the original parts. And cleaning the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Check the memory, the ubuntu installer cd has meminfo which can be very insightful. And it's a cheap/easy check. They power supply shouldnt be the problem, so the other most logical check next is the cpu temperature. If the computer is rebooting (default), you can configure in Windows** that it does not reboot immediately, but first shows a BSOD. Unfortunately, I don't know straight from my head how to enable it. Although it's annoying to have a BSOD, it can deliver some useful information. Well, sometimes. My recent few BSOD's were a user error ** I guess you're running Windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Okey! I really hope its the temperature. Yes I'm running windows xp (downloaded and cracked and have used the same on my other computer without problems) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 And Rolf, you might can check my other topic on the in-game chat problem. Have posted a screenshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 i had a problem like this. I just opened up my computer and dusted all the ports and stuff. It works now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 It might is something like that i need to do. Haven't cleaned if for like 2 years! Oh shit was it that long ago?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefke Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I had something like this twice: First time: problem with dust and cooling (cleaned it out installed dustfilters over every fan => problem fixed) Second time: bit my own stupid fault (installed second psu): my psu couldn't handle my crossfire setup (normally with 700 watt it can't be a problem, but aging psu loses efficiency) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JoeDirt Posted December 12, 2011 Administrators Share Posted December 12, 2011 Check the memory, the ubuntu installer cd has meminfo which can be very insightful. And it's a cheap/easy check. They power supply shouldnt be the problem, so the other most logical check next is the cpu temperature. If the computer is rebooting (default), you can configure in Windows** that it does not reboot immediately, but first shows a BSOD. Unfortunately, I don't know straight from my head how to enable it. Although it's annoying to have a BSOD, it can deliver some useful information. Well, sometimes. My recent few BSOD's were a user error ** I guess you're running Windows Tap F10 on boot, on Window advanced options menu select Disable automatic restart on system failure. There is another way of disabling it in windows but steps differ from XP to Win7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LainTime/Bazingaa^_- Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 thanks for the help everyone! I really appreciate everyone's kindness to help me fix my problem so if there is anything i might can help you with, just tell me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulsaGeoff Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Download Memtest and burn it to a CD and then boot into it. It will test your memory. Do atleast 1 to 2 full passes.http://www.memtest.org/ Download LinX and install LinX. Choose a large project size or the blend test and let that run for an hour. At the same time, monitor your CPU and any motherboard temperatures closely. Anything over 80C is pretty damn hot for a CPU and I wouldn't recommend torturing any CPU like that. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?201670-LinX-A-simple-Linpack-interface Download and installed FurMark. It will 100% load your graphics card. It could be that it is overheating or it is not getting enough power if it crashes during this. http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ If you have a CD rom or hard drive that is dying it can do weird stuff too. That should help you identify what components may be to blame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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