Just Built Meself A New Pc, But Having Problems...

Post by **ryanside** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:24 pm

Last week finally got up to date with my hardware:

AMD X2 3GHz CPU
2gb RAM
NVidia 8800 GTX

Ive had a quick bash on HL2 full whack and it looks sweet as

But the problem im having is that every now and then my computer will just freeze for a second then will reboot itself. This is definately a hardware problem because ive had it idling in the BIOS and its done it.

ATM im just rewiring it all to make sure theres no loose connections then will try again. Anyone else got any ideas?

Thanks

Post by **Legthigh** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:33 pm

Is it overheating mate? if its not then its probably the memory, run memtest86 on it overnight.

Post by **Trig** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:03 am

Post by **ryanside** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:04 am

defo not overheating, finished rewiring it and not had any problems yet... will run mem test if it plays up again. Thans ginge3

Post by **Legthigh** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:06 am

NP Mate, as Trig said though don't rule out the PSU and Motherboard, but in my experience random resets like that are usually down to a dodgy stick of RAM.

Post by **ryanside** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:27 am

Got a blue screen today saying its doing a memory dump so im running mem test now (its loading up now but goes Loading.... then just repeats @X:1000, AX:0212, BX:CE00, CX:0301, DX:0000 over and over again, thats booting off a floopy btw)

It maybe the PSU but its the one out of my old computer and worked fine, but ill keep it in mind

Post by **Legthigh** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:36 am

Ryanside wrote: Got a blue screen today saying its doing a memory dump so im running mem test now (its loading up now but goes Loading.... then just repeats @X:1000, AX:0212, BX:CE00, CX:0301, DX:0000 over and over again, thats booting off a floopy btw)

It maybe the PSU but its the one out of my old computer and worked fine, but ill keep it in mind

Try it with just 1 stick of RAM in mate, and if it still does it, take that stick out and try another.

Post by **Eagle** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:45 am

If its a PSU out of your old PC is it powerful enough to run the components you've got now?

Post by **ryanside** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:08 am

just whacked the ISO onto a cd and its running through now, will keep u updated

Eagle wrote: If its a PSU out of your old PC is it powerful enough to run the components you've got now?

its a 500W so im pretty sure it should be

Post by **Trig** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:11 pm

Remember the 300 Macron that I had that I replaced with a 400Watt QTec...?

Post by **_RS_** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:13 pm

not plugging a 20 pin ATX connector into a 24 pin are you?

check memory SPD incase its trying for tighter timings

reset BIOS via jumper

check volts to CPU... current BIOS revision support the cpu?

check that theres no discolouration on power connectors... never know you might be arking somewere...

had a similar problem after i got my X850XT, check theres no little resistors sitting in the bottom of the case.. i ended up with the soldering iron out (damn imports).

oh... n how are you powering the 8800? your PSU support SLI? or 1x PCI-E on the PSU? or 2 molex to PCI-E converters?

how many rails does the PSU carry?

remove any system fans, they might be shorting, also if you've got a spare CPU fan give that a go

what brand PSU?

run CHKDSK!

now i need to rest my head

Post by **ryanside** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:31 am

Ok, ran mem test all through the night. It did 17 passes and didnt find anything so my RAM should be ok.

but to answer one of RS' points:

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not plugging a 20 pin ATX connector into a 24 pin are you?
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Yeah i am

ive also noticed the my graphics card is red hot to touch, fan is working normally but should it be so hot?

Post by **Thane** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:42 pm

latest vid cards are very hot to touch, its pretty normal but you can get utilities to report its temperature and compare it to specs.

the 20 into a 24 shouldn't be a problem, but if the card is drawing alot from the motherboard it could be related.

Post by **Eagle** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:56 pm

cant you get adaptors to make a 20 pin fit a 24 properly?

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<a href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... doy=Search" target="_blank">Example</a>

Post by **ryanside** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:58 pm

right, well ive just changed the setting so it will give me a BSOD when it crashes rather than restarting, hopefully that will give me some idea, GPU is idling at 70C. Ill wait until it crashes again and hopefully the BSOD will give me some idea

cheers guys