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Bondizzo

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Hi guys, I bought the following components yesterday to upgrade my pc.

1. q8200
2. gigabyte g31m
3. 2 gigs of ram x 2 transcend ddr800
4. 1 terabyte hardrive seagate

the pc is currently freezing/shutting down by itself withing a 3 hour period, any ideas of what could be wrong ?
 
re-seat your graphics card. make sure the contacts are clean.

could also be static damage... always make sure you touch the case before touching any component.
 
Over heating? Did you seat your cooler right on your CPU?

Is the fan spinning?

What GFX are you using?

What OS are you running?

And like Tera said, are you running an older psu, if so what is it and how old is it?
 
Nameite said:
Over heating? Did you seat your cooler right on your CPU?

Is the fan spinning?

What GFX are you using?

What OS are you running?

the cpu fan is spinning, running windows xp , the cooler is clipped in, i believe it came with thermal paste. I'm using onboard graphics.

Is there a diagnosis program I could run ?
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PSU is the problem if you ask me :p You need a new 400watt minimum bro.
 
You know what the brand of that psu?

And the 12V+ on them.

My guess would also be psu, then maybe cpu overheating if not psu.

Swap it out and see if its the same.

If its a decent 300w psu it should be able to run it, my aunt's FSP 250w ran my [email protected] TDP of the Q8200 isnt over 100w so the 300w might pull thru with onboard gfx
 
Not the psu, disconnected everything and only left the hdd in(tried with a different hdd aswell). The system still freezes so it can only be the motherboard or chip.
 
What is your cpu temp? check that in the bios and not in windows.

Have you reloaded your system?
Have you tried running with only 1 2gb stick and then swopping slots and the other 2gb?
Have you tried a different hdd?
 
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this sounds like a cpu issue unfortunately, are you 100% sure the heat sink is clipped in? My sisters old pc with a e2200 had that issue, I opened the pc and one of the pins that secure the heat sink to the mobo wasn't connected, just one, and after about 5 or so hours the pc restarted or froze... So I'm betting it's heat.
 
scotty777 said:
this sounds like a cpu issue unfortunately, are you 100% sure the heat sink is clipped in? My sisters old pc with a e2200 had that issue, I opened the pc and one of the pins that secure the heat sink to the mobo wasn't connected, just one, and after about 5 or so hours the pc restarted or froze... So I'm betting it's heat.
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Will check up on this, sounds like my problem.
 
killadoob said:
What is your cpu temp? check that in the bios and not in windows.

Have you reloaded your system?
Have you tried running with only 1 2gb stick and then swopping slots and the other 2gb?
Have you tried a different hdd?
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CPU Temp in Bios - 27 C
Have you reloaded your system? Yes 3 times
Have you tried running with only 1 2gb stick and then swopping slots and the other 2gb? Yes, currently testing with my old ram for my previous system
Have you tried a different hdd? Yes
 
Bondizzo said:
CPU Temp in Bios - 27 C
Have you reloaded your system? Yes 3 times
Have you tried running with only 1 2gb stick and then swopping slots and the other 2gb? Yes, currently testing with my old ram for my previous system
Have you tried a different hdd? Yes
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did you check that temp after the system crashed/froze?
 
Bondizzo said:
Not the psu, disconnected everything and only left the hdd in(tried with a different hdd aswell). The system still freezes so it can only be the motherboard or chip.
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Well have you swapped the psu's yet? Try it out.

And if it still freezes, try touching the heatsink on the motherboard and see if thats hot?
 
Linux LiveCD to eliminate your current OS & Software.
Micro-Scope PC Diagnostics suite to find hardware problems.
 
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