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Scriptage
01-10-2005, 10:00 AM
Hey,
My P.C randomly shuts off, it completely loses power.
Can this be caused by anything other than a faulty power supply, ie a problem with the ATX on the motherboard or a peripheral drawing too much power.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
theuedimaster
01-10-2005, 03:06 PM
make sure everything is connected and all the plugs are securely set. Then take out the memory. Turn on the comp and see if it stays on. Then unplug the vid card. See if it stays on. Then take out the hd, see if it stays on. Then try a different power supply. If it still doesn't stay on then its the motherboard or cpu. TEst the cpu in a different comp to make sure it is okay. If it is, then its the motherboard. If everything works with the other psu, then the psu you have in your comp is broken. Ask if you don't understand.
PeOfEo
01-10-2005, 08:10 PM
As always the first thing you do when you have a problem should be:
Take everything out but the proc, memory, and the video and see if it posts properly. It is embarrassing to find out that you have been screwing around with some ram when the problem is that your motherboard is really retarded and does not want to boot because a pci device was somehow messed up.
I would say if you can test another power supply. If you have another pc handy just jack its and sit it up beside your box. If I could I would hook you up... I have 3 spare power supplies.
theuedimaster
01-11-2005, 12:46 AM
wanna share? :D
Scriptage
01-11-2005, 08:52 AM
It's definately either the motherboard or the power supply, looks like I'm spending some cash.
Cheers
DaveSW
01-11-2005, 10:46 AM
overheating can also cause system shutdowns, so check your CPU isn't going above it's shutdown temp before you splash out...
Since you're in the UK you might want to check out http://www.planetmicro.co.uk/ - they have some good prices.
PeOfEo
01-11-2005, 07:37 PM
Originally posted by DaveSW
overheating can also cause system shutdowns, so check your CPU isn't going above it's shutdown temp before you splash out...
Since you're in the UK you might want to check out http://www.planetmicro.co.uk/ - they have some good prices. depend's on the proc and motherboard again. If you are on a motherboard that is about a year to two years old and running amd your power will not go off until you see a small cloud of smoke coming out of your system :p
But yes, intel procs will downclock / cut power with heat because of a built in thermoster and most nerwer amd mobos will downclock the amd proc via the cpu ratio to protect it because amd does not have an onboard thermoster (well amd 64 does I thin, but not regular athalon / xp).
DaveSW
01-12-2005, 03:47 AM
I have a 2+ year old system running a regular athlon XP that has a temperature based power cut off feature.
PeOfEo
01-12-2005, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by DaveSW
I have a 2+ year old system running a regular athlon XP that has a temperature based power cut off feature. Well obviously they did not have that here: http://www.tomshardware.com/images/thg_video_1_cpu_cooling.zip
I <3 tom's hardware!
They were using athalon reg though, and palomino
That video above is my fav because I get to watch processors burn up!