Forum: Techies' Lounge  Nov 23rd, 2006 |
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| Forum: Techies' Lounge Nov 23rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 4,065 Re: Im Now A Master Poster!
Sure, it doesn't make sense. I already stated my intentions and that I didn't think adequately about it. One thing supported my misconception to a big degree: In this (Daniweb) context, "sponsoring"... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,514 Re: Computer randomly shuts down - Please help!
You were faster, Charky :mrgreen: And I'm afraid that's the idle temp. he measured, that means that thing really shut off all the time... ~4000 rpm, that could really be the stock / boxed cooler. |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,514 Re: Computer randomly shuts down - Please help!
Yes.
That's way too hot and just before shutting down or dying, depending on your mobo's features. A typical healthy temperature under full load for that CPU is between 45°C and 60°C, depending on... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
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| Forum: Techies' Lounge Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 4,065 Re: Im Now A Master Poster!
Sorry. Let's say I don't speak your language so well, wanted to cheer you up a bit and didn't think too much about it. I know what it's like to be in that situation. |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,514 Re: Computer randomly shuts down - Please help!
Which fan? Problems like yours are often caused by overheating issues. Check the CPU and environment temperature in the BIOS. Droning fans on CPU heatsinks are a bad thing because a overheating CPU... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 2,389 Re: Randomly Restarting
Is your BIOS up-to-date?
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=613&kind=1
This BIOS version (B5) seems to introduce support for later Barton CPUs, so if yours is... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 4,065 Re: Im Now A Master Poster!
You're sponsoring already a lot of time and time=money, JBennet :) I guess it will help Daniweb too if you help people, which could afford sponsoring in turn. What would your custom title be BTW?... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 3,577 Re: ASUS System Restart After Shutdown
Here are some more findings on Google. I'm quite impressed how many different issues can apparently lead to this kind of trouble, and I guess I'm not through all of them:
- Disable Wake-On-LAN in... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 3,577 Re: ASUS System Restart After Shutdown
I'm currently searching Google for that and unfortunately it looks like a zillion reasons for that are possible. PSU would have been my next guess...done. Looks like quite some people got that in... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 3,577 Re: ASUS System Restart After Shutdown
Bad thing. That means hardware trouble. Did you rip the machine apart already, piece by piece? Running video, 1 memory module + your RAID (tried with 1 PATA /RAID off already?) only? |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 3,577 Re: ASUS System Restart After Shutdown
Might be your system crashes during shutdown, triggering the automatic restart.
Go to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery and uncheck the 'automatically restart' checkbox.... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 4,675 Re: Determining Size of CPU Fan
1. If your computer was good yesterday, why should it be bad today? :cheesy:
2. Installing a complete new heatsink/fan system can be tricky, so I recommend
3. Buy a new 70mm fan, like these... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 20 Views: 3,591 Re: Sata Problems!!!
Thanks for your report. This confirms the suspicion that the threadstarter's PSU is the problem.
Your sound problem can maybe solved by changing slots. I don't know your mobo, but the scheme is like... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 813 Re: No video
You can never say this with certainty from a distance, especially with no information about the computer at all, but let me cite Dr. "Bones" McCoy: "It's dead, Jim". (Either the card or some stuff... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 22nd, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 2,243 Re: my computer doesnt turn on all the time!
Ok. Safe Mode won't let you run applications well...
The only thing you could try now is to re-install the graphics driver. Download a recent (91.47 or the new 93.71) nVidia graphics driver for XP.... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 2,243 Re: my computer doesnt turn on all the time!
Ok. You've got integrated video (hence the 'memory sharing').
How does the distorted screen look? Is it like several flickering screens painted offset over each other or maybe narrow horizontal... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 2,243 Re: my computer doesnt turn on all the time!
Provided you checked the monitor's function with another computer:
Sounds pretty much like a faulty graphics card or it's not sitting tight in the slot. But we know nothing about your computer and... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 21st, 2006 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 4,124 Re: Computer freezes badly while gaming, help plz!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSAA (Bottom of the page) But I guess it's not all hardcoded and the driver contains the algorhythm for that part of hardware to be computed..(?)
Seems that mileage may... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 20th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 20th, 2006 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 4,124 Re: Computer freezes badly while gaming, help plz!
Hmm... drastically is true, FPS can drop by 50%, but as long I get 25+ frames it won't harm. I played FC to check stability + OC capabilities of my new card, hence the 430/900 (stock is 400/800 on... |
| Forum: Storage Nov 20th, 2006 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 2,801 Re: Hard disk drive not found!!!
Sorry, I'm not Linux-savvy, but I guess it has to do with the partitions Linux created. Windows can't format a Linux partition - you'll have to re-partition the disk first. At least one partition... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Nov 20th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 843 Re: fx processor
I would try nForce4. 'PC3200' refers to a Front Side Bus speed of 200MHz and is not related to 'DDR2', which can be translated to "dual-dual data rate", that means the "virtual" data rate is 4x the... |
| Forum: Windows 9x / Me Nov 20th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,204 Re: win98error
How much RAM do you have installed?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/184447 |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Nov 20th, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,013 Re: Memory
I agree with the previous recommendations and:
I *ever* had trouble with no-name RAM, except the last time I bought some (I'm not learning from mistakes :cheesy:). But if you upgrade RAM, you... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 20th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 20th, 2006 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 4,124 Re: Computer freezes badly while gaming, help plz!
Ok...I ran FC in 1024x768, 4xAA, 16xAF, TAA on, all optimizations off, on a Barton 2800+ (2083MHz) and a 7600GS (430/900). Framerate never dropped below 25, even not in the heavy load levels at the... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 19th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Nov 19th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,638 Re: Which Graphics Card?
If you don't have to meet industry standards, this seems to be a reasonable decision plus this card will allow you to run some good games, too. I use a 7600GS and I'm fairly satisfied with it. The... |
| Forum: DaniWeb Community Feedback Nov 19th, 2006 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 2,370 Re: Why only me ?
That could be the problem - default values may be too low. I don't know the inner mechanism why the defaults works for one and not for the other, but they seem to do so.
Since I have to look into my... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Nov 19th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Nov 18th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,116 Re: PC died power lights flashing
"Dying PSU fries mobo" - this happens all the time and you're right I'm afraid. If there is no POST (no beeps? The tiny case speaker connected?) and you even tried without graphics card, I assume... |
| Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Nov 18th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Nov 18th, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 906 Re: Critical System Error
You have a typical "Virusburst" infection. Self-help guide here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic63896.html |
