Computer Restarting [Archive]

asmithz

07-11-2005, 02:11 AM

My computer has been restarting out of no where, Im not sure what the problem is. I know it cant be a heat issue, I keep it pretty cool. I did keep it running all night watching stuff on winamp, and transfering 17gigs at full speed. Mabey thats the problem. :blink:

asmithz

07-12-2005, 02:23 AM

Dammit the fucking thing did it again. I reformated it, it was doing fine. I was playing GTA:SA for like 30min and then it did it again.

Monkeee

07-12-2005, 02:26 AM

well how do you know its not heat issues? Do you know what the temps are?

asmithz

07-12-2005, 02:34 AM

not really, i am starting to think it is a heat issue. Dunno how to check me vga's temp.

Snee

07-12-2005, 02:47 AM

NB-overheat, perhaps, if you transfered that much data.

Let it rest for a couple of hours and then try it again.

asmithz

07-12-2005, 02:50 AM

Well its been a couple of days, so its not that anymore. Does it only when i play a game. So i think its that. I dunno, I turned it off, and felt it, and it was pretty hot. I dont know what to do :-/

peat moss

07-12-2005, 03:48 AM

If it does while playing a game could just be a driver issue you did say you reformated ?
But I'm just grasping at straws ,check the temps then post back .

asmithz

07-12-2005, 03:59 AM

Could be the drive, i did you the same one i used before i reformated.
I don't know how to check the temps.

I Used BurnItTest to test my system, and nothing. Ran it for 10min and no problem.

Smith

07-12-2005, 04:34 AM

Check if your comps over heating Get Speedfan (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) and post teh temps ;)

asmithz

07-12-2005, 06:08 AM

ehh this is what it reads

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/753/rerer4ve.jpg

zapjb

07-12-2005, 07:03 AM

PSU that's my theory. OP what brand is your PSU?

lynx

07-12-2005, 07:18 AM

That's 48C at idle. Set speed fan to record charts, then run your game (or something else which stresses the cpu) for about 5 mins, then check the temps on the chart to see what happened.

clocker

07-12-2005, 12:36 PM

I Used BurnItTest to test my system, and nothing. Ran it for 10min and no problem.
At this point I don't know what is causing your problem (temps are high, but not fatal and your voltages look OK), but ten minutes of a Burnin test really proves very little.

Download Prime95 (http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm) AND Aquamark3 (http://www.aquamark3.com/) .
Run them both together while logging with Speedfan...that should tell you something.

...enjoy the pretty blue screens....

Spicker

07-12-2005, 06:17 PM

well this used to happen to me as well, and i found out it was my video card drivers :01:

peat moss

07-13-2005, 12:12 AM

I Used BurnItTest to test my system, and nothing. Ran it for 10min and no problem.
At this point I don't know what is causing your problem (temps are high, but not fatal and your voltages look OK), but ten minutes of a Burnin test really proves very little.

Download Prime95 (http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm) AND Aquamark3 (http://www.aquamark3.com/) .
Run them both together while logging with Speedfan...that should tell you something.

...enjoy the pretty blue screens....

And the black screen at reboot , I hated the aquamark program ! :lol:

lynx

07-13-2005, 05:45 PM

One of my systems has been acting up over the last couple of days, all down to the weather. It wouldn't stay running at full load for more than a few mins.

This morning I whipped off the fan (leaving the heatsink in place), cleaned it and between the fins on the heatsink, and remounted the fan. 5 mins work and everything is ok again.

But just to point out, the indicated temps were slightly lower than yours.