Hey guys, first here is my hardware setup: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 8/31/2007, 05:39:36 Machine name: JUSTIN-HOME Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.070627-1500) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: NVIDIA System Model: 122-CK-NF68 BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.7GHz Memory: 4094MB RAM Page File: 1491MB used, 6849MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 10 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode DxDiag Previously: Crashed in DirectShow (stage 1) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 8800 Ultra I am having two problems which I am thinking are being caused by the power supply but I wanted to run it by everyone first before I made any purchases. The first is my computer will randomly freeze out of no where around 5 - 10 times daily. This generally seems to be happening when watching video or playing a video game, although this is what I mostly do so it could just be a coincidence. The second problem is when the computer freezes and I manually turn off my computer, when I hit the power button again to turn it on it will sometimes give power to the computer for around 1 second then everything shuts off. It will do this over and over a few times then sometimes it will boot back up. I am guessing this is a power supply problem, is there anything else that can cause this? Can a motherboard being grounde cause a freeze in windows like that? Or does it generally just turn the power off on the computer.
your deductions are correct. More than likly the psu, but grounding issues, memory issues, cpu and mobo issues, and HD issues can all contribute. I'd personally test the ram (memtest x86), then the hdd (seatools or spinrite). If both pass fine, i'd just try running stress prime (orthos edition) for a few hours to check the CPU, if all is fine, you can try the nvidia system health check tool thing - theres a link in your driver control panal. This will do several tests, and also do some ghraphics test (which may cause the machine to throw a wobbly if tis power). What specs does your PSU have? not only wattage, but ampage as well (theres a table on the side)?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817171022 is the one I bought. I will run those test and see how that goes.
Also I am running the 64bit os of vista, although that doesnt contribute to the bootup problem. And are there any windows memtest applications or is everything a bootable CD?
Just restarted to check temps in bios CPU: 56ºC Board: 45ºC MCP(or something like that): 49ºC This seems kind of hot as I was not doing much on the comp. You think these temps are to hot and that is causing the problem? I just ordered my water cooling system should be here next week. Right now I am just running on air. Any good cpu temp monitor program out there for vista 64? The utils that came with the mobo won't run on this OS. EVGA 680i board.
the psu is overkill for the system. that said, it keeps upgrade paths open Memtest is avalible as bootable images. google memtest x86 or memtest+ (either is fine). google stress prime orthos (there is a 64 bit version as well somewhere) and try running it on all cores, for a few hours. The temp seem fine.
