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Computer Crashing

  • 07-09-2007 5:49pm
    #1
    luckylucky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭


    My Computer is powering off at the rate of about once a day at the minute.

    I'm trying to figure out what the problem is.

    I changed the power cable at the back and I thought maybe that had solved the problem, but nah after 2 days it crashed again. :(

    I had recently been fiddling around with the pc a lot, I moved the components to a new chassis and installed a new heatsink and successfully reduced cpu temperatues by a helluva lot. However my cpu had been under a lot of stress and I think there is a chance it's damaged now, also I don't discount that I might have damaged the motherboard.

    One other issue I had recently was my computer halting when i booted it up at Scanning Ide Drives.... after four dots it halted and it wouldn't go any further but this has not occured in a few days now.

    I've also attached a Belkin UPS but I think the crashing occured once or twice before I added this, so while I don't rule it out as a potential cause I don't think it is.

    Anyone any ideas on why this is happening?


Comments

  • #2
    floydmoon1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭floydmoon1


    it might be your power supply check the voltages with a multimeter.should be getting 3volts out of one and 5 out of the other.is it turning totally off or just restarting.have you tried monitoring the cpu temp wth a free app.


  • #3
    luckylucky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    floydmoon1 wrote:
    it might be your power supply check the voltages with a multimeter.should be getting 3volts out of one and 5 out of the other.is it turning totally off or just restarting.have you tried monitoring the cpu temp wth a free app.

    Cheers. It might very well be the power supply actually. I have a spare one. I'll try that out.
    Most of the time it totally turns off, but today it rebooted. :confused:

    I have a cpu temperature monitor. since I installed the heatsink the temperature never goes above the mid 40's Celsius. Before that it was as high as the 80's sometimes. So I don't think it has got to do with the cpu's current temperature, though as I say it might be damaged now and maybe this is a cause.


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