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oh woe is me, puter is dead, again

  • 02-01-2003 05:08PM
    #1
    Drazhar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭


    Right, first, Audigy card is fecked, but its headed back

    second, i was getting random reboots, system was freezing, everything was going mad. the problem was my card, MSI GF4 TI4400.

    has anyone else got this? Has anyone found a way around it. The MSI guys say to get a bigger PSU (mines 300w)

    any suggestions? Im going bloody mad


Comments

  • #2
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    get out of the loop :)

    http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=64


    hopefully its that :)

    kdjac


  • #3
    Drazhar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭Drazhar


    Well, its telling me what the problem is, not how to solve it.

    Unfortunately i dont have the resources of the VIA Arena team

    Thanks anyway.

    Bloody thing wont even reinstall now, feckin computers, im gettin an abacus for my birthday:mad:


  • #4
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    its about 6 pages long and has tonnes of possible answers.


    if you have those symptoms you should start trying those fixes.

    kdjac


  • #5
    Drazhar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭Drazhar


    well, i have my PC back working again.

    ive been trying them all day. Unfortunately ive had to format, reinstall, and im going to have to get a new PSU, mine(300w) not being strong enough for all my stuff (2 40gb's, DVD, Burner, NIC, 512 ddr, the GF4, Audigy)

    Oh well, these are the dangers of computing, **** happens and all that, its just these problems always happen at a very inappropriate moment!!!


  • #6
    STaN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭STaN


    what OS are you using? It could definitely be the PSU, although was it always like that?


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  • #7
    Drazhar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭Drazhar


    No it wasnt always like that. When i first got all my gear, it was stable as a rock. Then i decided a system upgrade was in order. So i flashed the BIOS, formatted the drive, then slapped it all back together (hell i even used an old rage 2c as the AGP when i was flashing the BIOS)

    Then, the Audigy died. That old chestnut that everyone is getting, the bloody thing got flashed when i was reinstalling it on win2k. So anyway, i got it working, i just had windows look for a suitable driver, which it found.

    Things were still lovely.

    I suppose the problems started when i threw in an extra hard drive, an old one. Three weeks ago i replaced it with a new 40gb (now have two 40's)

    It most likely is the PSU is too weak for it.
    The Full system running with everything is mentioned above


  • #8
    STaN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭STaN


    try taking everything that ISNT needed out and if that fixes the problem... bobs your uncle


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