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ASUS A8N-SLI and the random reboots of death

  • 28-08-2006 11:35AM
    #1
    Dr Bolouswki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭


    Setup is this

    AMD3700 socket 939
    2x1GB OCZ PC4000
    7800GTX (Dell) single gfx card (migrated from XPS600)
    Asus A8N-SLi deluxe
    Audigy XiFi Fatalaity soundcard
    2x sata hard drives 2x DVD/rom/rw drives
    Hiper 580W PSU

    Basically the system reboots randomly (sometimes every 5 mins, otehr tiems it will alst for hours - type of applciations seems to make no difference)and frequently will not turn on

    I have replaced with other components

    memory (rma'd)
    PSU
    motherboard (rma'd)
    hard-drives

    left out optical drives on boot etc

    The only components left untested are gfx card and CPU

    My question is this - is there anything I have missed out on? Would the untested components (gfx and cpu) likely cause a problem like this? Anything I can do without getting replacement components to test it?

    Thanks for any advice


Comments

  • #2
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Sounds to me like a over heating problem. Most likely your cpu. Have you checked the temps of it ? If they are over 60c when idle you know the problem, As that cpu should idle at about 38/42c max and around 50 under full load. With the stock amd hsf. I would suggest removing the hsf. Cleaning off the compound between yoru cpu and hfs, and applying some highy wuality compound, like artic 5. Which is about 5€ for a tube. If that fails, it could be your psu not outputting the correct volts to the rails and thus causing a instability. Since you have rma'd the ram and mobo. it is unlikely it is either of them.Best thing you can od is run prime95. This program will stress all components of your pc. Its a kind of stability checker. IT will help lead to find the problem behind this. Also run memtest86 to check the ram, Never know, it could be faulty.

    Links-

    http://www.memtest86.com
    http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

    It also worth running speed fan to to key a eye on your temps

    http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php


  • #3
    Dr Bolouswki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭Dr Bolouswki


    nice one - I will try that with the CPU for sure

    Does prime issue a log file that tells me where the failure ahs occured? And does it test only the CPU or other components?


  • #4
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    It just stresses everything out, it will put the cpu under 100% load and ram too. And if it fails it will report to a .log file for you :)


  • #5
    Drapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭Drapper


    do a mobo monitor for a few hours¬ Asus have a utility that monitors your board!


  • #6
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Yeah that would work if the asus monitor actually recorded to a log. As soon as his pc crashes it of no use to him.


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  • #7
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    anti wrote:
    Yeah that would work if the asus monitor actually recorded to a log. As soon as his pc crashes it of no use to him.

    I think he meant chipset temps.


  • #8
    Drapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭Drapper


    yup! and I think the Asus programme has a logg.....


  • #9
    Dr Bolouswki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭Dr Bolouswki


    reported the whole series of events to vendor adn they ahve rma'd the mobo AND cpu for testing/replacment...

    ran prime for a few (well, two ) hours but it didnt act weird


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