ok so i put together my computer and it boots up and shows me the mother board screen brand name and after about 15secs of it being on the computer shuts it self down. whats the problem? i have 2 hhds, 1 dvd-rom, 2gig of ram, and a video card with a intel Dual 830 chip and this mother board http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007665&cid=MB.157 any ideas???
check to make sure you cpu cooling fan is working first if it is unhook all drives and boot PC see if it stays on then install each drive individualy reboot after each one and see if you can indentify the hardware causing the crash post back the results
ya the fans are in working order, could it be that the cpu fan is off placed a little bit? i'll try unhooking the drives should i leave 1 in though like the harddrive?
Make sure the cpu fan is placed squarly on the chip and unhook all drives the mother board should still boot
i did that i locked down the chip fan and i started to install windows then it shut off, so i took off my side fan tunnel and then i was able to install windows becasue for some reason the computer stays alvie longer without that fan. but now everytime windows loading screen comes up and just before u login it turns off. the cpu temp is at anywhere between: 61-66 when im looking at the setting and the motherboard is at 38
If your cpu is rising to 66 deg C in the time it takes to load win either your fan is totaly inadequate or not seated properly
ok so i unhooked the cpu fan and put it back in place i thought i put it in right. my cpu now runs at 48-55 and mother baord at 36-40 it was running fine for about 20mins then i started to play a game and 10 mins in the computer turned off??GRR what can i do?
Get a GOOD PCI fan and get your system cool. I recommend the POWERCOLOR fan as it has 2 fans, (One of them pivots). Speed control settings and exhaust too. and is only around 20 Bucks. There is also a free spogram called Speedfan. It will monitor your fan speed and system temperature, And will allow you to turn up the fan's speed if needed. Cheers!
did you install a new cpu? or is an old one you transfered over? maybe your heat sink compoud is non existant. if you seperated the heatsink from cpu you should always replace the compound. Artic ice seems to be the preferred compound on these boards. honestly any heat transfering compoud will do the trick. Just dont over do it becuase too much can be like too little.
yes it is a new cpu, but that maybe the answer ( the compound) becasue i did install and unstall it a couple of times to see if it was in right and i saw this like melted gery material and didnt no what it was ( ohh well lol) because everything runs fine like 44C when doing nothing then rising to 54-60 when doing work then turns off randomly when its in the 56-60 area
The melted gery material is probably the old heat conductive tape it good for one use only clean it off and install a thin layer of a good quality paste and check your manual and see if it has a over heat shut down setting in your bios it may need to be adjusted to a higher threshold
i dont understand why i would have to change the termal compound when the computer has only been running for 3 days..lol what do they give u some shitty compound with the cpu? i got my cpu to 41 idle but once i start doing something that takes some work it hits 48 and starts to make a scrathing sound and about 30secs of scrathing it usually turns off
the termal paste used on a new heat sink is a one time deal. so once the seal is broke it stops doing its job. Hopefully we havent burnt the cpu yet.
GRRRR ok so i put on some new thermal paste and i have the same problem!!grr cpu idle at 36 mtherboard at 30 on work cpu = 46 to 50 motherboard = 32 to 36 still get the srcathing noise for about 30secs then shuts off.. i dont get it i thought those heat levels would be normal? and whats with the scrathing errrr
So this is a custom build PC?? If so what case are you stacking it in, could be your case is not adequette enough. If this is custom build PC can you tell us the specs of the PC and what case you have for it please.
case: http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=006137&cid=CS.664 cpu: http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007305&cid=CPU.84 motherboard: http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007665&cid=MB.157 video card: http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007764&cid=999.243
Are you 100% sure that you have an adequate Power Supply in there? It seems that as you reduced the number of devices, the problems got less and less. That could be a PSU that simply cannot cope.
