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Title: Interesting problem
Post by: DREDIOCK on August 23, 2006, 09:45:25 PM

Ok only seems ot happen when playing AH as I havent had or been able to recreate it at any other time.
And it doesnt happen all the time. just once in a while

(thats why its interesting)

Tooling along playing the game everything fine then poof, Computer shuts off.

If you look at my in game Stats this tour you will see 7 discos. only 1 was due to a lost host connection. The others were all due to this shutdown

Been monitoring the CPU temps and even with other programs running in the background and AH running and near a large furball at the same time the CPU is running at a comfy 36-38C tops

all fans are clean and running. inside of the machine is clean

System boots right up no problem.

Occasionally when this happens and  reboot PC I get a "RAID" Error

but this too is also only occasionally.

Thoughts/ suggestions?

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: straffo on August 23, 2006, 11:48:59 PM

How old is your PSU ?

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: DREDIOCK on August 24, 2006, 12:55:38 AM

Quote

Originally posted by straffo
How old is your PSU ?

Unknown.
Got the original box from an old squadmate.
When my old CPU fried I simply replaced the motherboard and CPU int he old box and installed all my other stuff HD DVD etc

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: straffo on August 24, 2006, 03:16:45 AM

Remplacing your PSU by a good model won't hurt (many people don't undertsand how critical a good PSU is for the stability of a PC).


Get a a fortron green 400  it not very expensive and really a good PSU and not a noisy one !

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: Eagler on August 24, 2006, 05:47:06 AM

I had similar shutdowns/reboots when I upgraded my video card to one that needed more amps on the 12v rail than my old ps could supply

as straffo stated, I would start there

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: Irwink! on August 24, 2006, 07:05:24 AM

It may or may not give you a clue, but try looking at the system event viewer. Many times it does shed some light on what was happening right before a system shutdown.

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: DREDIOCK on August 24, 2006, 09:13:50 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Irwink!
It may or may not give you a clue, but try looking at the system event viewer. Many times it does shed some light on what was happening right before a system shutdown.

Ok how do I find it?

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: Brenjen on August 24, 2006, 09:21:12 AM

The system event viewer can be accessed from the control panel. I would suspect either A - the power supply or B - a loose connection somewhere.

EDIT: I should have been more clear in my explanation: Control panel - performance & maintenance - administrative tools - event viewer:aok

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: ALF on August 24, 2006, 09:17:55 PM

I concure on the PSU being suspect #1, as long as your not overheating, its is VERY likely to be a power issue.

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: Irwink! on August 25, 2006, 06:56:43 AM

Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Event Viewer. Look in the "system" log.

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: Casper1 on August 25, 2006, 07:24:46 AM

If you find its not the PS, or want to check your RAM first, before buying a new PS...

Try these two utilities:

Windows Memory Diagnostic - http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

DL it, create a bootbale floppy with it, and boot your PC to the floppy.  The diagnostic will run some tests to make sure the problem isnt somewhere inside your RAM

Prime95 Torture test - http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

Dl it, open it, and run a torture test that will stress your RAM.  THis test tkes some time, so let it run for a few hours.  If you want, you can also use it to stress power consumption and overheating situations.



It does sound liek you have a power or heat or RAM problem.  Single them out the best you can before you start buying anything would be my reco!

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: Brenjen on August 25, 2006, 09:10:17 AM

LOL, hey dred...you need instructions on how to get into the event viewer again? Not sure it's been covered enough.

Title: Interesting problem
Post by: DREDIOCK on September 04, 2006, 08:18:30 AM

Ok here are a couple of results of the Event viewer

Explanation from microsoft site

The user restarted or shut down the computer by clicking Start or pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then clicking Shut Down. The message displays the Windows product information for the computer logging the message, including the product name, version, build number, service pack number, and operating system type
 


Problem is. I didnt do that.

And this one
Which I have no idea what it means.
But its the last event logged before the previous one listed above

Event Type: Information
Event Source: nvatabus
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2
Date:  9/3/2006
Time:  10:01:34 PM
User:  N/A
Computer: GOMEZ1
Description:
Device identified.
Data:
0000: 1b 00 0c 00 01 00 66 00   ......f.
0008: 00 00 00 00 02 00 de 40   ......Þ@
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0028: 01 01 01 00 e5 00 de 10   ....å.Þ.
0030: 00 00 00 00               ....