Random Crash?

[Abdul]

Ey UP.

Short story short.. Random Crash? Usually in full screen whilst playing video content. No blue screen, just system freezes with played video content.

I've got a feeling its the PSU.. cause this whole system is a week old except the PSU. This is my Family system, and apparently they say the old one used to crash too. The old thing from the old system is the Tagan 480W PSU. Hence thats why im pushing towards that?

Any tests to run? To Push the PSU?

Other thing i was considering was Overheating CPU? Playing video content does put some strain on CPU. But i can comfortably run VMware and along side with the system no problem. But all the times it has crashed is during full screen video playback.

Its the AMD System in my sig with Tagan 480W psu.. hitting 4 years old..

Thanks!

[Gizmo]

The fact that it only crashes during full screen video playback suggests the following to me:

• video card
• video card drivers
• PSU is a possibility. Normally, I would consider this last, but since you say it is the oldest thing in the system, it could be the culprit.

Obviously, anything that stresses the video card is going to tend to stress the PSU as well. Dunno what video card you've got, so don't really have any idea how much power it can pull. You also don't mention what else is in the system, so we don't know if the problem is that the PSU is going bad, or if it is simply being overloaded.

The only way to PROVE that it is the PSU would require some way of putting a load on the PSU and then being able to measure the power output to look for transients. I'm guessing you probably don't have the ability to do that, so the other alternative is the overclocker's old stand-by: swap with a known good part.

[Abdul]

I didnt mention the Video Card, cause i was using the onboard initially. So i thought i'd change it, using a LP 9400GT currently. Its just running of the board. Had same problems with latest on board HD3200 with the latest drivers, and now the 9400GT.

Just standard 250gb SATA drive, PCI Wifi card, and 1 sata dvd-drive.

I guess im gonna have to the good ol' part swap.

Will keep ya posted.

[MrSeanKon]

Tanga Tagan PSUs previous series sucks cos here (Greece) I read many RMAs. Thus measure its rails use a multimeter it is easy (if you don't know how download Guidemania)

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by Abdul

I didnt mention the Video Card, cause i was using the onboard initially. So i thought i'd change it, using a LP 9400GT currently. Its just running of the board. Had same problems with latest on board HD3200 with the latest drivers, and now the 9400GT.

Just standard 250gb SATA drive, PCI Wifi card, and 1 sata dvd-drive.

I guess im gonna have to the good ol' part swap.

Will keep ya posted.

Hmm.....with that component set, it's hard to see the PSU getting overloaded. And since you've been through two different driver sets and two different cards, it's hard to see that the video card is crashing, so yeah it sounds like the PSU.

[Abdul]

Originally Posted by MrSeanKon

Tanga Tagan PSUs previous series sucks cos here (Greece) I read many RMAs. Thus measure its rails use a multimeter it is easy (if you don't know how download Guidemania)

Don't have a multimeter with me otherwise i surely woulda tried.

Im waiting on a PSU, should be a day max. Then all shall be revealed.

IF its not the PSU, i dont know what else, the motherboards left, but i cant find a logical way of explaining why it would be that.

I watched whole movies/episodes not in full screen. Switched to Full screen to test.. 30min or so, Crashed.

Time will tell.

[Abdul]

I think i've fixed it.

I was looking through my BIOS and saw DRAM voltage set to 2.2v, i've set it to AUTO now and no crashes as of yet.

RAM does state for 4-4-4 timings it requires 2.2v but it seems to be the cause of the problem. Then again not being stable at 2.2v may be a result of some PSU issue..

Will be checking 2.2v with a new PSU.

[Daniel ~]

A tweak in time saves big bucks down the line! ":O}

[Abdul]

Something terrible seems to have happened!

System wont post. Tried taking everything out, no beeps for missing RAM or CPU. Just powers on with motherboard power LED thats all. CPU fan spins. Nothing more =(

Tried another board. Tried another PSU! Memory too!

CPU? Gotta be right?

Any help!!! Much appreciated!

[raphael2040]

Originally Posted by Abdul

Something terrible seems to have happened!

System wont post. Tried taking everything out, no beeps for missing RAM or CPU. Just powers on with motherboard power LED thats all. CPU fan spins. Nothing more =(

Tried another board. Tried another PSU! Memory too!

CPU? Gotta be right?

Any help!!! Much appreciated!

Do you get a pre-POST beep?

[MrSeanKon]

Abdul is there a friend to give you a PSU for testing?
If yes plug it and reset BIOS seems you have an overclocking problem I mean you set high settings thus the system maybe unstable.

[Abdul]

Originally Posted by raphael2040

Do you get a pre-POST beep?

No beeps. Was looking for diagnostic beeps with no RAM. None of them.

And i've got a brand new PSU to test with, same problem. Will try a 3rd one, my Corsair PSU.

All i did was switch the system off, put on a new Heatsink, eversince it wont post, no beeps. OH THE JOYS!

[Abdul]

Just an Update.

Been reading other people having the same problem, same board, a combination of taking battery out and reseating the whole system seem to be the cure for this thing!

Gonna give this a go!

Fingers crossed!

[Daniel ~]

Fingers crossed on both hands...makes tying hard...but it's worth it! ":O}

[raphael2040]

Any luck fella?

[IceRaptor]

Originally Posted by Abdul

Something terrible seems to have happened!

System wont post. Tried taking everything out, no beeps for missing RAM or CPU. Just powers on with motherboard power LED thats all. CPU fan spins. Nothing more =(

Tried another board. Tried another PSU! Memory too!

CPU? Gotta be right?

Any help!!! Much appreciated!

what do you mean when you say tried another board?

anyway i think i know what your problem is.The fact that mobo has power and fans are spinning but wont boot , means that most likely something has short circuited somewhere on your board (or maybe on your cpu). look VERY closely at your board to see if any two pins are touching that shouldn't be. Maybe give it a vacuum incase its something very tiny. Should boot perfectly fine after that.