idle crash :S

[jaba453]

hey,

got bit of an issue here, for numerous days my pc has been crashing continuously when its idle in the OS, i have ran virus scans and even took the OC back down to standard and it still continues to crash,but when im using it and all that it never skips a beat,

any suggestions why?

Cheers

 

[Filekutter]

Can you post some hardware and OS info?

Could be overheating, or software problems.

Have you checked to see what's in background? Installed anything new, soft or hard - ware?

Let anyone else use it?

Do you have standby, or power idle running? If you're using Win 7, that can have problems

with idle. When's the last time you blew it out with can of air? LOL!

 

[Tortuga]

Do you have any screen savers set? Hibernation? Standby, sleep? A little more information will be useful!

 

[jaba453]

Can you post some hardware and OS info?

Could be overheating, or software problems.

Have you checked to see what's in background? Installed anything new, soft or hard - ware?

Let anyone else use it?

Do you have standby, or power idle running? If you're using Win 7, that can have problems

with idle. When's the last time you blew it out with can of air? LOL!

Do you have any screen savers set? Hibernation? Standby, sleep? A little more information will be useful!

right here is everybit of info

OS: Win7 Enterprise 64bit

the screen cuts off in 10min leaving it idle

other then that there is no other feature running it stays running unless i say so

the specs list :

antec df-30 w/ 650w antec truepower

ASUS Crosshair 4 formula mobo

AMD Phenom II 955 @3.85

Noctua NH-D14 ( idle temp is 35c without Cool n Quiet - Max is 48c )

G-Skill Ripjaws 4GB

Nvidia 8800GT Graphic's ( its old and a bit of a bottleneck but upgrading to Gigabyte 560Ti SO this week )

2x samsung spinpoint F3's in Raid 1

and the pc was built FEB 11

 

[Filekutter]

Sounds like you have the monitor set for sleepy-time after 10 minutes. Go to power settings and change.

 

[jaba453]

Sounds like you have the monitor set for sleepy-time after 10 minutes. Go to power settings and change.

but would that make the pc crash ?

 

[jaba453]

Sounds like you have the monitor set for sleepy-time after 10 minutes. Go to power settings and change.

il give it a go anyway

 

[Filekutter]

That's just my diagnosis so far. Also you can goto Admin Tools/ Event viewer and look at the system error/warnings etc and maybe get another tip on what happened. Sorry, shoulda said that before but had forgotten cos of something else that's occupying my mind rather heavily... now if only I could remember what it was.

 

[jaba453]

right in the event view its just saying unexpected shutdowns, and when it happens mouse curser still moves but nothing else will work no keyboard shortcuts or anything windows just freezes it self must have issues or something lol

 

[Filekutter]

Hmmm... mouse moves but everything else frozen. Okay, I suggest looking at all running processes, take a gander at the services running thru admin tools/services; turn off what you don't need, etcetc, then reboot. Anything in particular that seems to make it happen? Mouse gesture or anything? Also is starting to sound like your vid card. If you have Euro PC Check I'd suggest running it. Also check your temps on your card and take a quick run thru your bios for settings irregularities.

 

[jaba453]

[font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]its just literately i leave the pc alone for 5 min nothing running just idle at the desktop screen il go make brew come back to it and its froze but the mouse will still move around, i think the graphics card is a more promising bet at it its roughly 6 years old[/font]

 

[Filekutter]

Do you have a graphic card on the Mobo? If so, take out the GT and see if the problem happens on the onboard card. Or any other card you have laying around.

 

[jaba453]

Do you have a graphic card on the Mobo? If so, take out the GT and see if the problem happens on the onboard card. Or any other card you have laying around.

haha tad problem with that, theres no onboard video and im getting a gtx 560 as soon there back in stock at ebuyer so will see if the problem still there with a new one

 

[Filekutter]

That will settle up that question then. HOpefully that is the fix, if not then its on to motherboard, HDD, software, or monitor. Or OS. When's last time you reinstalled Winderz? hehe. Have you made your every 1/2 year sacrifices to the byte-godz?

 

[jaba453]

i hope its not the mobo this the second one the first was faulty :/ and not yet i haven't

 

[Filekutter]

Oh? If it happens again, another issue could be the PSU, but with the "symptoms" that would be a stretch. My maxim is always start at the simplest, and work upwards. Find ways to eliminate each one, then move on, till you find yourself looking at the most expensive piece of hardware and finally notice the cockroach that shorted out one little circuit.

 

[jaba453]

just to let you know with the screen not cutting off its sort of fixed the problem but when i put the gtx 560 in it , i will set it up for the screen to cut off with the new card and see if the problem is still there.