Random Pc restart HELP PLEASE!!!!

[drift-oz]

Woah woah woah, u`r not in that much need for a psu.

I`ve got systems with a little-little-little less spec than u`r running on solid 400w psus, and they have more drives and addons than u`ve got.

(unless the one u have is in error ?!?!)

no im redoing my whole pc the psu i have atm is noisy and it has the 20 to 24pin power adaptor which is taking up more room and makes cables look ugly. and i will be adding full w/c system 4 uv lights, more HDDs, and more fans. i know mine will prob still run them but i would just like to upgrade.

 

[TJS]

He will be running 7800GTX's in SLI, Rastalovich, which is why a good 600-700W PSU is my recommendation.

I can't open that link you posted Drift (darn Army computers and network connections ), but PC P&C rocks, I've only heard good things about Antec, Enermax seems to be a favorite (still

ed mine popped for no reason), OCZ's seem to be another favorite... best thing is to take a look at websites that review products and also check out reviews posted by the actual owners at online retail stores (like Newegg.com), it'll give you a good idea of who makes winners and who makes... eggs.

OCZ seems to have caught on, but Corsair and Zalman... wow, charging that much for a PSU and they just entered the field is almost criminal. I'm fairly sure they make some good products, but I would think they're using their 'popular name' to charge so much and offer so little; Even top PSU makers give you more watts for less money.

Here's a PSU that I eyed and damn near bought, good price and reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustR...&SortField=0&SummaryType=ALL&Pagesize=&Page=1

TJS

 

[Ham]

Zalman have been making PSU for a while. They were always focused on being quiet rather than good PSUs though.

OCZ GameXstreme ftw.

And if u need memtest download the knoppix live disc. MUCH easyer to burn (.iso file) and memtest is in the boot options.

 

[Rastalovich]

He will be running 7800GTX's in SLI, Rastalovich, which is why a good 600-700W PSU is my recommendation.

TJS

I understand, get a good 600w tho rather than a cheap 700w.

If we`re recommending people need 1kw psus this time next year - I`m gonna go nuts.

AND I WANT A SWORN STATEMENT AND ITTILERY OF WHERE EACH W IS GOING!

 

[TJS]

I'm gonna double-post, but it's relevant...

A friend in my Halo-clan wanted to get a new computer (the old one was indeed OLD) and initially bought an Alienware for roughly $3400 (or thereabouts). Arrived DOA, and he wasn't happy. He asked me to help out, so we went on Newegg and configured him a BETTER pc for roughly $2700 (the power of DIY), and I suggested a Silverstone Zeus 700W. He had a 'friend' who lived nearby, owned a shop and worked on pc's, and would put it together for him.

Well, said 'friend' told him his PSU was 'too much', that he should use one with less watts.

WTF?!?!?

I wanted to take a trip to New York and beat that dude bloody. There is absolutely no 'TOO MUCH' where the PSU is concerned, only 'TOO LITTLE'. Just remember, we love to add hardware, and aside from cpu makers getting smarter, the hardware keeps wanting more and more juice.

Don't skimp, do your pc right, and frag noobs 'til dawn.

:beerchug:

TJS

Edit: I can absolutely agree with that, Rast, a good 600W PSU is probably better than a cheap 700W PSU. Will everyone be buying 1KW PSU's soon? Maybe... but I'd say another 5-6 years before 800-900W becomes 'the norm' like 600W PSU's are now.

 

[Rastalovich]

Well obviously, doods can by 5gigaWatt psus if they like.

But I`m not going to recommend them get one and settle for a lower cpu and memory and etc.

If the price difference between a 600w and a 700w is in the region of £10/$20, the 700w is usually not worth the beef.

There is a question of overkill when building a pc. If u advise some1 of a 1kw, which works aswell as a 750w-good psu, and the price difference $50, spend the $50 elsewhere.

Of course if we can spend doods money like it`s no object, I can see where u`r coming from lmao

 

[TJS]

Granted, I splurged on myself,

...

that doesn't sound right.

I spend a lot, yeah, but thats personal preference. I was using a 620W Enermax, ASUS A8N32-SLI, XFX 7800GTX's, 2xHDD, 2xDVD, floppy, 4xRAM, and overclocking, planning on watercooling and adding more HDD's... GIMME THE MONSTER! lol, overkill it was, but definitely future-proof

TJS

 

[Rastalovich]

Splurge is a lovely word, like flange or wibble. :worship:

 

[grazzhopper]

You find these posts all the time at the DFi forum.. Having a Lanparty SLi NF4, I followed the forums info for installation. If you google DFI street, and look for a sticky for installs. With my comp it worked fine, hour after hour, well sort of...it would random restart.mmm familia?

To begin,the restart can be turned off, control panel, system properties, advanced, startup recovery. Un-check automatic restarts.

Now in stead of restarting it crashes to a blue screen with or with out writing (the blue screen of death, BSOD).

What i found from this information was the crashes were related to the PCI DSL modem. An I found that i could play all day(no connected to internet) mmm.

It turned out the modem could not handle the extended shared IRQ table, that is the basis of PCIex. Getting a external router fixed the problem!

The Dfi street has a good install sticky. hell the boards have give so many problems they need a good sticky.

Will be over clocking soon and it will be interesting to see how strong my board is.

 

[deathwish]

check that your cpu temps are ok in the bios it may be because the heatsink hasn't been seated properly otherwise everyone else has made some good suggestions

hope you sort it

 

[TJS]

Grazzhopper: I always wondered about the wisdom of the ethernet running on the same path as the GPU's (PCI-X)... had some issues with my A8N32SLI (first dual-X16 mobo), worked OK with one internet connection, two was kind of iffy.

Never heard of 'Automatic Restarts' in the Windows Control Panel, gotta find it and check it out...

Deathwish: Good thinking, never hurts to check.

TJS

 

[grazzhopper]

Network, audio, gpu can all be sharing the same IRQ?? as their appeared to be a relationship with slots and IRQ sharing, I now use top x16 slot for gpu and bottom PCI slot for sound. Would be interesting to go to sli????

Secondly I did not trust the default memory settings, I downloaded a memory setup guide from the DFI street, and tweaked ( IE my ram is BH-5 so it runs stock at 2.8Volts, not 2.6v).

The setup install guide I mention last post is great, people think they have had lots of comps, even built them commercially, they get a dfi board and run into weird

. Read the guide! Forget the "it used to work", "it works in a friends comp so it must be ok" attitude, it is about whats on the table in front of you, working in cooperation. Be creative

So many posts look to power supplies ( no offense intended folks), when I think you have to look at other things. A $30 grey market 300W power supply is enough to establish the initial build (proof of concept), fyi - Dfi boards require 480W for warranty

 

[drift-oz]

check that your cpu temps are ok in the bios it may be because the heatsink hasn't been seated properly otherwise everyone else has made some good suggestions

hope you sort it

cpu temps r fine i have said that loads of times i cant see how a thermalright HR-01 HS with fan can let the cpu overheat unless it was exremely oced.

but new news i have just done a very fresh install and formatted the HDD properly and got windows reinstalled. i havent had any problems for days now ?? hmm go figure stupid computers.

 

[enVias]

Drift-oz :OO

I met you with Lauren innit (no explaining the circumstances of this).

Sorry for the random and useless post.

 

[TJS]

Good deal, hope it stays straight.

TJS

 

[drift-oz]

had my pc runing fine for maby a month now and then my windows started to get errors so i went to do new backup but my two orig xp cds wont copy files across, managed to get win xp pro 64bit trial installed and now pc random reatarting again was also getting blue screens during windows install with 2 diff windows. i have had memtest86 running for last 5 hours now with no errors at all. but as soon as i boot windows my pc starts to reset at random go figure. im not fkn happy

 

[drift-oz]

i just put a single 1gig ram stick in my pc and i changed the ram in the bios to ddr400 instead of ddr667 and so far no prob's with restarting. i was just wandering can my AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2 support ddr2 667mhz or is it ment to be lower? i just thought it could handle ddr 667mhz ram? thanks

 

[Rastalovich]

had my pc runing fine for maby a month now and then my windows started to get errors so i went to do new backup but my two orig xp cds wont copy files across, managed to get win xp pro 64bit trial installed and now pc random reatarting again was also getting blue screens during windows install with 2 diff windows. i have had memtest86 running for last 5 hours now with no errors at all. but as soon as i boot windows my pc starts to reset at random go figure. im not fkn happy

XP cds not copying files that are obviously there is 200000% a memory issue, I`ve see it too many times, and had too many wild goose chases trying to solve it.

i just put a single 1gig ram stick in my pc and i changed the ram in the bios to ddr400 instead of ddr667 and so far no prob's with restarting. i was just wandering can my AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2 support ddr2 667mhz or is it ment to be lower? i just thought it could handle ddr 667mhz ram? thanks

I`d be of the opinion that it`s a question of u`r mobo liking the memory rather than the cpu.

But it is almost certain that u need to clock everything back to stock settings, particularly if u`r oc`ing, and be certain that all the hardware u work with to get an oc again is working 100%.

I`d definately condone using each stick with memtest, being sure it passes test 7/8/9 (if u don`t want to w8 for it to go through all the tests).

Once u then know whats good and whats bad, then u can start increasing stuff - but as u do it be sure to run tests along the way.

 

[drift-oz]

XP cds not copying files that are obviously there is 200000% a memory issue, I`ve see it too many times, and had too many wild goose chases trying to solve it.

I`d be of the opinion that it`s a question of u`r mobo liking the memory rather than the cpu.

But it is almost certain that u need to clock everything back to stock settings, particularly if u`r oc`ing, and be certain that all the hardware u work with to get an oc again is working 100%.

I`d definately condone using each stick with memtest, being sure it passes test 7/8/9 (if u don`t want to w8 for it to go through all the tests).

Once u then know whats good and whats bad, then u can start increasing stuff - but as u do it be sure to run tests along the way.

thanks i have underclocked my ram its now on DDR533 and seems ok atm i ran memtest86 for 4 hours with no errors. i havent oced my computer at all and setting bios to default makes it not run but atm having ram on ddr533 seems to run fine. ill try mem test with each stick tomorrow when i get home