[QCLUG] new computer problems

[Charles Bird]

Check the motherboard, look at the capacitors, may have "bulged" caps or
ones that have actually bursted out the top or bottom.
The result of that is operational for a while, and a section of the mobo
not getting proper voltage to operate after a lil while, I just replaced a
bunch of caps on a msi board last week, runs fine so far *whew

> 	Ok i just got the parts to build a new system , it has a problem with
> powering down after its on for awhile or heavy processing . the unit
> totally
> powers off ... some times the unit powers off loading linux sometimes i
> can
> get linux up and it powers off at compile of software ( running linux in
> 64
> bit mode windows xp is in 32 bit mode )
>
> its a hardware problem (happens under both windows  and linux )
> processor stays at around 26 degrees C and case temp is 22 degrees C
> one chip gets hot to the touch (the boards north / south bridge chip )
>
> i need someone that would like to help with this problem , im thinking its
> the
> board but i would like to be sure anyone have a highend power supply that
> i
> could use to test just to rule out power supply .
>
> system has
> amd x2 4200
> 4gb ddr2 ram 667 mhz
> antec case w/500 watt module power supply
> 1 - sata hd 350 gb
> 2 ide hd misc sizes
> 1 ide dvdrw
> 1 180mm fan 2 80 mm fans (processor fan grafics chipset fan and 2x
>       -power supply fans ) lots of airflow in this case
> gigabyte GA-m55sli-s4 (am2 /ddr2/sata/ide/sli/sound/lan mainboard)
> nvidia 7600GToc video card ( only one no sli setup )
>
> --
> life is linux
> linux is life
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