[QCLUG] new computer problems

[Noah J Norris]

boards brand new out of the box 2 days ago

On Monday 18 December 2006 21:02, Charles Bird wrote:
> 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 )
> >
> > --
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