[QCLUG] new computer problems

[Mark Riedesel]

pc power & cooling's website (pcpowerandcooling.com) recommends at least
a 610W power supply for that motherboard. 500w isn't much, considering
AMD's thirst for electricity, plus all the stuff you've got in there.

Mark

Noah J Norris wrote:
> ok update 
> i removed all but dvdrw and one hard drive it would run longer but eventually 
> still shutdown . 
> 
> so i looked up the memory at manufactures website it says its 1.8v +.2V 
> i upped the volts of memory to .2v been running a nvidia demo for 2+hours no 
> shutdowns ^^ ( note i tried 1.9 first it worked better but would lock up in 
> awhile and .2 has not locked up at all )
> 
> next im gona try hooking the rest back up .
> 
> quick question i was thinking that my power supply was not enough to handle 
> everything. only 500ws causing it to overheat and shutdown ? but seemed more 
> like a board issue shuting down the system  
> 
> memory is running in 128 bit mode ( dual channel )  i dont want to take any 
> out ^^ lol 
> 
> honestly why not say its 2.0volt memory 
> 
> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 11:55, Leif Theden wrote:
>> Yeah, I would check the caps as well.  It could be an indication that the
>> mobo is not getting enough power.  ie, its being overloaded.  It seems that
>> overheating is not the cause of failure.  One of my old gigabyte boards
>> said it could run 2gb ram, but it turns out only under special
>> circumstances.  It would only run occasionaly, and ultimately, I had to
>> pull one chip and leave it at 1gb.  The rebooting could because too much
>> ram, which is could be cause electrical errors on the board.  Maybe pull
>> 2gb out of it and see if its more stable.  or...buy a cooler for the
>> northbridge chip.  they are cheap, like $7 or so.
>>
>> thats all i can think of.
>>
>>
>> good luck!
>>
>> On 12/18/06, Noah J Norris <preludelinux@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>>        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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