Random Shutdowns?

[Cale_Hagan]

my system has been randomly shutting down, i checked temps, the graphics cards were hot, so i manually cranked up the fans in ati ccc. all other temps are fine, i have a 1kw psu ultra x3 modular series which should be more than enough to power 2 6870s and a stock clock 950. any ideas? i tried reinstalling windows 7 64bit, but no luck. anyone have any helpful suggestions?:mad:

[Cale_Hagan]

a little more info: i bought a few parts awhile back, and installed all at the same time. i'm dreading having to go pull part by part, but i might have to... i hope its not the nice little evga mobo.... especially because it had a 30 day warranty.... gosh darn recert. items...

[nevermind1534]

I'd try the memory first.

[BuzzKillington]

Last time I had random shutdowns it was blown caps. Everything ran normally except videos, they were choppy. Sometimes it'd shut down right when it restarted and other times it'd be an hour or 2 later.

[nevermind1534]

Last time I had random shutdowns it was blown caps. Everything ran normally except videos, they were choppy. Sometimes it'd shut down right when it restarted and other times it'd be an hour or 2 later.

^This

I was going to mention that in my post, but must have forgot. If it does have bad capacitors, you should be able to replace them if you're able to solder, though.

[Cale_Hagan]

yeah, ill try switching the memory out, but its hard to track as it does it randomly. it is usually while im using it, it runs all day just fine, and then, boom. video runs fine, if worst comes to worst, ill swap mobos with my old gene ii mobo by asus.

[Fuganater]

Did you do any daignostics yet? Try that before swapping hardware.

[NightrainSrt4]

Just run memtest for a while. Easy way to knock one thing out of the list of possibilities.

[nevermind1534]

Doing a visual check of the capacitors for any signs of bulging or leaking shouldn't be difficult, either.

[slaveofconvention]

Just run memtest for a while. Easy way to knock one thing out of the list of possibilities.

I've seen faults on the motherboard cause errors in memtest on healthy RAM but I still agree with trying this first - if nothing else it'll give you an indicator of if there is a hardware issue or not...

[Cale_Hagan]

i swapped out almost everything, my desktop i believe hates me. i think there is some unsung rule about me and computers. it seems i am only allowed to have 1 working computer at any given time. i finally fixed my laptop, then immediately my desktop eats it. i swapped mainboard cpu ram combo at once, no avail. then swapped psu. no help. removed almost every last thing, reinstalling. swapped hdd's. next im going to check and see if my install disk is an issue. then ill swap optical drives, and grfx cards. then it will be completely different. i hate this.:(
i am taking the next day off, to not repair it. im frusterated enough as-is. :?

btw, i will never buy creative products again, my first nib didnt work right out of the box, second did for a couple weeks, then died. the most reliable one i had, was a refurb one, it just died after two months. i know that is one thing locking it up.

[TheMainMan]

Is it BSODing or just powering off?

[Cale_Hagan]

well, it would just lose power completely. i swapped out almost all the hardware, and it hangs at windows install after copying files then reboot and freeze....
im going to try to get it stable, then swap back in my parts slowly.... >.> i swear there is an unknown law that i am able to only have 1 computer at a time working, as once i fix one, i lose another. :mad:

[TheMainMan]

Do you have another place you could plug it in? If it's still doing the same thing with all new parts your problem may not be the computer itself. Do you have it plugged into a power bar/surge protector?

[Cale_Hagan]

it works now. the creative originally locked it up, it bsod'd and wouldnt stop it so i tried reinstall. it was bad media. the same media for 7 i used about 5 days ago. =/ thank god for backups. now the only problem is i swapped out my graphics cards (the two 6870s) for 2 5870s and a 9800gtx+ to fold better, and the 5870s work fine, but when i try to install 9800 drivers, it says i dont have one.... =/


edit: i feel lucky it isnt the caps, but frustrated it took 6 hours to figure out bad media...

[Fuganater]

it works now. the creative originally locked it up, it bsod'd and wouldnt stop it so i tried reinstall. it was bad media. the same media for 7 i used about 5 days ago. =/ thank god for backups. now the only problem is i swapped out my graphics cards (the two 6870s) for 2 5870s and a 9800gtx+ to fold better, and the 5870s work fine, but when i try to install 9800 drivers, it says i dont have one.... =/


edit: i feel lucky it isnt the caps, but frustrated it took 6 hours to figure out bad media...

Wait... you have 2 different GPU's in your system??

[Cale_Hagan]

i decided to leave my 2 6870s in it. my computer works now! :banana:

[Cale_Hagan]

just started to randomly shut down again. i swapped the evga mobo out for an asus rampage gene ii i had laying around. hopefully it will fix it.:mad: