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Q: Im usually with Battlefield 2 online and my computer randomly restart . many times a day to the point I have to give up on playing the game, it happens so often.
My computer will simply reboot . usually in play, other times in carrying out various programs, including Internet and itunes aim.
Sending error reports came back as follows: 5
About keeru003eu003e RAM
1 Tijdu003eu003e Device Manager Driver
Several Timesu003eu003e Check BIOS
This has most recently occurred, followed by all the RAM memory or device . It has a long time ago I got the BIOS message .
Another thing I suspect is probably the PSU
I had this problem after reformatting
Computer:
1 GB Corsair DDR400 RAM
ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe 4 MOBO
Pentium 3.00GHz
Radeon 9800
Thank you for any Responses
Best Answer: hi alex
dont worry,you will find the more memory you have then this means your cpu will run more efficent but sometimes hotter aswell
for example i have 2gb of ddr ram with my pentium 4 3.2ghz and idle its 45 degrees and full load it can hit 65 degrees,so your cpu still has plenty of lee-way
cooling wise you could give "water cooling" a try,you can buy pre-filled kits so you basically just need to connect the cpu water block and resovoir and pump and your ready to go,you should be able to knock at least 20 degrees from your full load temperture
your thermal paste incident may have something to do with the drop in performance,buy some new thermal paste and re-apply and this should create better conductivity and create more efficent cooling
another cpu cooler and heatsink may also help,zalman do some great coolers such as the Zalman CNPS9500A-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/LGA775)(http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc… this looks small in the picture its a massive fan and does a great cooling job,and check out one of the reviews were the guy states this fan knocks 20 degrees from his core temperture
hope this helps
good luck alex !
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Re:Actually, now that I think more about this, can you get a "can of air" and blow out all the dust in your power supply and cpu heatsink? Give that a try since if there is a lot of dust buildup in the powersupply it won't give you stable voltages because it might not be able to handle the heat.
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Re:You said "it doesnt read over 108 fahr ever". What doesn't? Your cpu? because I think it might be ur cpy just getting too hot. use Sandra Lite or SpeedFan or something.
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Re:Ok, lets see… power requirements:
Intel P4 3.0 GHz… can't find exact spec, heat output is 89W, so it is drawing probably around 95W at load
Motherboard… can not find any information on Asus about the board!!! I know it exists since review sites had it.
ATI 9800 approx 75W
Maxtor 4D080H4, max draw: 1.8a 12V + .425a 5V total 23.7W
WD800 (BB?), max draw: .35a 12V + .8a 5V total 8.2W
Forgot to ask how much ram and what type…
Anyway, so far we are up to 201.9 W power draw. The motherboard may very well be drawing 60W, and your ram will draw a lot as well. A single DIMM of 128MB DDR uses approx 12W… 256MB DIMM uses about 18W, 512MB uses about 30W…. So 2×512 DIMMS will be about 60W…
Again, it is "within" your power supply limits, but it sounds a lot like the power supply itself is bad… Go get a Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-430, chiefvalue.com has them for like $60…
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Re:Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
ASUS P4R800V Deluxe MOBO
Radeon 9800
Hard Drives:
Maxtor 4D080H4 >>>> 80 gb with partition
Western Digital WD800 >>> 80 gb
CDrom/DVD Drives:
Pioneer DVD 117R
Sony CD-RW CRX175E
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Sound:
Integrated SoundMax Audio (looking into an X-Fi once i upgrade PSU)
Fans:
1 Top
1 Side panel
Regular size?
USB:
It is what came with my pos Aspire case
2 front,,, i think 4 on the back
PSU:
Turbolink Switching power supply 420W Max
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Re:Sure sounds like a power supply issue.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
About 80% sure it is your power supply. It might be your video card, but if as you said, it happens also when running lots of programs, no games, then it is more likely your power supply.
yeah – a dodgy power supply seems the likely cause to me as well
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Re:To help us figure out if it is the power supply, can you post everything in the computer? Type/make/size hard drives, optical drives (CD/DVD/Burners), type/make sound card, size/number fans, type/make of any USB devices, etc…
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Re:About 80% sure it is your power supply. It might be your video card, but if as you said, it happens also when running lots of programs, no games, then it is more likely your power supply.
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Re:The Power Supply is not very good… I will tell you when i have time to take out my computer, im busy right now
I dont know any voltages…
Dust shouldnt be too bad
all fans are going but i have considered heat to be a possible issue but it doesnt read over 108 fahr ever
Regaurding MEMtest86 or whatever… I dont really understand how it works… i download it, unpack it, run the application which will ask what drive to use which i want to use F but my floppy drive is apparently dumb and doesnt know when a disk is inserted or not… so i dont know what to do know that floppy doesnt work.
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Re:Hae you run a MEMtest (http://www.memtest86.com/)?
Re:What's the power supply? What are your voltages under load?
Also is the computer full of dust? Are all the fans going?
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