My computer

[Foebry]

Heej guys,
I recently bought a new computer, but friends of me say its not a good one.
Now i want your advice; i'll give you my computerdetails:

motherbord: P45 DIAMOND with 12 MB cash memory, a quad core 2.83 Ghz.
HDD:seagate 1TB 7200 rpm
DDR: 8GB DDR3
video: Nvidia Geforce GTX 280 with 1GB memory
processor: Pentuim III xenon processor (4)
operating system: windows xp proffesional 64-bit

Now I would like a little piece of advice from u. like is it a good/bad pc?
And what would u change?

 

[thegisguy]

Hmmm. 8GB of DDR3 on a Pentium 3. That's interesting...

 

[Foebry]

why is that?
Well i am having problems: my computers restarts from its self often. and thats not cool.
Is this a problem?

 

[mpilchfamily]

Are you sure its a P3 Xenon?

Your problem is your trying to use a old server CPU on a new desktop motherboard that doesn't support that CPU. Another issue is the large amount of RAM which can be fixed with a little bump in the RAM voltage. Another issue is the use of XP 64. There are still many compatibility issues with that OS.

 

[Foebry]

yes when i check start, run: dxdiag i can see processor: intel (R) pentium(R) III Xeon processor (4 cpu's),~2.8 Ghz

So would ik be better of with a windows vista? or just windows xp 32? (but i'm told that windows 32 cant hold 8GB of ram)

 

[thegisguy]

What I meant by interesting is A P3 processor is probably about 8-9 years old. DDR3 is current. Seems very unlikely your system would have BOTH on it. Either your wrong about your processor, or you're wrong about your ram. You are correct that XP has a practical limit of around 3GB for ram. It's a 32 bit thing.

Is this system something you put together or store bought?

 

[mpilchfamily]

Once again the problem is you have an older CPU that the motherboard doesn't fully support. OS aside you need to work out your hardware compatibility issues first. So you either need to get a different motherboard or a differnt CPU. If you get a new board you will have to get new RAM.

 

[thegisguy]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
Once again the problem is you have an older CPU that the motherboard doesn't fully support. OS aside you need to work out your hardware compatibility issues first. So you either need to get a different motherboard or a differnt CPU. If you get a new board you will have to get new RAM.

The thing is I don't think it's possible that he is actually running a P3 processor. I think he's got to be wrong. The P3 were a total different pin configuration from the modern ones. No way it would even fit in. OR he isn't really running DDR3. It could be 8GB of SDRAM, or DDR...

 

[Foebry]

ok i made a print screen of my dxdiag and i scanned my facture of my computer, but can i send it to anyone?

 

[Foebry]

This is from my facture:

VGAMMN280 GTX-T2D1G | MSI VGA N280GTX-T2D1G-OC 1GB PCI-EXPRESS DDRIII TVO DVI
MOTMMP45DIAMOND | MSI MB P45 DIAMOND S775 ATX DDRIII 800 GLAN PCI-X DrMOS
CPUINCORE2QUADQ995 | INTEL CPU CORE 2 QUAD Q9950 2.83 GHz FSB1333 12MB LGA775
PSUXLXP1000CS | Xilence PSU 1000W 135mm Gaming Edition
HDDSGST31000340AS | SEAGATE HDD 1000GB 7200 RPM 32 MB SATA II
SOFMS8032GW4 | MS OEM WINDOWS XP Pro 64-bit Multilingual
MEMDR2GB\1333KINGSTON|DDRAM 2GB DDR3-1333 PC3-10600 CL9 KINGSTON


and this is from my dxdiag:

current date/time: zaterdag 13 december 2008, 09:00:13
operating system: WINDOWS XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790)
SYSTEM MANUFACTURER: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
SYSTEM MODEL: MS-7516
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Pocessor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Xeon Processor (4CPU's), ~2.8GHz


NO my computer is not stock bought, I let the store put him togetter with the stuff I wanted (8GB ram, quad core)

 

[thegisguy]

Well looks like I was right you don't have a P3 processor. Your processor is a QUAD Q9950 2.83 GHz FSB1333 12MB. dxdiag is wrong.

 

[Foebry]

oh ok,
but does anybody of u know what the problem could be that my computer always restarts?
I crossed out the automatic restart.
even the shop I bought my computer from doesn't know what the problem could be..
and it is very annoying

 

[thegisguy]

One question. It might sound a little silly, but is it attached to a surge protector. I had a system that would reboot at random. I couldn't figure out the issue. I finally broke down and took it to a repair shop. They were at a loss too. Finally the tech asked I had it on a surge protector. I said of course. He said try plugging it directly into the wall. I did that and it worked fine. Turns out my surge protector was starting to fail, and would cut power to the system for a millisecond, which cause the thing to reboot.

If it's not that, what are your system temps like?

 

[Foebry]

No its not with a surge protector; thats what the guy in the store also asked me, but it still rebooted.
Tj max: 100°C
Core #1 : 34°C 0-3%load
Core #2 : 34°C 0-3%load
Core #3 : 36°C 0-3%load
Core #4 : 51°C 0-5%load

This I got from Core Temp 0.99.3

 

[Foebry]

but I was thinking;
maybe it's the reset button that's sending signals sometimes
Could it perhaps be that this is the problem?

 

[RebateMonger]

When unexpected reboots are occuring, some first things to do are:

1) Check the System Event Log for "Errors".
2) Run a memory diagnostics program.
3) Run the hard drive maker's diagnostics program.

 

[Foebry]

ok I checked System event log for errors
and this is what came out:
every time my computer reboots, it makes an error with DCOM as source.

What does that mean? is it bad?

 

[thegisguy]

Try Reading this

 

[Foebry]

ok ty,
I think I will change my xp pro x64 into a vista ultimate x64
would that be a good thing to do?