omg wtf is wrong with my computer??? *update

[Ns1]

DjChowFun: omg
DjChowFun: i think my computers fcked
DjChowFun: alright so fcking
DjChowFun: i knew my computer couldn't stay on for more than 36 hours
DjChowFun: i didn't know why
DjChowFun: i would always come back to my computer after trips to LA and get a windows logon screen
DjChowFun: and i had no idea why
DjChowFun: thought it might be power issues
DjChowFun: so i got an apc
DjChowFun: so now
DjChowFun: 5 mins ago
DjChowFun: mid im
DjChowFun: my computer restarts on itself (kind of)
DjChowFun: except now i can't boot past windows
DjChowFun: it'll get to the "windows xp" screen
DjChowFun: and then it'll go blank
DjChowFun: but my comp will stay on
DjChowFun: montior light is orange


WTF is wrong with my computer?

*update 130am

Computer is currently running again. Open case + compressed air. Heat issues?

 

[Matt2]

Bad overclock?

 

[rise]

yeah that should be easy to trouble shoot :roll:

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Matt2
Bad overclock?

everything is stock.

Rough specs are
Athlon 64 3200 (or something)
asus mboard
1gig kingston ram
sapphire radeon 9800 non pro
80 gig sata drive
120 gig ide drive
on board everything else
winxp

 

[Matt2]

Something is wrong.

Run P95, Memtest, start eliminating things it *COULD* be, which is a lot...

Sounds awfully like a bad overclock to me. What are your temps?

 

[Matt2]

Also check your hard drive, click of death? Bad sectors?

 

[l Xes l]

jump the cmos and try again

 

[TSCrv]

reset cmos to defualt, and depending on where it restars would show if its HD or not, but i suspect heat, or something physical has happened to the board, thermal expansion maybe... like a hairline fracture, or possibly when the thing heats up something gets dissconnected, my suggestion is to take everything out, take a CLEAN pencil eraser and LIGHTLY rub it against the goldfingers to get rid of any possible dust, residue, or corrosion.

also has anything power related happened, surges, spikes, stuff like that, brownouts, etc... check tyhe voltages of your power supply, and make sure your caps on you mobo arnt expanded and about to burst... does every1 agree that 12, 5, and 3.3v should be around +/- .15 volts? (i go with .1 but i have systems that are a lot worse and work fine)

out of ideas here... GL

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: TSCrv
reset cmos to defualt, and depending on where it restars would show if its HD or not, but i suspect heat, or something physical has happened to the board, thermal expansion maybe... like a hairline fracture, or possibly when the thing heats up something gets dissconnected, my suggestion is to take everything out, take a CLEAN pencil eraser and LIGHTLY rub it against the goldfingers to get rid of any possible dust, residue, or corrosion.

also has anything power related happened, surges, spikes, stuff like that, brownouts, etc... check tyhe voltages of your power supply, and make sure your caps on you mobo arnt expanded and about to burst... does every1 agree that 12, 5, and 3.3v should be around +/- .15 volts? (i go with .1 but i have systems that are a lot worse and work fine)

out of ideas here... GL

I got the apc ups and it said no brown/blackouts. It's not overclocked so I don't know what jumping the CMOS will do. I suspect PSU, antec i think...SO i'll probably try one of those first before anything else...after that proc/HSF...after that ram...

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Clearinmg the CMOS will reset everyhing to defaults. Might want to try that first.

 

[delroy]

if you cant get into safe mode, boot off the xp cd and run chkdsk /r from the recovery command prompt