Hi there,
With my new pc I am having some problems to keep the computer stable. I do overclock but the overclock is not extreme since my Pentium D 805 Idles between 40-45 degrees celsius.
I get lock ups where suddenly the whole computer freezes and you do not even know it. The screen is still there but nothing moves. Then you restart and it goes into an endless restart loop and starting to corrupt the windows. Then I let the memory check on the asus motherboard run and it gives me an error. AHA! It must be the memory. I take out the memory leave one stick and works fine. Move it around works fine. Put back other stick works fine. This happened a few times. Then I decide to get that Memtest86+ everybody uses to test memory. 19 hours running 0 (ZERO!) errors! So what is it then?! My Motherboard maybe? Before I RMA the board I need to know for sure.
Another problem... Most of the time my computer does not power down when I click on "shut down" in Windows XP PRO. It gets stuck on the "windows shutting down" screen and stays there.
Now recently I have been toying with the idea that it might be my Powersupply. I had nothing but praise for the Antec 550W PSU but who knows, maybe my system is really that demanding. If it is the PSU then is it faulty or just simply too weak? Would it explain both of the problems I described above?
Whatever the deal is I thought I'd ask the experts here before I sell my system. Please if you can help me on this issue and maybe what other more appropriate forums to post in I really would appreciate it.
I have a Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Powersupply.
My computer specs are as follows:
Asus P5ND2-SLI
Pentium D 805 @3.6GHz
OCZ Gold DDR2 667MHz @varies from stock to 720 MHz but always at 2.1V
ATI X850XT (flashed to XTPE)... underclocked when not in 3D application (Atitool)
4x Maxtor L01S300 300GB 16MB cache in RAID 0+1
NEC DVD-RW burner
Floppy
Audigy2 ZS SOUNDCARD
Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe TV CARD
With my new pc I am having some problems to keep the computer stable. I do overclock but the overclock is not extreme since my Pentium D 805 Idles between 40-45 degrees celsius.
I get lock ups where suddenly the whole computer freezes and you do not even know it. The screen is still there but nothing moves. Then you restart and it goes into an endless restart loop and starting to corrupt the windows. Then I let the memory check on the asus motherboard run and it gives me an error. AHA! It must be the memory. I take out the memory leave one stick and works fine. Move it around works fine. Put back other stick works fine. This happened a few times. Then I decide to get that Memtest86+ everybody uses to test memory. 19 hours running 0 (ZERO!) errors! So what is it then?! My Motherboard maybe? Before I RMA the board I need to know for sure.
Another problem... Most of the time my computer does not power down when I click on "shut down" in Windows XP PRO. It gets stuck on the "windows shutting down" screen and stays there.
Now recently I have been toying with the idea that it might be my Powersupply. I had nothing but praise for the Antec 550W PSU but who knows, maybe my system is really that demanding. If it is the PSU then is it faulty or just simply too weak? Would it explain both of the problems I described above?
Whatever the deal is I thought I'd ask the experts here before I sell my system. Please if you can help me on this issue and maybe what other more appropriate forums to post in I really would appreciate it.
I have a Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Powersupply.
My computer specs are as follows:
Asus P5ND2-SLI
Pentium D 805 @3.6GHz
OCZ Gold DDR2 667MHz @varies from stock to 720 MHz but always at 2.1V
ATI X850XT (flashed to XTPE)... underclocked when not in 3D application (Atitool)
4x Maxtor L01S300 300GB 16MB cache in RAID 0+1
NEC DVD-RW burner
Floppy
Audigy2 ZS SOUNDCARD
Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe TV CARD