• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Stange Freeze On Media PC

Intexity

Intexity

Senior member
I just built an HTPC and I have the weirdest issue. I will be watching streaming video online, and the computer will just freeze. If I reboot it it works just fine. For example two days ago I watched a movie on one site with no problems, went over to Hulu to watch a tv show and about 15 minutes into it the computer froze. rebooted and worked for about 5-6 hours with no issue. Yesterday I started on Hulu got about halfway through an hour show and it froze rebooted and it worked for 3-4 hours until I shut it down for the night.
For some reason Hulu seems to be causing the issue in relation to the video card. Take out the video card and there is no issue. But the computer doesn't respond as quickly for obvious reasons with the onboard video. How do I go about figuring this out? Was going to swap the psu but I can't see how a faulty psu could do this once a day and then go about working. Any help in direction would be great.
Thanks

Windows 7 Utimate X64
E5300 Wolfdale Core2Duo 2.6GHz
Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W PSU
MSI G31TM-P21 LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
8800 GT GPU (unsure on the specs but if needed will find out, believe its 256 MB)
2x1 Gig GSkill Ram 667
 
Your PSU is just one the edge of supporting your system. You will want a 450W PSU or better with about 28A or better on the combined 12V rails. And no you don't just add the 2 rails together to get the total amperage supported by the combined 12V rails. So your unit doesn't offer a full 29A. You would have to know the wattage supplied to just the 12V rails and divide that by 12 to get the true amperage. The numbers on the label are just the max amount of current the rails on there own can handle before the OCP kicks in.
 
yeah i figured it was somewhere along those lines. just couldn't figure out how it would freeze once then after reboot work just fine. was trying to save money. the mobo, cpu, and psu were under two hundred dollars. had everything else on hand. damn have to figure out how to make this work. i could just take the gpu out i guess. anywho thanks for clarifying. last time i go by some online wattage calculator. i even doubled what the site said.

edit-please define ocp thanks
 
Last edited:
Over Current Protection. Prevents the system from drawing too much power from the PSU and causeing the PSU to possibly burst into flames.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top