Computer Just SHUTS OFF?!

Mantle67 · Post by **Mantle67** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:04 pm

I have asked quite a few people about this, but no one else's suggestions have helped me out. First of all, my specs:

Right now I have moved them all to stock except for the CPU/RAM (will explain in a sec what I mean)

2500+ Barton (@ about 40 deg C)
- Volcano9 hsf + AS3
Epox 8RDA+ mobo (latest BIOS and nForce)
Corsair XMS Platinum PC3200 (2x256+1x512 = 1024mb)
Radeon 9800 Pro (latest cats)
Lite-On CD/RW (48x24x48)
Lite-On DVD/+-RW 811S I believe
Viewsonic monitor (e90fb)
Windows XP Corporate Edition

- have tried three different PSUs, A thermaltake purepower (420 watt), Arrow PSU (500 watt) - currently using, Sparkle (400 watt). All of these give the same outcome:

During bootup (almost always at the windows login screen) my computer just completely shuts off, causing me to hard-turn off the computer (everything has already turned off, but the mobo is still sending power cuz the green light on the front of my case is still on) - so I have to hold the power button for 5 seconds before being able to reboot.

So right now my computer is running at 1342mhz (obviously 500mhz below stock), but I used to be able to get it to run at stable 3000+ speeds (2104mhz). All of a sudden (about 3 months ago) this problem started happening, just random times (not necessarily under load) it would just turn off. Now I can't even get it to boot stable.

If anyone can help me make this puppy run back again, I will paypal like 20 bucks to whoever completely solves it, I just can't stand this constantly happening. Thank you in advance. If anyone would want to solve this outside of the board, my

email is:
Mantle676@hotmail.com

AIM:
Mantle67

Thank you for all of your time, and sorry about such a long post.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:34 pm

Sounds like a bad motherboard to me!

Mantle67 · Post by **Mantle67** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:40 pm

wouldn't it be strange for it to just start happening after 6 months though? The CPU/2x256 RAM are all about 6 months old, the 512 stick is about 3 months old, the Video Card/DVD+/-RW are about 1.5 months old, just seems strange for that to all of a sudden fail on me.

opmharley · Post by **opmharley** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:14 pm

thats an epox board for ya, you overclock those things to much and BAM! no longer working. Good board when you get a good one.

I'll stick with the Abit NF7-s for right now.

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:24 pm

best guess with available info.....

Video card is screwed, or not seated properly.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:25 pm

Originally posted by Mantle67
wouldn't it be strange for it to just start happening after 6 months though? The CPU/2x256 RAM are all about 6 months old, the 512 stick is about 3 months old, the Video Card/DVD+/-RW are about 1.5 months old, just seems strange for that to all of a sudden fail on me.

Not really. I've sent back 5 boards that were about that old, for doing the same thing.

Mantle67 · Post by **Mantle67** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:11 pm

hmmz interesting then, do you think newegg will take it back on an RMA? hmmz gonna have to go checkout their warranty policy.

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:47 pm

the memory could be bad too, but u got good ram

and get that sparkle out of their

i had a bad experrience with one, when at the most crucial time, it gave out

Mantle67 · Post by **Mantle67** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:17 pm

yeah, currently I am using my 500 watt Arrow PSU, which has kept me stable, but my CPU is still underclocked by a few hundred mHz