miloshs
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System Name | Begginer's E |
---|---|
Processor | Intel E8500 |
Motherboard | DFI LT X48-T2R |
Cooling | Thermalright HR-01 Plus & Silverstone FM-121B (800-2400rpm) |
Memory | 2x2gb GEIL Ultra Plus PC8500 CL5 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire HD5850 1gb |
Storage | WD 1tb Black Series |
Display(s) | ASUS VW242HS 24" |
Case | CoolerMaster 690 |
Audio Device(s) | ICH8 integrated crappie |
Power Supply | OCZ 700W xStream SLI PSU |
Software | Windows 7 x64 |
Hey guys...
Been having this problem since yesterday, and frankly i don't know what to do...
Since yesterday i've been having these weird system shutdowns that happen randomly, and there is not one thing that will "set off" the shutdown.
It all started happening yesterday while i was out in town, and when i came back home my monitor was shut down (it had 15min power off state), when i tried to move the mouse to power on the monitor nothing happened (after some tought i figured out that PC froze, and was not responing to my mouse movement). I hard reset the PC, boots up normally, everithing works fine, and then all of a sudden (could be 1-2h after boot up)... BAM, PC shuts down... I'm then thinking, WTH is wrong with this thing i bought it less than two months ago...
Now the freaking thing happens at random, sometimes my PC shuts down when i click any icon, sometimes at IDLE (downloading something from the net).
The system just shuts down with no BSOD, no error log (system recovered from a serious crash thingy), when i press the power button everything works fine until the PC freezes or shutsdown at random...
Since i have a 700W PSU,and its brand new, and more than sufficient for my rig i ruled its failure (for now), and went straight to my RAM... Two slots of 1GB OCZ Platinum can't be the problem, i tought... then after i tried to push the memmory a little harder on the mobo, PC dies... hmmm... i take the RAM and put both of my dimms to different slots... works fine, and dies again after some 2h
After that failure i started thinking what if it was software related (triying to rule that out before i admit to myself the rig is broken )... After i while thinking i remmembered that the thing started happening after i installed ATI SM Bus drivers for my SB600 southbridge... My SM Bus was actually not installed (dunno why cuz i know i installed the drivers upon installing WinXP), so i installed the SM bus, and thats when the things started to suck. I also (in the time between SM bus install and first system shutdown) installed Everest 4.50, AMD cpu driver, 1-2 games...
Funny thing when i play games there's no shutdowns.... Also my PC temps are in good margins from the PC being shutdown due to overheating:
IDLE:
CPU
core0 19c
core1 30c
Chipset 43c
VGA 38c
HDD 30c
LOAD:
CPU
core0 45c
core1 54c
Chipset 47c
VGA 55c
HDD 35c
All voltages are in acceptable margins on all rails, and nothing seems wrong there...
I uninstalled Everest 4.50, and the PC is running solid for and hour or two with no shutdowns..
Hmmm lets get to the point... (just read what i wrote and seems awfully confusingly written with no actuall question )
Anyone out there had some SB600 issues?I read that the drivers for it are amazingly retarded...
So a recap:
(you can see my PC conf under my avatar)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 last updated 15 mins ago
ATI Catalyst 8.7
SB600 7.9 drivers
Temperatures all good
Voltages all good
Anyone have any suggestions? Oh yes, and i still have not run memtest since i have no floppy or USB drives right now, but will try to burn it do CD and try to run the tests...
Hope this is not too confusing for any of you...
any help is appreciated
and also i have no backup hardware so you can rule out swapping the stuff out of my case to determine the problem...
If anyone has any questions ill be glad to answer...
Been having this problem since yesterday, and frankly i don't know what to do...
Since yesterday i've been having these weird system shutdowns that happen randomly, and there is not one thing that will "set off" the shutdown.
It all started happening yesterday while i was out in town, and when i came back home my monitor was shut down (it had 15min power off state), when i tried to move the mouse to power on the monitor nothing happened (after some tought i figured out that PC froze, and was not responing to my mouse movement). I hard reset the PC, boots up normally, everithing works fine, and then all of a sudden (could be 1-2h after boot up)... BAM, PC shuts down... I'm then thinking, WTH is wrong with this thing i bought it less than two months ago...
Now the freaking thing happens at random, sometimes my PC shuts down when i click any icon, sometimes at IDLE (downloading something from the net).
The system just shuts down with no BSOD, no error log (system recovered from a serious crash thingy), when i press the power button everything works fine until the PC freezes or shutsdown at random...
Since i have a 700W PSU,and its brand new, and more than sufficient for my rig i ruled its failure (for now), and went straight to my RAM... Two slots of 1GB OCZ Platinum can't be the problem, i tought... then after i tried to push the memmory a little harder on the mobo, PC dies... hmmm... i take the RAM and put both of my dimms to different slots... works fine, and dies again after some 2h
After that failure i started thinking what if it was software related (triying to rule that out before i admit to myself the rig is broken )... After i while thinking i remmembered that the thing started happening after i installed ATI SM Bus drivers for my SB600 southbridge... My SM Bus was actually not installed (dunno why cuz i know i installed the drivers upon installing WinXP), so i installed the SM bus, and thats when the things started to suck. I also (in the time between SM bus install and first system shutdown) installed Everest 4.50, AMD cpu driver, 1-2 games...
Funny thing when i play games there's no shutdowns.... Also my PC temps are in good margins from the PC being shutdown due to overheating:
IDLE:
CPU
core0 19c
core1 30c
Chipset 43c
VGA 38c
HDD 30c
LOAD:
CPU
core0 45c
core1 54c
Chipset 47c
VGA 55c
HDD 35c
All voltages are in acceptable margins on all rails, and nothing seems wrong there...
I uninstalled Everest 4.50, and the PC is running solid for and hour or two with no shutdowns..
Hmmm lets get to the point... (just read what i wrote and seems awfully confusingly written with no actuall question )
Anyone out there had some SB600 issues?I read that the drivers for it are amazingly retarded...
So a recap:
(you can see my PC conf under my avatar)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 last updated 15 mins ago
ATI Catalyst 8.7
SB600 7.9 drivers
Temperatures all good
Voltages all good
Anyone have any suggestions? Oh yes, and i still have not run memtest since i have no floppy or USB drives right now, but will try to burn it do CD and try to run the tests...
Hope this is not too confusing for any of you...
any help is appreciated
and also i have no backup hardware so you can rule out swapping the stuff out of my case to determine the problem...
If anyone has any questions ill be glad to answer...