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Expert: Rider Date: 2/1/2008 Subject: pc freezes and restarts on itself
Question Hello, these are the parts of my PC (below) and my psu settings (end), It isn't a specific brand, we chose
the parts. Well here is the problem everytime i try to play a 3d game after 10 seconds of playing the PC
freezes and Restarts! What should i do to fix this? (in the beginning it used to freeze only in the game Age
of empires III (when th pc contained the parts 1-17), after adding the parts 18,19 & 20 it freezes in every
3D game).
Then i took off the part 19 and i now have 2 of KINGSTON KVR667D2N5/1G 1GB PC5300 667MHZ VALUE RAM.
I can't play most of the games for more than 5 minutes. It usually don't freezes at all when i play need for
speed pro streets and i can't understamd why. I asked many and they said that anything could cause this
problem, is there anybode who can help me and tell me at least what i can do to see what can be causing
this?
1) HP PSC 1510 ALL-IN-ONE (Q5880B)
2) TWINMOS 1GB Z4 USB 2.0 VERSION 4 DISK RETAIL
3) TRUST MINI WEBCAM WB-1200P
4) MUSTEK UPS POWERMUST 1000VA OFFLINE
5) INNOVATOR MIDI TOWER 6U2X 400W BLACK
6) AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4200+ 2.20GHZ AM2 BOX
7) KINGSTON KVR667D2N5/1G 1GB PC5300 667MHZ VALUE RAM
8) ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE
9) MSI VGA NX7600GS-T2D256EH PCI-E RETAIL
10)MITSUMI FDD 3.5' + 7IN1! CARD READER BLACK
11)SAMSUNG 200GB SP2004C SATA2
12)LG DVD 16X GDR-8164B SILVER BULK
13)NEC DVD+/-R/RW AD-7173A LABELFLASH 18X BULK BLACK DOUBLE LAYER
14)LOGITECH 967499 CORDLESS DESKTOP EX100 GR
15)INNOVATOR 19'' BLACK LCD DVI + DVI CABLE
16)MICROCOM INPORT HOME /M PCI V.92 56K BULK
17)CRYPTO MPEG 4 PC TV RADIO
18)THERMALTAKE CL-P0391 RUBY ORB
19)OCZ EL PC2-5400 DDR2 GOLD DUAL CHANNEL 1GB (2X512MB) GX XTC DC KIT
20)WESTERN DIGITAL 250GB 16MB WD2500KS 7200RPM SATA2
Answer I checked ASUS's web site, your memory and processor are supported for this motherboard.
Are you overclocking the processor and FSB? If so that is the problem, add more cooling to the processor and motherboard.
If not then you can try:
Power up and go into your bios, under the power settings there should be a hardware monitor option, open it up and see what the tempature of the motherboard and processor. Write it down.
Disable all embedded devices, sound, ethernet, usb, anything in the bios that is disableable. Remove any addon card with the exception of the video card. Power up and let it run for 10 minutes, restart and go into your bios, and see what the tempature of the motherboard and processor.
What is the tempature after the system has been running for a while at almost idle?
Next go to AMD's web site and see what the operating tempature of the processor is minimum and maximum tempatures. Is the processor tempature in the range? Is it close to the minimum or the maximum? If it is close to the minimum you can try to add another fan to the computer, if it is close to the maximum then you will need to increase the size and the fan on the processor.
If adding cooling to the computer does not solve your problem then you can either call ASUS and ask for a RMA to have the motherboard repaired or you can try another processor.
Unless you have a virus/spyware/trojan, I would suspect the processor is causing the system restarts because it is overheating the motherboard.
I just sent my ASUS P5K motherboard in for repair, it took 22 days round trip plus shipping to ASUS.
