Got some PC problems just to let you all know - Page 2

SquareSteelBar · 11-29-12, 07:13 AM

Maybe a 'cold solder joint' on circuit board of PSU? Check that.

Aces · 11-29-12, 07:14 AM

Thanks Jim,

That looks very handy,

Cheers

Leigh

HundertzehnGustav · 11-29-12, 07:46 AM

...interesting, both "who crashed" and "Powwwwwwwer".
It always pays to visit the subsim - you don't leave any dumber!

Starting to bug me, this machine...

Aces · 11-29-12, 07:55 AM

" Maybe a 'cold solder joint' on circuit board of PSU? Check that."

Thanks for that mate a good suggestion, I'll have a look.

"Whocrashed" is brilliant (and free) for BSODs/lockups caused by driver-related issues in particular uses Windows crash dump loging if it has been enabled. I've used it to diagnose some tricky things in the past such as problems with Realtek on-board audio drivers etc..

I think that I'll probably try and pickup a new PSU, as my rig could seriously do with it as it's been thrashed over the last four years

. Can't do any harm and if that doesn't solve the problem I'll start looking into the CPU isssue a bit more but the CPU never reaches 70 deg. C so I'm moving away from a heat issue. The video card never reaches extreme temps either and is still fairly new so maybe power is the first thing to check out. I upgraded my GPU from a GTX260 to a GTX550TI a while back, also added sa sound blaster card and a second hard disc so maybe it has put too much strain on an already "tired" psu. I'm thinking new circa 650W PSU might fit the bill with a bit to spare. Found some PSU wattage calculators around and, with all my gear, CPU, memory,GPU etc. they reckon about 450W would do but I think I'll go bigger.

Cheers

Leigh

Gerald · 11-29-12, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aces

" Maybe a 'cold solder joint' on circuit board of PSU? Check that."

Thanks for that mate a good suggestion, I'll have a look.

"Whocrashed" is brilliant (and free) for BSODs/lockups caused by driver-related issues in particular uses Windows crash dump loging if it has been enabled. I've used it to diagnose some tricky things in the past such as problems with Realtek on-board audio drivers etc..

I think that I'll probably try and pickup a new PSU, as my rig could seriously do with it as it's been thrashed over the last four years

. Can't do any harm and if that doesn't solve the problem I'll start looking into the CPU isssue a bit more but the CPU never reaches 70 deg. C so I'm moving away from a heat issue. The video card never reaches extreme temps either and is still fairly new so maybe power is the first thing to check out. I upgraded my GPU from a GTX260 to a GTX550TI a while back, also added sa sound blaster card and a second hard disc so maybe it has put too much strain on an already "tired" psu. I'm thinking new circa 650W PSU might fit the bill with a bit to spare. Found some PSU wattage calculators around and, with all my gear, CPU, memory,GPU etc. they reckon about 450W would do but I think I'll go bigger.

Cheers

Leigh

Leigh! I'm sure this will dissolve as soon as it can, and you can continue your wonders,

Cheers Gerald

Jimbuna · 11-29-12, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aces

I'm thinking new circa 650W PSU might fit the bill with a bit to spare. Found some PSU wattage calculators around and, with all my gear, CPU, memory,GPU etc. they reckon about 450W would do but I think I'll go bigger.

Cheers

Leigh

I'd suggest 650W as an absolute minimum for low to moderate systems these days....go 850 or higher (depending on available funds of course) if you can.

Aces · 11-29-12, 10:23 AM

Hi chaps,

I bit the bullet and popped out lunchtime and got a new 650w PSU which I'll fit this evening. I just haven't got the funds to go for a bigger one right now. My rig is far from state-of-the-art so I think that a 650w will hopefully suffice although your point is a good one Jim. Either way it is a start to putting things right, I worked out very roughly that my PC does at the very least 40-50 hours a week and over four years that 8,000-10,000 plus hours so the poor old chap/chapesse (very PC "politically correct" there)

could do with a well earned retirement so that it can see out its twilight years in the "Sunnyside Rest and Retirement Home for Senior PSUs" AKA my collection of knackered and/or obsolescent PC components, past and present

Cheers

Leigh

Jimbuna · 11-29-12, 10:30 AM

May this be the beginning of the end to your computer woes

Aces · 11-29-12, 10:41 AM

Hope so Jim, but, as Churchill famously said:

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Cheers

Leigh

Gerald · 11-29-12, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aces

Hope so Jim, but, as Churchill famously said:

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Cheers

Leigh

Good one,

Jimbuna · 11-29-12, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aces

Hope so Jim, but, as Churchill famously said:

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Cheers

Leigh

Rgr that mate

HundertzehnGustav · 11-29-12, 01:10 PM

Spoken like someone from "the unsinkeable aircraft carrier"!!
rock on!

HW3 · 11-29-12, 02:47 PM

It sure sounds like the thermal protector in the PSU is culprit, since you have to shut off the main power switch and wait a few seconds before turning it back on.

Aces · 11-29-12, 03:13 PM

Hi chaps,

I fitted the new PSU, a real PITA as I had to take about half the pc apart to get the main ATX power connectors on as the sockets were right under the drive bays but so far so good, the PC seems to be running about 10 degrees cooler and I ran the X-com demo without crashing. Too early to say but it certainly hasn't done any harm.

Cheers

Leigh

Gerald · 11-29-12, 03:16 PM

Good news,

11-29-12, 07:14 AM	#17
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	Thanks Jim, That looks very handy, Cheers Leigh __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

11-29-12, 07:46 AM	#18
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	...interesting, both "who crashed" and "Powwwwwwwer". It always pays to visit the subsim - you don't leave any dumber! Starting to bug me, this machine... __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

11-29-12, 07:55 AM	#19
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	" Maybe a 'cold solder joint' on circuit board of PSU? Check that." Thanks for that mate a good suggestion, I'll have a look. "Whocrashed" is brilliant (and free) for BSODs/lockups caused by driver-related issues in particular uses Windows crash dump loging if it has been enabled. I've used it to diagnose some tricky things in the past such as problems with Realtek on-board audio drivers etc.. I think that I'll probably try and pickup a new PSU, as my rig could seriously do with it as it's been thrashed over the last four years . Can't do any harm and if that doesn't solve the problem I'll start looking into the CPU isssue a bit more but the CPU never reaches 70 deg. C so I'm moving away from a heat issue. The video card never reaches extreme temps either and is still fairly new so maybe power is the first thing to check out. I upgraded my GPU from a GTX260 to a GTX550TI a while back, also added sa sound blaster card and a second hard disc so maybe it has put too much strain on an already "tired" psu. I'm thinking new circa 650W PSU might fit the bill with a bit to spare. Found some PSU wattage calculators around and, with all my gear, CPU, memory,GPU etc. they reckon about 450W would do but I think I'll go bigger. Cheers Leigh __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

11-29-12, 10:23 AM	#22
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	Hi chaps, I bit the bullet and popped out lunchtime and got a new 650w PSU which I'll fit this evening. I just haven't got the funds to go for a bigger one right now. My rig is far from state-of-the-art so I think that a 650w will hopefully suffice although your point is a good one Jim. Either way it is a start to putting things right, I worked out very roughly that my PC does at the very least 40-50 hours a week and over four years that 8,000-10,000 plus hours so the poor old chap/chapesse (very PC "politically correct" there) could do with a well earned retirement so that it can see out its twilight years in the "Sunnyside Rest and Retirement Home for Senior PSUs" AKA my collection of knackered and/or obsolescent PC components, past and present Cheers Leigh __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

11-29-12, 10:30 AM	#23
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	May this be the beginning of the end to your computer woes __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-29-12, 07:13 AM	#16
SquareSteelBar Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: U-73 Posts: 1,638 Downloads: 632 Uploads: 0	Maybe a 'cold solder joint' on circuit board of PSU? Check that.

11-29-12, 10:41 AM	#24
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	Hope so Jim, but, as Churchill famously said: "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Cheers Leigh __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

11-29-12, 01:10 PM	#27
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Spoken like someone from "the unsinkeable aircraft carrier"!! rock on! __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

11-29-12, 02:47 PM	#28
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	It sure sounds like the thermal protector in the PSU is culprit, since you have to shut off the main power switch and wait a few seconds before turning it back on. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

11-29-12, 03:13 PM	#29
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	Hi chaps, I fitted the new PSU, a real PITA as I had to take about half the pc apart to get the main ATX power connectors on as the sockets were right under the drive bays but so far so good, the PC seems to be running about 10 degrees cooler and I ran the X-com demo without crashing. Too early to say but it certainly hasn't done any harm. Cheers Leigh __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

11-29-12, 03:16 PM	#30
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Good news, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie