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[Sphere]

My trusty computer is kinda dying I think. Since today, she sometimes just stops reacting and then won't boot with a hard reset.

Strange thing is though, that testing everything came out without problems. Nothing seems to be wrong.
I hope I don't need a new system, because I can't afford it, but do any of you have an idea what the problem might be?
I've thought of power shortage (from the net) and that's not it. Neither is it a harddisk, graphical or other bus problem. All responds pretty normal to extensive testing...

[m.oreilly]

oh man, i hope it is something simple. could be anything from a bad psu (or a faulty ups, and issues with your homes' power) to a bad memory controller, to a...

[Sphere]

I have tested my CPU and PSU to the limit, that's not the problem, neither is my RAM nor my graphics... I'm scared to death it's my motherboard, which would suck... I really don't know what's wrong!

[m.oreilly]

that's what i meant by mem controller. what are your system specs? try unplugging your usb stuff. do you have ps/2 mouse and keyboard?

[donkballs]

when is the last time you did a fresh install of windows

[donkballs]

scaramonga, on Dec 17 2006, 03:22 AM, said:

Probably years ago......coz he tends to use Linux.......

oops

[m.oreilly]

[banj0]

If you have two sticks of ram, try one stick in each DIMM slot, and then the other. Simple as it sounds, I once lost a few weeks testing PSU, ram, drives, and cpu after a problem turned out to be a DIMM slot on my mobo.

The weird thing is that I could boot sometimes and run for days and other times no POST. Memtest even passed a few times while I was testing the sticks @ certain volts and stock speeds. Turned out that my MSI board's DIMM2 was dying.

Good luck, hope you get it sorted.

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scaramonga, on Dec 17 2006, 04:22 AM, said:

Probably years ago......coz he tends to use Linux.......

Jup, I use Linux, and my windows is very clean... I installed it and once in a while play a bit of a game

banj0, on Dec 17 2006, 09:17 AM, said:

If you have two sticks of ram, try one stick in each DIMM slot, and then the other. Simple as it sounds, I once lost a few weeks testing PSU, ram, drives, and cpu after a problem turned out to be a DIMM slot on my mobo.

The weird thing is that I could boot sometimes and run for days and other times no POST. Memtest even passed a few times while I was testing the sticks @ certain volts and stock speeds. Turned out that my MSI board's DIMM2 was dying.

Good luck, hope you get it sorted.

I think I'm gonna try that, I got two RAM slots free, and the problems I have sound just like that

[Sphere]

So, here's the update:

My motherboard has died on me, so I've gotta get me a whole new system. It's probably gonna be a Athlon X2 AM2 socket, can't spare much you know....

Well... that's the story, new mb, cpu, RAM and graphics for me, because I now have to update all I have....

[Sphere]

Ok, here's my new system I ordered today:

AMD Athlon 64 X2, 3800+, Socket AM2, Boxed
Asus M2N4-SLI
Asus EN7300GT SILENT/HTD, 256 MB, DDR2, PCI Express x16
Dane-Elec DDR2 SDRAM, 1024 MB, DDR2, PC4200, 533

Costs me 400 euro, so, whatya think of it?

[m.oreilly]

you did well there buddy

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I just found out, my CNPS7000B-Cu Zalman cooler might not fit on my new CPU and Motherboard combo, does anyone know if it'll work yes or no??
I'd like to know, because if it doesn't fit, I can sell my current Zalman for a compatible one.

[m.oreilly]

unless zalman sell an adapter, i doubt it. email them and see if one is available.