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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Emanuele Morozzi wrote: |
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> Mrugesh Karnik wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I've been having issues with the computer shutting down automatically. Makes |
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>> me wonder if it's an over heating problem. The system (AMD Sempron 2500+, MSI |
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>> K8M800 mobo, two Seagate HDDs, an LG DVD Burner and a GB of RAM) has |
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>> developed a habit of shutting down or restarting randomly, no matter what OS |
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>> I'm using. |
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>> A few days ago, the system shut itself down. I pressed the start switch but it |
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>> would not respond, instead the power LED just kept blinking. I thought it to |
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>> be an overheating issue and let it cool off for a bit. It worked fine for a |
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>> few days and then this phenomenon just kept repeating itself and the |
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>> frequency increased. There were a few lockups in between too. This would |
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>> happen when running and update world while running Azureus in KDE or even |
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>> when I was doing something as trivial as just chatting. |
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>> One day, the system refused to start. I pressed the start switch after a few |
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>> minutes of such a shutdown and all that happened was I could see the power, |
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>> HDD LEDs and the DVD burner's LED all glowing, but the monitor wouldn't |
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>> start. The CPU fan would be working. I let the thing sleep for a few hours. |
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>> Later, I though I'd just run memtest to check if the RAM modules aren't |
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>> causing any trouble. The pc actually started this time, but as soon as the |
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>> memtest86+ screen came up, the thing shut itself down once again. |
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>> Next day, I had the system lock up twice while editing the BIOS settings. This |
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>> time I decided to dig out the processor and take the board and the processor |
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>> to the dealer for checkup. Turns out that the processor had got stuck to the |
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>> heat sink. After separating and reinstalling the two, the system worked fine |
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>> for a few days. |
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>> |
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>> Now, again, a couple of days ago, I had the shut down. This time I decided to |
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>> keep the room as cool as possible and have been running the computer with the |
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>> lid open. But then again, just a few minutes ago, I had the shutdown while |
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>> compiling K3B while running KDE and Azureus. Since then I've put up ksensors |
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>> to check the temperature constantly. It's showing a pretty neat 35C right |
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>> now, running Azureus, Kmail and Kopete. |
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>> Anyway, the point of this loooooooooooong emails is that I haven't exactly pin |
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>> pointed the problem. If anyone thinks this is something other than over |
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>> heating, please reply. |
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>> Thank you, |
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>> Mrugesh |
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> 1. Tell us the Watts of the power supply (perhaps you'll have to change it) |
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> 2. Take the PC powered off and try extracting the video card and |
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> replugging it. |
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> 3. Try to change the plug you use to give power to the PC. |
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> 4. Try to discharge the bios and reconfigure it. |
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Add to this to make sure the line cord is plugged in well, both at the |
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wall and at the computer. I once replaced a power supply only to find |
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that the line cord wasn't plugged in all the way. |
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