My computer is phucked

[SMOKEU]

My computer keeps turning itself off at random. It happens in both Windows XP and Linux, which leads me to think it's a hardware issue rather than a software issue. It's only being doing this in the past week, about 3 days after I installed a different motherboard. It turns off as if the power cord is being ripped out, sometimes it will run for a couple of hours before turning off, other times it will only run for about 30 seconds.

The problem seems worse when the computer has been running for a while, although even after running for an hour the CPU, MB chipset and video card temperatures are well within the acceptable ranges.

[avgas]

ya power supply unit is poked.
Buy another off trademe for $1

[allycatz]

my daughter kicked the power cord off the back of my laptop and ripped the end off....beats me why I cant get it repaired. Cant find any for my laptop for $1 on trademe

[bogan]

does sound like a PSU issue, or maybe you phucked up the mobo installation?

[avgas]

my daughter kicked the power cord off the back of my laptop and ripped the end off....beats me why I cant get it repaired. Cant find any for my laptop for $1 on trademe

You can - its just a DC supply. So connect 2 wires and she is away again.

[SMOKEU]

I just got an error triangle in the system tray, with a message saying "Disk write failure" The message kept popping up, I couldn't open any applications and about 5 minutes later the computer turned itself off.

[SMOKEU]

I've also been having problems with a "Disk read error" message coming up after the BIOS, which kept happening even after restarting the computer. I disconnected one of my HDs (the one without my OSs installed) and problem solved. I connected that 'bad' HD up again and it's fine now.

[imdying]

Make sure ya heat sink isn't full of dust nigga (and it's secured properly, not one of the clips half off or anything)

[SMOKEU]

Make sure ya heat sink isn't full of dust nigga (and it's secured properly, not one of the clips half off or anything)

I've just given the case and all the heatsinks (except the PSU because I don't want to open it) a thorough cleaning out a week ago.

[imdying]

Give it a memtest next (memtest86), maybe during the cleaning or the motherboard conversion you've zapped it. Or maybe the RAM isn't compatible with the new motherboard... sometimes some brands don't like other brands etc. It'll rule it out at least.

[SMOKEU]

Give it a memtest next (memtest86), maybe during the cleaning or the motherboard conversion you've zapped it. Or maybe the RAM isn't compatible with the new motherboard... sometimes some brands don't like other brands etc. It'll rule it out at least.

Cheers, I'll give that a go.

[Tank]

[High Lord]

At a guess, overheating . Which triggers auto shut down. and maybe the mobo might be sucking more juice which yr old psu can't give? I got a sweet trademe Psu new for 40-50 bucks. ... then to find my Gfx was fukt...... at least my gsx is reliable !
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/C...-291847682.htm

[glegge]

also check your mother board cap's - if there lids are bulging, there dead... I'd be surprised if the HDD causes the machien to shut down.

[SMOKEU]

At a guess, overheating . Which triggers auto shut down. and maybe the mobo might be sucking more juice which yr old psu can't give? I got a sweet trademe Psu new for 40-50 bucks. ... then to find my Gfx was fukt...... at least my gsx is reliable !
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/C...-291847682.htm

I'm looking at spending around $200 for my next PSU, it needs to be at least 600W and have at least 25A on the 12V rail as I'm looking at going SLI soon. Phuck knows how I'm going to fit another video card in my case, I might just have to hang the HDs outside of the case to make room.