Is this a power supply probelm or something else

elpresidenta · 10-11-2009, 08:44 PM

Hey everyone, I've been working on this computer for a while and I finally get everything working so it comes time to install windows xp. Everything is going well until the begin install stage starts. At this step the computer would suddenly turn off. Sometimes it would go longer than others but usually it would turn off once that stage started. So I installed windows on the hard drive in a different PC to see if the hard drive was ok and it worked. So I put the hard drive back in the original PC and it worked I ran it for a bit and all seemed fine. So I gave the computer back to my girlfriends brother and it was working fine for a day until it randomly shut off... so he rebooted and and randomly shut off again 20min later. I would assume it to be a power supply issue but because I was having troubles installing windows I don't know if I should look else where also.
The specs of this computer are
amd AM2 5200+
asus m2n32 sli deluxe wifi(I just got this back from asus from RMA)
xfx 8600gt xxx
seagate barracuda hard drive
kingston memory ddr2 1.8 volts(I haven't tried manually configuring this voltage yet, but its my old motherboard and never had problems with memory configuration)
450 watt antec power supply that came with the case (its 3-5 years old I think)
Thanks for your help-Dan

THERMAL-REACTOR · 10-11-2009, 11:16 PM

Did you take a look at the CPU cooler when you had it apart? It could be overheating and shutting it's self down. It also could be the power supply like you say. Do you have a spare you could try?

ComputerHazard · 10-12-2009, 01:04 AM

Yeah did you take notice of temps at all?? The cpu can be over heating the power supply could be bad. Its hard to say.

Ethan3.14159 · 10-12-2009, 09:08 AM

Similar thing happened to me when I forgot to connect the CPU fan. I worked up past the BIOS screen, and up to installing programs.

elpresidenta · 10-13-2009, 12:57 AM

I Saw that the cpu fan was working but i didn't take note of the temps ... I don't have the computer in my possession any more so I'll have to take a look at it some other time ..thanks for the responses.

elpresidenta · 10-18-2009, 08:33 PM

So there was progress with the computer. I guess ever since his girl friend stopped playing a game on facebook (restaurant city) the computer hasn't crashed since. I guess he found a post somewhere on the net that shockwave used to play some online was causing a computer to crash because it was conflicting with the motherboard. Does that make sense to any one and if it does would a bios update fix that.

Thanks
-Dan

10-11-2009, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
elpresidenta New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Is this a power supply probelm or something else Hey everyone, I've been working on this computer for a while and I finally get everything working so it comes time to install windows xp. Everything is going well until the begin install stage starts. At this step the computer would suddenly turn off. Sometimes it would go longer than others but usually it would turn off once that stage started. So I installed windows on the hard drive in a different PC to see if the hard drive was ok and it worked. So I put the hard drive back in the original PC and it worked I ran it for a bit and all seemed fine. So I gave the computer back to my girlfriends brother and it was working fine for a day until it randomly shut off... so he rebooted and and randomly shut off again 20min later. I would assume it to be a power supply issue but because I was having troubles installing windows I don't know if I should look else where also. The specs of this computer are amd AM2 5200+ asus m2n32 sli deluxe wifi(I just got this back from asus from RMA) xfx 8600gt xxx seagate barracuda hard drive kingston memory ddr2 1.8 volts(I haven't tried manually configuring this voltage yet, but its my old motherboard and never had problems with memory configuration) 450 watt antec power supply that came with the case (its 3-5 years old I think) Thanks for your help-Dan

10-11-2009, 11:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
THERMAL-REACTOR Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Niagara Falls, Canada Posts: 672	Did you take a look at the CPU cooler when you had it apart? It could be overheating and shutting it's self down. It also could be the power supply like you say. Do you have a spare you could try? __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHZ Asus P6T Deluxe 12Gb Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 Radeon HD4870X2 4 WD RE2 500GB (4 in Raid 0, 280mb/s read) Corsair HX1000W Antec 1200 Samsung 46" 1080P LCD PIC'S : THERMAL-REACTOR

10-12-2009, 01:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
ComputerHazard Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 48	Yeah did you take notice of temps at all?? The cpu can be over heating the power supply could be bad. Its hard to say. __________________ When stupidity meets computers: Tech support: What kind of computer do you have? Female customer: A white one... Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use? Customer: Netscape. Tech support: That's not an anti-virus program. Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer. Real questions only please!

10-12-2009, 09:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ethan3.14159 Diamond Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 19 Posts: 1,692	Similar thing happened to me when I forgot to connect the CPU fan. I worked up past the BIOS screen, and up to installing programs. __________________ CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE MB: Asus M3N-HT 780a RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 GPU: XFX GTX 260 55nm PSU: Silverstone DA650 650 watt HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200.12 Case: Cooler Master CM 690 Pure Black Edition (1 of only 300) OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Other: Logitech G15, Microsoft Sidewinder, Logitech X-230 PM me for a Lockerz.com invite Folding for the good of mankind: Team 44358

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10-13-2009, 12:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
elpresidenta New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	I Saw that the cpu fan was working but i didn't take note of the temps ... I don't have the computer in my possession any more so I'll have to take a look at it some other time ..thanks for the responses.

10-18-2009, 08:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
elpresidenta New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	So there was progress with the computer. I guess ever since his girl friend stopped playing a game on facebook (restaurant city) the computer hasn't crashed since. I guess he found a post somewhere on the net that shockwave used to play some online was causing a computer to crash because it was conflicting with the motherboard. Does that make sense to any one and if it does would a bios update fix that. Thanks -Dan

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