Computer randomly shuts down...

aramp1 · 10-27-2005, 07:09 PM

I recently moved. I am now somewhat settled and I just installed an ethernet driver and my new Linksys modem and connected to the internet for the first time in my new house yesterday. Anyway, everything was working fine (went from 2Mb/sec to 4Mb/sec for the same price

) but now my computer will just randomly shut down. I figure that it has something to do with the driver I just installed. Anyway, I go to the Gigabyte website and there are no ethernet drivers to download. What should I do now?

By the way, I'm running XP pro and my motherboard has onboard ethernet control.

lynx6200 · 10-27-2005, 07:15 PM

Well, everything was fine prior to the move correct? I think those random shutdowns may have to do with the addittion of the new hardware, or your psu. I would try removing the new hardware components one at a time and see what happens. Your psu may have been damaged in the move, or may not be giving out enough power.

**Archangel** · 10-27-2005, 07:17 PM

what chipset does the mobo has?

i had problems finding a sounddriver for my old pc. ( ECS ) with a VIA chipset.
after looking on the ECS homepage, i didnt have the drivers,.. then i looked on the VIA website, and found the right drivers for it.
so, you might want to chech that out

aramp1 · 10-27-2005, 08:26 PM

I'm sure that nothing was damaged in the move. I put the computer back in the box that the tower came in and it rode along in the seatbelt in my back seat. I've got an OCZ 520W power supply and I've checked all the connections. I had the computer up and running for 4 days before the internet was hooked up doing word processing and playing music and it was fine. All troubles occured after installing the driver and connecting to the internet.

The motherboard has the Intel i915P/i915G chipset. I'll try looking on Intel's webpage to see if they have anything.

aramp1 · 10-27-2005, 09:23 PM

Well, that didn't work.

**Archangel** · 10-27-2005, 09:35 PM

i think i found the right drivers for you.
http://www.bonafidereviews.com/article.php?id=40
this is you mobo right?

it says you have a onboard broadcom 5751 ethernet controller.
so, you might want to check this page out.

http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php

aramp1 · 10-27-2005, 11:42 PM

I actually went to the broadcom website last night and downloaded the wrong driver! I'll try the correct one. Hopefully it will work. Thanks Archangel!

aramp1 · 10-28-2005, 12:03 AM

Well, that didn't work. I guess it's something else.

**Archangel** · 10-28-2005, 05:55 AM

you've tried to uninstall the drive, reboot the system and then let windows automaticly install the driver? ( that worked for me the last time i had trouble with my old ecs board with onboard lan)

aramp1 · 10-28-2005, 06:26 AM

This is kind of suprising. I updated my video driver and it seemed to work.

It hasn't shut down on me yet since the update. I appriciate the help.

10-27-2005, 07:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	Computer randomly shuts down... I recently moved. I am now somewhat settled and I just installed an ethernet driver and my new Linksys modem and connected to the internet for the first time in my new house yesterday. Anyway, everything was working fine (went from 2Mb/sec to 4Mb/sec for the same price ) but now my computer will just randomly shut down. I figure that it has something to do with the driver I just installed. Anyway, I go to the Gigabyte website and there are no ethernet drivers to download. What should I do now? By the way, I'm running XP pro and my motherboard has onboard ethernet control. __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

10-27-2005, 07:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 25 Posts: 785	Well, everything was fine prior to the move correct? I think those random shutdowns may have to do with the addittion of the new hardware, or your psu. I would try removing the new hardware components one at a time and see what happens. Your psu may have been damaged in the move, or may not be giving out enough power. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

10-27-2005, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,837	what chipset does the mobo has? i had problems finding a sounddriver for my old pc. ( ECS ) with a VIA chipset. after looking on the ECS homepage, i didnt have the drivers,.. then i looked on the VIA website, and found the right drivers for it. so, you might want to chech that out __________________ God's busy, can I hellp you? Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Logitech MX Revolution mouse, G-15 keyboard, Saitek X-45 AeroEngine II case Corsair HX620W PSU

10-27-2005, 08:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	I'm sure that nothing was damaged in the move. I put the computer back in the box that the tower came in and it rode along in the seatbelt in my back seat. I've got an OCZ 520W power supply and I've checked all the connections. I had the computer up and running for 4 days before the internet was hooked up doing word processing and playing music and it was fine. All troubles occured after installing the driver and connecting to the internet. The motherboard has the Intel i915P/i915G chipset. I'll try looking on Intel's webpage to see if they have anything. __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

10-27-2005, 09:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	Well, that didn't work. __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

10-27-2005, 09:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,837	i think i found the right drivers for you. http://www.bonafidereviews.com/article.php?id=40 this is you mobo right? it says you have a onboard broadcom 5751 ethernet controller. so, you might want to check this page out. http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php __________________ God's busy, can I hellp you? Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Logitech MX Revolution mouse, G-15 keyboard, Saitek X-45 AeroEngine II case Corsair HX620W PSU Last edited by Archangel; 10-27-2005 at 09:41 PM.

10-27-2005, 11:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	I actually went to the broadcom website last night and downloaded the wrong driver! I'll try the correct one. Hopefully it will work. Thanks Archangel! __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

10-28-2005, 12:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	Well, that didn't work. I guess it's something else. __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

10-28-2005, 05:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,837	you've tried to uninstall the drive, reboot the system and then let windows automaticly install the driver? ( that worked for me the last time i had trouble with my old ecs board with onboard lan) __________________ God's busy, can I hellp you? Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Logitech MX Revolution mouse, G-15 keyboard, Saitek X-45 AeroEngine II case Corsair HX620W PSU

10-28-2005, 06:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	This is kind of suprising. I updated my video driver and it seemed to work. It hasn't shut down on me yet since the update. I appriciate the help. __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

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