Computer Restarts.

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Alimoose

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So I have finally figured out what is restarting my computer.

I went to do ATI Overdrive, just to check what my video card was capable of doing....Once my GPU hits around 60-62 degrees C, my system decides to restart itself.

Could this be my PSU?? I know its not my video card.
 
Your supply could very well be unstable when you start to place a load on the hardwares there. Once the draw on the supply reaches a certain point... crash! A bad cap in the supply itself will cause a list of headaches unless it was a cheapo brand to start with like those that come along when ordering a new case. Those are "GARBAGE" as a rule! Everybody throws the cheap stuff in there. 60-62C is barely worth mentioning for a video card. People game and see upwards of 100C without crashes. What did you get for a supply?
 
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Have you installed all your motherboard and video drivers, just because it restarts does not mean its the P/S, what motherboard do you have?
 
Doesnt the 850XT have a power connector, is it connected and what motherboard. I have used a few CP-500Ts on lower end builds and never had a bad one!
 
are you talking about the pc in your sig? are you overclocking? have you tried puttng it at default and seeing if it still does it? it just may not be stable.
 
One idea to add along here is XP's own crash control which can be enabled or disabled in the system registry. What that is "supposed" to do while often not is automatically restart the system to prevent Windows lockups when a program crashes. Most of the time a crash to the desktop or system freeze is what is usually seen. That would point at a software rather then hardware fault if the supply and even caps on the board itself are seeing problems.
 
When I turn it off, the system freezes and then turns into different colors or makes an extremely loud screeching noise and then stops.

Well, the times I've seen my computer crash, is when I'm playing anytype of video game(CS:S, AOE3, WAR3:FT, Garry's Mod, DOD:S, etc.), Daemon tools (which I uninstalled), ATI Overdrive(only done this once just to see what my video card was capable of doing), and I think thats about it.
 
You obviously have something hanging there failing to close when you go to shutdown. Every once in awhile that can happen where shutdown will take a little longer when you have a large number of programs installed. Now you have to weed out the problem by reducing the items that load along with Windows. With CS:S as well as HL2 Steam's engine likes to hang at times. That's one consideration there to look at.

Try disabling the autoload of that and other things with the msconfig utility. Another piece of software could be clashing with Steam if it isn't the Steam engine seeing this. Removing and updating sound drivers could be a winner if something is crosslinked there. Surprisingly sound drivers will see more crashes then video drivers for some reason. Don't forget that those are the same ones used for multimedia as well as pc games. Give that a try to see if you see any improvement. That screeching sound I've heard on bootup on a few occasions pointing in that direction. A reboot here usually takes care of it on startups. But you want to isolate the program that's hanging on you.
 
I usually look at the task manager to see if anything is running after I close, usually if it is, I end the process.

Nothing is ever running when I have games running, except for Teamspeak, X-fire, Aim, Fraps, and the anti-virus program.

And as for msconfig, I've already done msconfig quite a while ago. Only things I have on startup is Fraps, my logitech mouse, ATI Tool(just to check the gpu temp.), my anti-virus program, Ad-Watch (from ad-aware), printer program, and hamachi.

And I recently updated the sound driver also the AMD Dual-Core Optimizer.
 
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Have you tried a registry cleaner? You may be seeing either a corrupted system file or cross link that is interfering with the normal shutdown process. Antivirus programs are known for causing problems seen when gaming. That should be noted here since you have one actively loading along with Windows at startup. The run of a registry cleaner however might be an idea since any leftovers from softwares previously removed may be trying to keep something loaded. You wouldn't necessarily see an active process listed in the task manager.

One freeware cleaner called RegCleaner can be downloaded at http://www.majorgeeks.com/RegCleaner_d460.html This one is a non intrusive cleaner that works well on 9X-ME, 2K, and XP that simply creates a desktop shortcut when installed. It only loads when the shortcut is double clicked on due to no entries in the system registry itself.
 
PC eye said:
You obviously have something hanging there failing to close when you go to shutdown.
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If you read his post, its not freezing on shut down. Its freezing because you told him to turn off auto restart, so now instead of restarting when the problem comes up its freezing!

Have you got the latest DX9c, Look under Systems Information under Tools, check DirectX Diagaostic Tool, under Dislpay make sure that Direct Draw-Direct 3D and AGP texture are enabled and under Direct X files make sure it has at the bottom-No Problem Found!
 
Yes, I've done the registry cleaner (I have registry mechanic 6.0).
Yes I have the latest dx9c.
...and lol yes theres no problem.

Could it still be my PSU??....or is it my mobo?
 
my last comp was doing something like that and i figured it out after it was too late to save it. it was the fact that dust had built up in my heatsink and was causing the processor to over heat and then the mobo automatically shut down or restarted. (depending what i had the settings at)

i'm sharing this because my comp did the screeching noise to tell me that the processor was within 1 or 2 C of overheating. now i'm not sure if your problem is anything close to this but you may want to check your system for dust just to make sure
 
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Fruitcake said:
my last comp was doing something like that and i figured it out after it was too late to save it. it was the fact that dust had built up in my heatsink and was causing the processor to over heat and then the mobo automatically shut down or restarted. (depending what i had the settings at)

i'm sharing this because my comp did the screeching noise to tell me that the processor was within 1 or 2 C of overheating. now i'm not sure if your problem is anything close to this but you may want to check your system for dust just to make sure
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An overheated cpu can cause a good number of problems to come out of nowhere. When the cpu fan failed on the last build the cpu "cooked" when it reached the 85C max. The board and cpu alike saw damage there. At 400mhz the day came when it wouldn't boot until the fsb was lowered. Keep a good eye on it for a period of time. The old case here ran a good month before that was seen.

The low temp seen on the video card doesn't indicate the temps on the cpu directly. It does point at lower board temps. But you can still a piece of hardware failing without seeing high temps. You could try a substitute supply to either confirm or rule out that as the cause. First you have to determine if it is hardware or Windows related. Is this seen more frequently after certain games/programs then at other times?

If you have an assigned sound for Windows shutdown try setting to another or none. It's possible even while less likely a corrupted wav is the problem with the screeching sound heard. Running a temp monitor for the cpu and board like SpeedFan is another thought to see if you are seeing hardware not software faults. You can get SpeedFan at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
 
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