Alia Vetinari
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Around three months ago, a friend (since I was unable to at that moment) bought some parts to build me a computer. It has an AMD Athlon XP 3200 processor, Asus A7N8X-e motherboard, 512 MB of RAM, 160 GB Seagate HD, an ATI Radeon 9200 256 MB graphics card, DVD burner, and then simply a 56 fax-modem, plus the ISDN modem I use to connect to the net.
At first it worked more or less fine, expect that I still had to use Windows 98 SE for a while and it didn't seem to like the HD or the RAM much ( too much RAM for Win98? ). Finally I manage to get a Win2K copy, and at first it worked fine.. then suddenly it started rebooting randomly, after several hours of use sometimes, other times just after around ten-fifteen minutes, and it also gave me random error messages (Win2k blue screens). I checked some of those error messages and they do in fact seem random. The reboots were more normal than the blue screens, actually.
I thought it might have been the RAM, so I opened the case and changed it to a different slot. For around one week, during which I played the World of Warcraft beta, it worked perfectly fine. Not reboots or anything, and I used it a lot. Then, a day after it ended, and I returned to using the computer in a normal way, it started turning off. The monitor would turn off, and so would the computer (the fans stop spinning, it doesn't read the HD, and it's completely silent, so I guess it does turn off), except that the 'Power' led stays on, and I have to press the button to turn off the computer for around 4 seconds so the led turns off as well, then press the button again to boot the PC.
I have no idea (neither does my friend) about what it could be. All the parts are still under guarantee so I could replace them. I already tried using a friend's RAM and graphic card, and it keeps doing the same.. so I'm guessing either the power supply is dying, or the motherboard is defective? I can't seem to find anyone with a similar problem
Thanks.
At first it worked more or less fine, expect that I still had to use Windows 98 SE for a while and it didn't seem to like the HD or the RAM much ( too much RAM for Win98? ). Finally I manage to get a Win2K copy, and at first it worked fine.. then suddenly it started rebooting randomly, after several hours of use sometimes, other times just after around ten-fifteen minutes, and it also gave me random error messages (Win2k blue screens). I checked some of those error messages and they do in fact seem random. The reboots were more normal than the blue screens, actually.
I thought it might have been the RAM, so I opened the case and changed it to a different slot. For around one week, during which I played the World of Warcraft beta, it worked perfectly fine. Not reboots or anything, and I used it a lot. Then, a day after it ended, and I returned to using the computer in a normal way, it started turning off. The monitor would turn off, and so would the computer (the fans stop spinning, it doesn't read the HD, and it's completely silent, so I guess it does turn off), except that the 'Power' led stays on, and I have to press the button to turn off the computer for around 4 seconds so the led turns off as well, then press the button again to boot the PC.
I have no idea (neither does my friend) about what it could be. All the parts are still under guarantee so I could replace them. I already tried using a friend's RAM and graphic card, and it keeps doing the same.. so I'm guessing either the power supply is dying, or the motherboard is defective? I can't seem to find anyone with a similar problem
Thanks.