I need help please

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rocky

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Hey everyone, I have a serious problem with my custom computer. All the sudden, when I turn it on, it shuts off. I don't know why this is happening, but I have a few ideas. I left my computer on all night the other day and the next morning it was off. Then when I went to turn it on, it would shut off in about a minute. My CPU has been running hot as of late, around 60 degrees while gaming. However I have a liquid cooling system. so I wasn't too worried about that. It might be that I fried my cpu, or a contact on the motherboard, which I am not hoping for. All I really want to find out is what the problem is. I know it is literally impossible for anyone who reads this to find out exactly, but I am just curious as to what your opinions might be.
Also, my monitors have been bugging out as of late. When I turn my computer on, I have to reset it a few times for my monitors to kick in. I re-installed my video card to see if that would help. but it didn't. Any help would on any of this, primarly my computer shutting off, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Specs:
3.0 Pentium 4 Proccesor (OC to about 3.6)
2 gb DDR2 memory (Dual Channel)
Two HDD's one 40 gig one 200 gig
Asus P5AD2-E PREMIUM mobo
Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT Video Card
Liquid Cooling system with two radiators
 
maby you got a leak somewhere thats really tiny and has been damaging the PC little by little. i doubt it but its just a guess
 
Well like I said, I can't do much before it shuts off, including go in safe mode, because my monitors don't kick in in time. As for the leak, I never thought of that. That is possible because when my mobo comes in contact with liquid, my power supply automatically shuts off to protect itself..
 
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It certainly sounds like a hardware issue, either cpu or motherboard. I am surprised that your CPU temperature is so high, considering it's liquid cooled. My overclocked Opteron is running at 100% 24/7, and only reaches 50 degrees on air. Aren't Intel chips meant to run cooler than AMD's?
 
I didn't know what was going on with my CPU lately, I was planning on topping off the liquid cooling, because the water was getting a little low, but I doubt that was the problem. Anyways I did that after the fact and it didn't solve anything. I'm not sure what Intel's temps. are supposed to be, but I'll take your word for it. My CPU never used to run that hot, just one day it started acting up, and considering I left it on all night before the problem, it probably fried. =/.
 
rocky said:
I didn't know what was going on with my CPU lately, I was planning on topping off the liquid cooling, because the water was getting a little low, but I doubt that was the problem. Anyways I did that after the fact and it didn't solve anything. I'm not sure what Intel's temps. are supposed to be, but I'll take your word for it. My CPU never used to run that hot, just one day it started acting up, and considering I left it on all night before the problem, it probably fried. =/.
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I am not a big fan of water cooling, for the simple fact that they can be difficult to set up and maintain, and is risky if anything goes wrong. Perhaps you can find a friend with the same socket number CPU, and try it in your motherboard. At least that will confirm what you fear is the case.
 
rocky said:
Does the specs on the other CPU have to equal mine?
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If you mean the speed of the other CPU, then no, the only requirement is that the socket number is the same (probably LGA775 but do check).
 
rocky said:
Oh, okay, I'll see if I can do that. If it's not the CPU in the end, you have any other ideas?
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PSU, Ram, cold solder joint on mother board, maybe even a loose or corroded connection. Possible virus...have you tried to reformat?
 
rocky said:
I have a liquid cooling system. so I wasn't too worried about that.
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Are you sure it's installed correctly? Is your OC 100% stable? Budget watercooling kits usually aren't great (good air works better than cheap water), overheating is still a (slight) possibility.

Aren't Intel chips meant to run cooler than AMD's?
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No

PSU, Ram, cold solder joint on mother board, maybe even a loose or corroded connection. Possible virus...have you tried to reformat?
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The PSU would be towards the top of my list. Before you replace anything, reset your CPU back to stock speeds and see if that helps at all.
 
Okay okay, how would I go about doing that? I want to narrow down the situation before un mounting my mobo or replacing my CPU. Plus, I can't get into my BIOS because my monitors don't kick in before it shuts back off. It's really starting to get on my nerves. So, reformating is out of the question, and so is going into my BIOS. =).
 
You don't need to enter the bios to undo an overclock, just reset the CMOS jumper. There should be instructions for this (or at least a location of the jumper) in the motherboard manual.
 
I'm not sure I follow. You said in your first post that your processor is overclocked to 3.6Ghz. Ceewi1 wrote:
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Before you replace anything, reset your CPU back to stock speeds and see if that helps at all.
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You asked:
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Okay okay, how would I go about doing that?
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So I answered, reset the CMOS jumper.
 
What I was implying was that I am able to OC to 3.6. I reset it back to around 3.0 because of the fact is was running hot. Then, when I left it on that same night, the next morning it was off, and never returned to normal. I am not trying to reset my overclock, or set it down or whatever you want to call it. I'm just trying to figure out what I should do before I buy/replace new parts is all.
 
he is telling you to set it back to stock by using the CMOS jumper. to see if your overclock is causing the instability. You seem to have a lot of stuff you don't understand going on there brotha, he is just tryin to help ya out a bit. I"d bet on a water leak.

60 deg is hot water expands, hoses might have come loose, squirt squirt, zap, smoke. and once your processor loses its smoke, sad day.
 
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