is it my motherboard?

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locosman

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Hi,
I have a one year old computer that i built that is giving me problems. First off it takes way too long to start up. The most frustrating problem however is the fact that when i run too many programs or the computer has been on a long time it just restarts. I think it may be a motherboard issue which is why i am posting here. it is an amd athlon 3000 processer, k8n neo2 is the motherboard and it has many fans. So perhaps not heat. Also when i start the computer it always prompts me to press f1 to continue. I looked in the BIOS but cant find a way around that. Your help is appreciated.
 
Have you updated the bios since you build the case? Another thing to consider is the lithium CR2032 battery on the board could be one item. But don't quite rule out temps yet. Do you have a program to monitor temps with? SpeedFan is one freeware that can let you see the cpu as well as board temps. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download337.html

Are you running a stock heat sink/fan combination? The thermal pad is likely becoming hardened up and not transferring heat properly after a certain amount of time. Plus when you load a cpu up running several programs expect to see higher temps from working the cpu more.
 
locosman said:
Hi,
I have a one year old computer that i built that is giving me problems. First off it takes way too long to start up. The most frustrating problem however is the fact that when i run too many programs or the computer has been on a long time it just restarts. I think it may be a motherboard issue which is why i am posting here. it is an amd athlon 3000 processer, k8n neo2 is the motherboard and it has many fans. So perhaps not heat. Also when i start the computer it always prompts me to press f1 to continue. I looked in the BIOS but cant find a way around that. Your help is appreciated.
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Sorry, I can't really help not knowing enough about what you actually have. Can you be more specific about the system you have?:)
 
Intermitant Restarts:
another issue could be your power supply, it may be that all your fans and devices are loading it down. Please advise us of your psu brand and power rating

Too long to start up:
Which part of starting up? The bios?Windows? Which version of windows are you running?
If the problem is in starting windows- it may be a problem with how many programs you have loaded in your startup folder. It could also be (Long shot) a virus or a malware/spyware problem
 
this sounds like a too weak PSU too me :) Or a overheating CPU,.. its either of those i think
did it even had the problem before? ( with before i mean without having changed the hardware configuration ) if not.. its most likely you have dust in the heatsink of the CPU, meaning it gets too hot when loaded, because the dust isolates the heatsink from the air stream of the Fan.

if it started happening after you got some new hardware (like extra fan's) its most likely your PSU is too weak to run it all,... you put the CPU under full load, it consumes more power, and the voltages of the PSU drop under the value they have to be to keep the system running stabe :o

As what iver read from it... i think its one of those 2 causes.. ofcourse.. i cant be certain of anything,.. anyway, look if there is a lot of dust in the CPU heatsink
 
1 year not old? have you ever not cleaned your room from dust for 1 year, and then had a look about how much dust there was? trust me,.. i bet you could barely breathe then :)
 
Could be a lot of things. Heat,dust,spyware,registry errors. Could be one or a combination of all the above. Have you run any computer clean up software? Have you checked the thermal paste on your CPU? I had a problem once where because I had been working inside the case and nudged the cpu heat sink a couple of times just a little. Not enough that you would think anyting of it. As it turned out I must have shifted the heatsink just enough to force out the thermal paste. My computer started behaving like you are describing. I didn't realize it at first because I didn't think it possible. But sure enough when I looked at the Bios health monitor when I was checking other things in the Bios that might be causing the problem I saw how hot the CPU was running. As soon as I re-applied thermal paste to the heatsink/CPU the problem was solved. :)
 
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