plz help...any pros out there.

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tachyonx

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hi there.. i'm new here and i have a problem... have been going out of my wits... my com will auto restart when i start games, or when i open my ati radeon catalyst center... and sometimes when playing movies... i duno what is wrong... i have brought it to check my CPU and it was fine, no virus too.. what is wrong... sometimes my display kind of flickers when during msn, using the emocons.. plz help..
 
Apears to be a hardware problem, most of the time it is the PSU, in this case I am rulling the HD out becuase it happens when you open the Catalis.

Software problem is doutfull but possible.

My recomendation is do a full System reformat (fast format) and reinstall everything and see if the problem persists.
 
mrjack said:
I'd say it's overheating, seems most logical from the information you gave.
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Yes but does catalyst really use that much gpu power to cause it to heat up? But do check the gpu and cpu temperature. I would try to reinstall catalyst and see if that helps. If not, it could be a struggeling PSU.
 
what is a struggeling PSU and catalyst? how do i reinstall...
TO:TonyBAMF i have reformatted like i even lost count. I guess it could not be a software problem. Thx
 
sorry for double posting but today it was worst. Sometimes when i start windows, during the loading windows page, it will auto restart again for no reason.
 
I would have to say that your PSU (Power Supply Unit) doesnt have enough oomph to run your comp. What the rest of the specs for your comp?
 
I think is asus p4p800se Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.2ghz
1GB Ram
160GB Maxtor
ATI radeon 9550

but the problem is this CPU has been with me for like 1 year. and it didn't have any problems. Till after i change my monitor from CRT to LCD. thx. If it's my power supply, then i should change one PSU?
 
I doubt even for a second that it is your power supply. They either work or they don't.

I would open the case and check the fan on the GPU, because I am 100% certain that the problem is your graphics card.
 
what is the fan on the GPU? what is the GPU? yeah i think so too that it is my graphic card. but i check with the guy who fixes computer, he says that my graphic card and other things are working fine. Weird thing is when my CPU is there, it works fine. Lolx.
 
liuliuboy said:
Yes but does catalyst really use that much gpu power to cause it to heat up? But do check the gpu and cpu temperature. I would try to reinstall catalyst and see if that helps. If not, it could be a struggeling PSU.
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The 3D properties part in Catalyst does strain your card a bit. He might have had it selected, quit the program and when he opens Catalyst the next time that tab is automatically selected.
 
i tried that.. i tried reinstalling the latest updates.. and yes it still have that problem..I still cannot start my game.
 
I had a similar problem with an ATi card. The game would shut down to desktop. Usually that means it's the hardware on the card. You can try rolling your drivers back and see if that fixes it, but I highly doubt it.

The GPU is the Graphics Processing Unit. It is the chip on your VGA that does most of the work. There may or may not be a fan on it. I am thinking that the fan is seized, which isn't uncommon. If it doesn't have a fan, try replacing the card with another ATi. I bet you it will work.
 
haha hey guys..i think i have found the problem.. it should be my ram.. I'm such a noob. 512mb ddr and 256mb ddr dun stack together or it will cause my com to maufunction. lolx.. thx alot guys for helping.. really appreciate it. this forum rox.
 
tachyonx said:
haha hey guys..i think i have found the problem.. it should be my ram.. I'm such a noob. 512mb ddr and 256mb ddr dun stack together or it will cause my com to maufunction. lolx.. thx alot guys for helping.. really appreciate it. this forum rox.
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That doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to be honest. lol. Did you get it to work by taking one of the sticks out?
 
Quite strange that the RAM would cause that problem. I had a similar problem and it was in fact the graphics card that was faulty. Test the RAM within another machine (or rather run it with only the one stick you removed to be sure). Because you might have simply taken the RAM out when that isnt the component at fault yet due to you taking it out you could have stopped the computer from using something that is faulty (i.e. if one of your address buses on the motherboard is damaged that the RAM stick you removed normally uses, by removing the RAM you havent fixed the problem, only masked it because that particular address bus isnt being used).


Does that make sense? Sounded better in my head :S


So bare in mind that removing the RAM might not have solved the problem, you should test the RAM in question within another machine, or run your main machine with ONLY the RAM that you believe is at fault, to see if it still does it. Always nice to double double double check to be sure.
 
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