what cause this problem?

[HooHee]

symthoms:
- games lag, higher lag the higher percentage rate of disconnect
- 50+ frame rate still feel clunky
- system reboot itself every 10 hours
- when press to turn computer on, 50 percent it wont display monitor


spec:
athlon64 3200+, 2.75gb ram, X850 XT, xp home 32bit





- so after replacing 400 watts dynex to antec 380 watts green and still the same... not the psu.

- after increasing ram amount and still the same.... not the ram.

- after cleaning dust out of the X850 XT and still same.... not the graphic card.

- after internet fine yet it disconnect while other computers dont.... not the internet

- after updating catalyst driver from 8. something to 10. something and still same.... not driver



what else could be the problem? overheat? cpu need thermal paste renew? mother board expiriing?

[davidhammock200]

Sounds like heat, but every 10-hours is awfully regular?

[HooHee]

10 hours is awfully regular? what you mean by regular? you mean like you saying i turn on my computer alot regularly?

or you mean regular as in its regular for it to reboot itself every 10 hours?



well its more like every 6 hours it reboot itself. and yes the computer is on 24/7 cause someone is playing mmorpg.

[davidhammock200]

Heat failures are not usually every X hours, they are usually more random or event driven.

[HooHee]

Originally Posted by davidhammock200

Heat failures are not usually every X hours, they are usually more random or event driven.

yeah sometimes its random too.

in the scenario of heat problem...... how do i fix it? once its affected by heat failiure, is there a cure?

[davidhammock200]

Originally Posted by HooHee

yeah sometimes its random too.

in the scenario of heat problem...... how do i fix it? once its affected by heat failiure, is there a cure?

You cleaned it out. Next is to re-seat the CPU heatsink with new TIM. Check North Bridge temps as they often need active cooling, also make sure all of your fans are working.

[MrWicked1968]

it's possible that piece of shit dynex psu has damaged the rest of the components

[HooHee]

Originally Posted by MrWicked1968

it's possible that piece of shit dynex psu has damaged the rest of the components

i have a feeling about that too. this dynex i bought is only 14.00 and it does have sign of defective. the psu sound like "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" for 10sec when booting.

in the scenario that the crap dynex has damaged some of the components in the computer, is there a cure? like say it damanged the ethernet holem is there a cure?

or say it damanged the mobo is there a cure?

Originally Posted by davidhammock200

You cleaned it out. Next is to re-seat the CPU heatsink with new TIM. Check North Bridge temps as they often need active cooling, also make sure all of your fans are working.

what TIM? you mean thermale paste? i might do that then


what program to check north bridge temps? i only got everest free edition from long time ago and it dont show temps. i think.

[Elledan]

*cringes at the thought of a $14 PSU*

I have seen crappy PSUs like that damage systems before and there's little you can do but replace the damaged components and move on. In one system a cheap L&C PSU took out the HDD and GPU. Both still semi-worked, but never reliably. That PSU got trashed and replaced with a HEC one (not perfect, but a heck of a lot better).