Asus P4C800 Deluxe Random Shutdown

C

Cires

Hi All,

Just built a new system round a P4C800 mobo.
3Ghz Intel P4
2x256 DDR400
550w psu
Leadtek 5900 video card
1 x Samsung 120Gb SATA drive
Windows XP sp1

Bugger keeps doing random shutdows on me. Can be after 5 mins or 50 mins.
CPU temp is normally around 37 deg.
Tried prime 95 torture test, shuts down within 10 secs of the test that uses
lots of memory.
Using 3dMark, it does it whilst loading the second game test.
Happens sometimes whilst surfing the web.

Also got corrupt file messages when trying to install software! Disabled
hyperthreading and took out one stick of mem and that seems to have stopped.

Not o/c'ed in any way, defaults in BIOS apart from Hyper Threading disabled
and Raid controller.

Parts from different suppliers so would like to know which one to blame (the
part not the supplier)

Help!
cires
 
V

victor f.

Cires said:
Hi All,

Just built a new system round a P4C800 mobo.
3Ghz Intel P4
2x256 DDR400
550w psu
Leadtek 5900 video card
1 x Samsung 120Gb SATA drive
Windows XP sp1

Bugger keeps doing random shutdows on me. Can be after 5 mins or 50
mins. CPU temp is normally around 37 deg.
Tried prime 95 torture test, shuts down within 10 secs of the test that
uses lots of memory.
Using 3dMark, it does it whilst loading the second game test.
Happens sometimes whilst surfing the web.

Also got corrupt file messages when trying to install software! Disabled
hyperthreading and took out one stick of mem and that seems to have
stopped.
Click to expand...

Seems to me that your memory sticks are not a matched pair. If that is the
case you'll have to use them in single channel mode or get them replaced by a
matched pair.



Victor
 
Y

yogi

Hi All,

Just built a new system round a P4C800 mobo.
3Ghz Intel P4
2x256 DDR400
550w psu
Leadtek 5900 video card
1 x Samsung 120Gb SATA drive
Windows XP sp1

Bugger keeps doing random shutdows on me. Can be after 5 mins or 50 mins.
CPU temp is normally around 37 deg.
Tried prime 95 torture test, shuts down within 10 secs of the test that uses
lots of memory.
Using 3dMark, it does it whilst loading the second game test.
Happens sometimes whilst surfing the web.

Also got corrupt file messages when trying to install software! Disabled
hyperthreading and took out one stick of mem and that seems to have stopped.

Not o/c'ed in any way, defaults in BIOS apart from Hyper Threading disabled
and Raid controller.

Parts from different suppliers so would like to know which one to blame (the
part not the supplier)

Help!
cires
Click to expand...
I would have to agree with the other chaps and say that you need
better ram, and then I think you will be very happy with your
computer.
Cheers

ASUS P4C800 Deluxe, Intel i875P
Intel P4 3.00Gb/800/512/Hyper-Threading
Intel Stock Heatsink fan
CORSAIR TwinX1024 XMS3200
Leadtek WinFast A350 TDH MyVIVO GeForce FX 5900 128mb
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Western Digital WDC WD400BB 40gb ATA-100 7200rpm C:
Western Digital WDC WD800JB 80gb ATA-100 7200rpm D:
MSI DR4-A DVD(±R/±RW) Cd(-R/-RW) (24x10x40)
LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B - 52x24x52
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Product Version: 6.0.553 Release Date: 02/09/2003
Virus Database: 345 Release Date: 18/12/2003
 
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It wouldn't hurt to run MEMTEST32 v3.0. It boots from a floppy and
will test your memory. You must disable the promise controller in
BIOS before running memtest or you will get errors which are not
real.
 
C

Cires

Hi guys,

Changed the memory, but still the same. Set the FSB lower so it's running as
a 2.8ghz and it seems more stable, but I don't know if that proves much.
Should I be upping the voltages? Would that help?

bye,
Cires
 
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