Sudden shutdown probelm

[HFS]

Hi,

I have this problem with sudden shutdowns and have managed to rule out:

Windows XP
Graphics Card Asus V9820
Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Network Card: 3Com
Power Supply: 350 W
Memory: ! Gig Dane Electric

The following I have not ruled out:
Motherboard: A7V266-C
Toshiba DVD
Asus CDRW 52x
Two MAxtor Hard Drives.
AMD XP 2400 plus (Runs cool around 50 C)

System is not overclocked.

I know this is a hardware issue. Since it happened when I was in the middle
of trying to do a cleanstall of windows too! Could this be a bad
motherboard?

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[dave AKA vwdoc1]

Did you try to install Windows XP with just the bare minimum inside the
computer?
MB, CPU, 1 RAM, HD, 1 Disc Drive, Video Card and of course the Power Supply.
<g>

It that works, then one by one add in the other components.
If not triple check your BIOS settings. You may want to do that first too!
And is that the correct RAM for your motherboard?

just a thought,
dave
BTW I am having similar issues along with crashes, but I believe that I need
Windows XP!

 

[Audun Røe]

Hi,

I have this problem with sudden shutdowns and have managed to rule out:

Windows XP
Graphics Card Asus V9820
Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Network Card: 3Com
Power Supply: 350 W
Memory: ! Gig Dane Electric

The following I have not ruled out:
Motherboard: A7V266-C
Toshiba DVD
Asus CDRW 52x
Two MAxtor Hard Drives.
AMD XP 2400 plus (Runs cool around 50 C)

System is not overclocked.

I know this is a hardware issue. Since it happened when I was in the middle
of trying to do a cleanstall of windows too! Could this be a bad
motherboard?

Any ideas? Thanks

Last time I had trouble with sudden shutdowns, it was a faulty PSU.
How did you rule it out of the equation?

Btw, the symptoms I got with the bad powersupply, was that I'd be in
the middle of something and then, pthoom: Shutdown. The power LED on
my motherboard would still glow happily (probably indicating nothing
more than that there was still current in the wires or something like
that), plus the voltages all checked out, both in BIOS and with a
voltmeter. This at first led me to the (false) conclusion that it was
a bad motherboard. However, after trying a new PSU for a while, the
problem simply went away.

But anyway, I'd take a wild guess at the motherboard, then, if you're
absolutely sure it's not the PSU. In my experience at least, trouble
with memory, harddrives, CPUs and all that, usually manifest
themselves with bluescreens, registry errors etc, not complete
shutdown out of nowhere.

But then again I'm just guessing, so your best bet would probably be
to borrow components from a friend's system. Of course, this is a
little tricky when you want to test parts like motherboards, since a
lot of stuff has to come out

So, before pestering aforementioned friends, try the
barebone-approach as another poster suggested. My computer would shut
down after a while (where "a while" was HIGHLY variable.. From one
minute to almost a day) even when booted with an old MSDOS disc and
nothing but graphics-card, CPU and memory in it.

Regardless, good luck with your problem. I know first hand how
annoying shutdowns are!