- Sep 17, 2011
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This System:
OS: Vista 32
4GB Crucial RAM
ECS GeForce 6100SM-M V:1.0
350 Power Supply (came w/system)
nVidia GeForce 210 Video Card
AMD Semperon 3200+ & Athlon x64 X2 4000+
Some CD Burner/DVD reader
My mother has had this system for several years now. 2-3 years ago I upgraded the CPU to the 4000+ and the RAM to 4GB from 2GB (I think).
Everything worked fine until a couple of weeks ago. Her machine started booting intermittently,and randomly cutting off. I tried the following (condensed list & rebooting after each change):
1) Booted into safe mode - system shut down after loading drivers.
2) Removed the Vid card.& disconnected CD drive. No effect.
3) Booted w/1 stick ram (tried each one separately). No effect.
4) Swapped out PS w/500W Cooler Master Unit. No Effect.
5) Booted into Safe Mode - last driver loaded before system shutoff was AVG driver. Renamed all AVG driver files, rebooted into safe mode. AVG drivers did not load - after last driver loaded, system shut off.
5) Swapped OLD Sempron 3200+ CPU into system - system works perfectly.
6) ran Scandsk /f on HDD - no errors reported.
6) Got a 3800_ Athlon 64 X2 CPU - installed, system will not boot again - exact same problem & symptoms w/this CPU.
It's plausible that the new (used) CPU is bad, but this just seems unlikely that both X2's have the same flaw/symptoms.
I'm thinking that I should replace the motherboard. Any ideas or further suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your ideas and time!
Paul
OS: Vista 32
4GB Crucial RAM
ECS GeForce 6100SM-M V:1.0
350 Power Supply (came w/system)
nVidia GeForce 210 Video Card
AMD Semperon 3200+ & Athlon x64 X2 4000+
Some CD Burner/DVD reader
My mother has had this system for several years now. 2-3 years ago I upgraded the CPU to the 4000+ and the RAM to 4GB from 2GB (I think).
Everything worked fine until a couple of weeks ago. Her machine started booting intermittently,and randomly cutting off. I tried the following (condensed list & rebooting after each change):
1) Booted into safe mode - system shut down after loading drivers.
2) Removed the Vid card.& disconnected CD drive. No effect.
3) Booted w/1 stick ram (tried each one separately). No effect.
4) Swapped out PS w/500W Cooler Master Unit. No Effect.
5) Booted into Safe Mode - last driver loaded before system shutoff was AVG driver. Renamed all AVG driver files, rebooted into safe mode. AVG drivers did not load - after last driver loaded, system shut off.
5) Swapped OLD Sempron 3200+ CPU into system - system works perfectly.
6) ran Scandsk /f on HDD - no errors reported.
6) Got a 3800_ Athlon 64 X2 CPU - installed, system will not boot again - exact same problem & symptoms w/this CPU.
It's plausible that the new (used) CPU is bad, but this just seems unlikely that both X2's have the same flaw/symptoms.
I'm thinking that I should replace the motherboard. Any ideas or further suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your ideas and time!
Paul
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