I've been running into a problem with my Dell XPS Studio 9100, and I'm at my wit's end with it.
It started about 3 -4 weeks ago when it would randomly shut down while playing a game. I fiddled with the settings a bit to keep it working, but it kept getting worse. I thought I might be looking at a bad video card, so I swapped the ATI Radeon 5500(I think that was the model) for an AMD R7 370. I swapped the card and it shut down again.
I checked the temp and the cpu was running really hot, so I checked the temp and the cpu was running very hot. I purchased an ARCTIC Freezer heat sink(this one), which fixed the heating issue. But, as you've probably guessed, it exhibited the same behavior.
I had already ordered a replacement MB from Dell, and I was preparing to return it unopened. Since I had the motherboard already I swapped it in, and, yes, it kept shutting down. (So now we're at a new graphics card, heat sink, and a refurbed MB, and the system has all the reliability of an East German automobile).
So I'm now officially out of ideas. The only thing I can think of at this point is the CPU, but I would think that if the CPU was bad or iffy, I wouldn't be seeing much more weirdness than this one crash(I'm using the system to type this msg).
Here's my system as it is configured now:
Dell XPS Studio 9100
Core I7 960 3.2GHz
AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB DDR5 ram
Thermaltake 600W power supply(replacement from stock 525W unit which failed about a year ago)
2TB HD
2 DVD-RW drives
1 USB 3.0 card in PCI slot
At this point, I've been throwing parts at this thing like a monkey flings poo(with about as much success), so any help you could give would be most appreciated.
It started about 3 -4 weeks ago when it would randomly shut down while playing a game. I fiddled with the settings a bit to keep it working, but it kept getting worse. I thought I might be looking at a bad video card, so I swapped the ATI Radeon 5500(I think that was the model) for an AMD R7 370. I swapped the card and it shut down again.
I checked the temp and the cpu was running really hot, so I checked the temp and the cpu was running very hot. I purchased an ARCTIC Freezer heat sink(this one), which fixed the heating issue. But, as you've probably guessed, it exhibited the same behavior.
I had already ordered a replacement MB from Dell, and I was preparing to return it unopened. Since I had the motherboard already I swapped it in, and, yes, it kept shutting down. (So now we're at a new graphics card, heat sink, and a refurbed MB, and the system has all the reliability of an East German automobile).
So I'm now officially out of ideas. The only thing I can think of at this point is the CPU, but I would think that if the CPU was bad or iffy, I wouldn't be seeing much more weirdness than this one crash(I'm using the system to type this msg).
Here's my system as it is configured now:
Dell XPS Studio 9100
Core I7 960 3.2GHz
AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB DDR5 ram
Thermaltake 600W power supply(replacement from stock 525W unit which failed about a year ago)
2TB HD
2 DVD-RW drives
1 USB 3.0 card in PCI slot
At this point, I've been throwing parts at this thing like a monkey flings poo(with about as much success), so any help you could give would be most appreciated.
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