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Hello,
I have been using this board for 2 years now I think, and except the
incident with the NB fan popping off last year, it has been rock solid.
However, it has been acting strangely lately, and while I thought first
it was an overheating problem, I think it is more than that.
The computer can stay on 24/7 for days, then I just hear a "pop" or
"snap" sound from inside the case, and the computer reboots. But on
reboot, it says the CPU is unworkable or has been changed... Entering
the BIOS is also sometimes difficult, pressin DEL only causes the board
to reboot. Sometimes it reboots while I am changing settings in the
BIOS, or looking at temps and voltages in the "health" page.
I haven't added or removed anything lately, the good quality PSU can
deliver 450W, which is more than enough for my machine (Prescott 3.2, 2
HDDs, 1 DVD drive, X800XT, 2x512 MB Corsair RAM).
I first thought it was a HDD problem, since sometimes on those reboot
occasions my 300GB Maxtor SATA drive wouldn't be detected at all, but
last night after 10 unsuccessful reboots the computer finally went to
the desktop, and allowed me to backup 80 GB to an external USB2 HDD.
On every successful reboot, Zone Alarm alerts me that it has found a
new network, and alerts me about every application trying to access the
internet.
The computer has been up again now for 9 hours, it is still serving my
website so I know it's on even if I am at work, but I fear the worst.
I terms of cooling, I use a home-bred watercooling system, made of
massive copper blocks from www.only4pro.com, and MBM5 reports idle temp
for the prescott 40-50 degrees C (idle-load). I also have a cooler on
the front of the case blowing straight to the HDDs, whose temps are
25-30C according to HDD thermometer, which reads SMART data. The case
is a huge Coolermaster Stacker. I opened the case and put a fan of the
Zalman passive NB heatsink, which is not even warm to touch.
There are no cables hanging aroung, no shortage of any kind, no dust,
capacitators look all clean and nice.
Should I get myself a new mobo ? Try a different PSU ? The fact that it
reboots itself while I let it with the BIOS page open makes me think it
has nothing to do with my windows installation or other software.
Any suggestion welcome !
Lorenzo
www.brokenbones.d2g.com
Hello,
I have been using this board for 2 years now I think, and except the
incident with the NB fan popping off last year, it has been rock solid.
However, it has been acting strangely lately, and while I thought first
it was an overheating problem, I think it is more than that.
The computer can stay on 24/7 for days, then I just hear a "pop" or
"snap" sound from inside the case, and the computer reboots. But on
reboot, it says the CPU is unworkable or has been changed... Entering
the BIOS is also sometimes difficult, pressin DEL only causes the board
to reboot. Sometimes it reboots while I am changing settings in the
BIOS, or looking at temps and voltages in the "health" page.
I haven't added or removed anything lately, the good quality PSU can
deliver 450W, which is more than enough for my machine (Prescott 3.2, 2
HDDs, 1 DVD drive, X800XT, 2x512 MB Corsair RAM).
I first thought it was a HDD problem, since sometimes on those reboot
occasions my 300GB Maxtor SATA drive wouldn't be detected at all, but
last night after 10 unsuccessful reboots the computer finally went to
the desktop, and allowed me to backup 80 GB to an external USB2 HDD.
On every successful reboot, Zone Alarm alerts me that it has found a
new network, and alerts me about every application trying to access the
internet.
The computer has been up again now for 9 hours, it is still serving my
website so I know it's on even if I am at work, but I fear the worst.
I terms of cooling, I use a home-bred watercooling system, made of
massive copper blocks from www.only4pro.com, and MBM5 reports idle temp
for the prescott 40-50 degrees C (idle-load). I also have a cooler on
the front of the case blowing straight to the HDDs, whose temps are
25-30C according to HDD thermometer, which reads SMART data. The case
is a huge Coolermaster Stacker. I opened the case and put a fan of the
Zalman passive NB heatsink, which is not even warm to touch.
There are no cables hanging aroung, no shortage of any kind, no dust,
capacitators look all clean and nice.
Should I get myself a new mobo ? Try a different PSU ? The fact that it
reboots itself while I let it with the BIOS page open makes me think it
has nothing to do with my windows installation or other software.
Any suggestion welcome !
Lorenzo
www.brokenbones.d2g.com