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samhfoley   12-16-2011 at 06:56:26 AM

My old PC, which I donated to my father in-law is now periodically shutting down spontaneously for no reason known to me. I ran memtest on the memory overnight, 21 passes 0 errors. Anything else I should check?
Win 7 64 bit, all updates and service packs installed
ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP
have to check on the processor, Quad core, but specifics escape me at the moment

Ideas?

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striker410   12-16-2011 at 07:02:21 AM

Hmm, tough to say. Probably some power shortage. I'd unplug everything and breadboard according to this guide here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] o-problems Should help wittle things down.

Follow that, see what turns up. If nothing we'll try a few more things.

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mightymaxio   12-16-2011 at 08:03:49 AM

Test it with a power supply tester and make sure the power supply isnt failing first. They are like 15$ at bestbuy or radioshack.


Message edited by mightymaxio on 12-16-2011 at 08:04:09 AM
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samhfoley   12-16-2011 at 01:37:03 PM

when I took it apart and was checking the connections, every time the power supply cord to the MB was barely tapped it would restart. I am thinking its probably a power supply issue. Wish I had a Radio Shack or Best Buy in Japan.

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jeffjeff666   12-16-2011 at 02:04:19 PM

Probably power supply issue.

I had random restarts especially under heavy load. Turned out to be the memory timings that were wrong. memtest was not giving any errors.

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samhfoley   12-16-2011 at 02:11:03 PM

No heavy load here. This guy hardly uses the PC at all. Excel, Word, that's about as heavy as it gets over there.

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