Stevetron Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I just finished building a computer for a friend of mine however, it's having some serious issues. It constantly crashes and restarts. Mundane tasks such as starting internet explorer will set the thing off, crashing it. At this point I"ve installed windows twice but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. Specs Core2 Duo e6750 asus p5ne sli motherboard 2gb corsair ddr2 @800mhz 2 wd 250 gb hard drives evga 8800gts 640mb windows xp home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Could be dud/fried RAM, could be power or heat issues. What size PSU? Check the temperatures and voltages too and make sure the CPU's heatsink is on correctly/the fan is working as it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevetron Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Cpu looks like it is running fine, it's seated firmly and the heatsink fan appears to be operational. The PSU is a 550 watter heat issues don't seem to be a problem as there are 5 fans in the thing. I took one stick of RAM out and had the same issues as with the two, ill check the 2nd tomorrow and post back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Could be a shitty PSU. Hard to test that though, without some equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevetron Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 I've actually just noticed a realtek driver issue, has anyone had any problems with it? Also during installation I got a memory error but it continued anyway. I'm gonna go for a 3rd install of windows. Again feedback is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_tom Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Could be dud/fried RAM, could be power or heat issues. What size PSU? Check the temperatures and voltages too and make sure the CPU's heatsink is on correctly/the fan is working as it should be. perhaps you could tell us what temp your processor is running at, cos my money is still on hot. and you have got the service packs and updates right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Before i put my second fan in my computer would crash playing games but im running a 1.9ghz duel core so it isnt a monster cpu. Maybe it isnt getting air or your fans are back defront check that there not blowing air out but into the case. also is it in a confined space mine gets 20 degrees hotter in my pc desk than when its out on the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 RMA all the new bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevetron Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 I couldn't update it with any of the service packs because it just crashes way to quickly. When last I checked the bios it had the cpu at 30 degrees C which seemed unusually low. I'm passing by my friends house again today to check it out so I'll update with more info later. Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Does Ubuntu boot fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 my bet is audio, get urself a sound card (Xfi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I had the same problem with the same bits (or near enough), no idea what it was but I took all the bits back and got them replaced. It then worked. You can piss about testing them, or start buying extra bits like a sound card but if something is broken, its broken. You can't fix it, you need to replace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevetron Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Luckily I had 4 gb of ram, I shoved 2gb of mine into his..... and it worked! problem solved, thx guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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