NamesDontMatter
05-26-2008, 03:40 AM
Okay heres EXACTLY, what I have in my comp.
Socket 939 Evga NF4 x16 SLi
AMD 939 X2 3800 @ 2.70Ghz Stock Volts (now on stock volts as percaution vs shutdowns)
All In One Thermaltake Silentwater CPU Cooler Water Cooler, + 5 120mm Fans
2 GB ram (2 x 512 corsair, 2 x 512 gigaram)
x1300 128mb hyper crap
1 250gb SATA-II 7,200 RPM, + 1 500gb SATA-II 7,200 RPM(RMAed b/c it failed), 1 250 GB IDE-133,
1 Benq DVD/combo drive
Antec P180B
Audigy 2 ZS
And Hauppauge PVR-250
Okay so heres the issue, when running in my windows x64 enviroment I experience random shut downs. Upon the shut down I need to then let the PSU's capacitors drain by, unplugging it then holding power button. After that the rig turns back on. Originally I thought I was having a PSU issue My Ultra 500 Watt was running for years strong no issues at all. But now I am thinking it is possibly the mobo. Or even my case power switch? I'm also suspicious of my Audigy 2 zs, b/c at one point while plugging in my 5.1 to it, it was not screwed in and created a brilliant spark of white/blue light then it touched my tv tuner. (they both appear to work fine, but now my sound pops periodically).
First trouble shooting step I took was swapping the PSU, I put in a older 420 turbolink psu that I got with some case way back. It should be more than enough to handle my current setup, but the problem persists. I have also removed and relocated my PCI cards, reinstalled the drivers for all of them. They all appear to be 100% functional. I also have tried reducing power req as much as possible by unplugging everything I didnt need plugged in. Unplugged fan controller + all fans except watercooling fan. Removed PCI cards(which I'm going to try again) and unplugged all unneeded HD's, cd drives. But the problem still persists, does this point to my mobo being shot? It still boots and runs fine, other than the random shut downs.
I'm pretty lost here on what to do.
Socket 939 Evga NF4 x16 SLi
AMD 939 X2 3800 @ 2.70Ghz Stock Volts (now on stock volts as percaution vs shutdowns)
All In One Thermaltake Silentwater CPU Cooler Water Cooler, + 5 120mm Fans
2 GB ram (2 x 512 corsair, 2 x 512 gigaram)
x1300 128mb hyper crap
1 250gb SATA-II 7,200 RPM, + 1 500gb SATA-II 7,200 RPM(RMAed b/c it failed), 1 250 GB IDE-133,
1 Benq DVD/combo drive
Antec P180B
Audigy 2 ZS
And Hauppauge PVR-250
Okay so heres the issue, when running in my windows x64 enviroment I experience random shut downs. Upon the shut down I need to then let the PSU's capacitors drain by, unplugging it then holding power button. After that the rig turns back on. Originally I thought I was having a PSU issue My Ultra 500 Watt was running for years strong no issues at all. But now I am thinking it is possibly the mobo. Or even my case power switch? I'm also suspicious of my Audigy 2 zs, b/c at one point while plugging in my 5.1 to it, it was not screwed in and created a brilliant spark of white/blue light then it touched my tv tuner. (they both appear to work fine, but now my sound pops periodically).
First trouble shooting step I took was swapping the PSU, I put in a older 420 turbolink psu that I got with some case way back. It should be more than enough to handle my current setup, but the problem persists. I have also removed and relocated my PCI cards, reinstalled the drivers for all of them. They all appear to be 100% functional. I also have tried reducing power req as much as possible by unplugging everything I didnt need plugged in. Unplugged fan controller + all fans except watercooling fan. Removed PCI cards(which I'm going to try again) and unplugged all unneeded HD's, cd drives. But the problem still persists, does this point to my mobo being shot? It still boots and runs fine, other than the random shut downs.
I'm pretty lost here on what to do.