Computer STILL switching off randomly

Reality|Bites · 18 Sep 2009 at 00:52

did you try remounting the CPU heatsink?

Don't attempt it if you don't feel confident about putting it back on though.

tonym · 18 Sep 2009 at 08:21

LinktoInsanity said:
Did you TRY my suggestion? Tried the OLD card instead of the new one?

Soulmagika said:
I threw it away

Soulmagika said:
Well.. i think thats it guys, my HD4670 is causing the problems, not enough cooling or something? i Put my Geforce 120 back in and it isn't switching off... Hmm, not yet anyway.

What now?

EDIT: Forget that, its still switching off even with my old graphics card...

Well that's me confused, I thought you threw the old card away?

Do you know anyone who know's anything about building PC's? If you don't, just take it to a local store and ask them to check it over. It shouldn't cost that much and will at least mean you don't have to take anything apart in your system.

Soulmagika · 18 Sep 2009 at 09:22

tonym said:
Well that's me confused, I thought you threw the old card away?

Do you know anyone who know's anything about building PC's? If you don't, just take it to a local store and ask them to check it over. It shouldn't cost that much and will at least mean you don't have to take anything apart in your system.

I thought i did but i put it into my HD4670 packaging ^^

Hmm.. having to spend more money on this piece of crap..

i dont want to ask my dad to take me to a store with it.. too much hassel.

morguk · 18 Sep 2009 at 11:33

Can you hint at where you bought this pc?

Soulmagika · 18 Sep 2009 at 15:44

morguk said:
Can you hint at where you bought this pc?

Pc world

(Cmon, this is okay right? Considering im not quoting any products, and just saying their name isn't going to make people buy the crap they sell)

Soulmagika · 18 Sep 2009 at 19:37

Guys... Hahaha, i think i possibly know what was wrong with it (although its only been on for a few minutes)

There was huge amounts of dust in the main fan (that cools the motherboard, i think?) I cleaned it all out with a wooden toothpick, lets hope this solves it and it doesn't switch off..

Soulmagika · 19 Sep 2009 at 00:24

Yeah guys, it was dust in the fan LOL.

Soulmagika · 20 Sep 2009 at 11:24

Can you believe it guys? Its fixed! ^^

Reality|Bites · 20 Sep 2009 at 19:29

wooohooo!

zsolmanz · 20 Sep 2009 at 19:45

Well that was simple

Soulmagika · 20 Sep 2009 at 22:54

zsolmanz said:
Well that was simple

I know really, hah. How come you guys didn't think of this? Mmmm, i guess because its prebuilt it wasn't that obvious, i just noticed lots of dust in it when i was examining the inside.

zsolmanz · 20 Sep 2009 at 23:06

I only read through the thread today. I was thinking at the end of the second page 'His graphics card or north-bridge is overheating, because his case airflow is rubbish'.

I was feeling fairly smug at having discovered your problem when I turn the page to discover that you'd already fixed it

Anyway - I'm glad it's worked out.

Reality|Bites · 20 Sep 2009 at 23:14

If you would have posted a image of your system we probably would have.

zsolmanz · 20 Sep 2009 at 23:34

Then again, no-one asked for pics (that I remember), so you can't really blame him.

Reality|Bites · 20 Sep 2009 at 23:44

i'm not, I'm saying that if we would have been able to see the system, it would have been easier to diagnose. On here we can only offer advise from previous experiences.

If he would have taken it to a PC repair shop it would have been spotted straight away.

zsolmanz · 20 Sep 2009 at 23:48

True, but we're free and less hassle

james.miller · 21 Sep 2009 at 06:35

zsolmanz said:
True, but we're free and less hassle

if you call multiple threads over weeks less hassle then sure.

it wasnt spotted because the op said it was a new system - why would there be tons of dust in a new system? :confused:

z0mbi3 · 21 Sep 2009 at 08:24

Soulmagika said:
I know really, hah. How come you guys didn't think of this? Mmmm, i guess because its prebuilt it wasn't that obvious, i just noticed lots of dust in it when i was examining the inside.

Not meaning to be rude but you've had your case open a fair few times now, how did you not notice this before now? Was the dust quite compact and just around the cpu heat-sink?

ajstan · 21 Sep 2009 at 10:38

I had this at work - spent ages trying to figure it out because the RAM seemed to make a difference - in the end it was a faulty motherboard... so I would suggest change the mobo if you have a spare?

z0mbi3 · 21 Sep 2009 at 17:47

ajstan said:
I had this at work - spent ages trying to figure it out because the RAM seemed to make a difference - in the end it was a faulty motherboard... so I would suggest change the mobo if you have a spare?

He's fixed it. It was a dusty heat-sink.