Computer turns off

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:04

my computer is turning itself off not just reboot completely instant power off power supply perhaps?

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:32

After how long ? Could be an incorrectly installed heatsink or a blockage on the cooling fan causing the cpu to overheat and the pc to shut down.

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:36

nah its water cooled, erm it just randomly shut down after a few mins now its fine but it did it last night aswell :confused:

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:39

What are you doing on the pc when it shuts down, are you surfing or gaming. How long has it been water cooled ?

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:40

deadeyedic30 said:
What are you doing on the pc when it shuts down, are you surfing or gaming. How long has it been water cooled ?

lol i quite literally turn it on and it comes into windows, a day on water

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:43

Sounds like the cooling block isn't on right or making proper contact with the cpu and the thermal protection is kicking in to prevent your chip frying. Time to have a closer look at the pc and re-read the installation instructions.

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:44

gd point but the temps are at 29-30 idle and around 45load

EDIT: ill take a look anywy though

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 10:47

Strange, is the water cooler running of its own psu ? Is your psu up to the job ? Just been looking at you spec and thats a lot for a 430 Watt one. Your original question could be the answer.

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:00

yer thts what i ws thinking i reckon the psu just coudlnt be up to all of this

and the pump is running of the tagan psu

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:03

There was a thread on here somewhere with a link to a site that worked out what size psu you need, it reckons i need 495 watts, currently running on a Hiper 480, but everything is at stock and no issues. If i can find the link i'll post it for you.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:07

kk kwl cheers

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:10

Let me know what it says you need. :cool:

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:14

lol it doesnt seem to work well as the overclock my cpu thing dont work and it doesnt seem to add my cpu's power into the equation

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:18

needless to say i probs need more power

deadeyedic30 · 23 Sep 2006 at 11:52

It's a fair bet. Do you have a friend with a big psu that you could borrow to check before going out and spending the best part of £100 so you are completely sure that it is the source of your problems.

Lan · 23 Sep 2006 at 12:16

deadeyedic30 said:
It's a fair bet. Do you have a friend with a big psu that you could borrow to check before going out and spending the best part of £100 so you are completely sure that it is the source of your problems.

unfortunatly no, lol but i can only assume it is the psu at the end of the day it can only leave more room for expanability

alex2zulu · 23 Sep 2006 at 16:12

i get some random resets sometimes aswell - the last whas when i was playing halo and started taking cids with fraps - i was getting over 200fps (intermitetnly) then it sudenly droped right off when i stoped recording with fraps and crashed.

i think its my cpu - cant take it (939 3200 athlon 64) but i dunno. i dont think its the power supple (sli certifed 580watts)

soz thred jacking or...sharing