Major Shutdown issue

kicks66 · 17 Jul 2006 at 20:59

ive reported this a few times on ocuk, basically sometimes my pc will suddenly show lines of colour down the screen, and the only way to stop it is to turn off the pc, sometimes it cannot be turned on again for several hours

all im wanting to know is what different parts of the pc could cause this? im thinking of upgrading and id like to know that i will fix the problem in doing so

kicks66 · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:25

it looks like this (paint mock up):

only thing is, could it be my psu perhaps? its one that came with the case (cheapy one)

kicks66 · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:36

it happens at random times, its happened whilst loading up, its happened whilst playing games and also whilst just browsin tinternet
i also monitored the temps with rivatuner during a crash and the temps are fine. but occasionly rivatuner seems to register it spiking to 110C for about a second which i find odd

also i get this whilst running games:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7356/current2ww.jpg

[edit] by does not turn on, i mean i turn the pc on and the screen turns on after a delayed period of time but is black, and it stays like that for a while, sometimes it then boots sometimes it stays like that for hours

kicks66 · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:38

nope no overclocking

perhaps the card is broken from a while ago when it ran at 100C for about a month untill i cleaned it?

kicks66 · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:55

i think ill just upgrade, get a new motherbaord, pci-e card and a new psu sorted

can anyone suggest good stuff to get? id quite like an x1800 or equivalent for around 250-300, the cheaper the cheerier

kicks66 · 18 Jul 2006 at 07:43

i think im gonna upgrade all 3 so i can go pci-e