Random Crashes?

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decrypt3r

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Everyday when i leave my comp idle downloading or afk on a mmorg game

i come back from work and its crashed

my system is 1 week old and =

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-092-OK
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-003-AN
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
1 x OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
1 x OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM

nothing is overclocked at all :(

my g card = gts 640mb upgrading soon...

anti virus = avast pro working really good

vista 64 ultimate :O!

and it crashes everytime, ive changed memory to up +0.10 volts and still nothing happens

really annoyed as i spent over £700 on this system and cant even stay up at temps 30-40 MAX on idle
 
Can you give any more information about the crash. Such as a BSOD STOP code or which DLL is causing it, or has the PC simply frozen? Does event log show anything?
 
Go into the bios check your memory timing’s they should be 4.4.4.15, memory voltage to 2.1v. CPU multiplier should be-9, FSB-266(9x266=2400GHz.)
 
i just ran orthos on 100% on 2 cores

got to 51,50 on temps and then the comp hung and i had to restart

everyything = default but memory =2.1 volt instead of 1.9

whats going on?
 
got it upto 2nd test again around 52 temp and i stopped it

it smells smokey, i know that sounds bad

but not like smoke smoke but something dosent seem right

everything = default

and temps never go above 52 but i seem to get crashes a lot
 
Give this a read..

http://www.huddysworld.co.uk/Techpages/PCZone_TechieTalk_2.shtml

look under "Things to check"

The next thing is to check that the PSU is supplying the correct voltages. Of course, it’s unrealistic to expect your PSU to be supplying spot on voltages as described earlier. They key is to have stable voltages within an allowable tolerance. So, you will have to allow for some deviation of around 5% either side of the expect rails. So for 5volts you need to allow between +4.8volts and +5.3volts and for 12volts between 11.4volts and +12.6volts.

Anything outside this range is certain to be a problem with the power supply.
Click to expand...
 
sorry huddy im okay with cpu volts etc but that just lost me completely :P

i only crash when comp is idle, how dumb is that?

when playing games etc its perfect

but i like to download when at work and gfs etc

so ive left a macro running which presses keys and moves mouse

im back home at 05.30am 2moro morning and hopefully its still doing it :D

otherwise :(
 
Crashes or turns its self off?


I thought the guide was quite self explainatory. The PSU must supply a regular and stable voltages. You need to check the PSU is suppling the correct voltage otherwise you will have stability problems during load or idle use.

Most motherboards come with a motherbaord monitor which show the 3.3v, 5v and 12v supplies. Failing that, download a trial copy of Everest or have a look at the monitor in the BIOS.
 
okay ill try that 2moro morning mate, thanks :)

it crashes on desktop, and stays switched on.

dunno why, but im formatting in 2 weeks when i get my 4870

but untill then ill just do no downloading :(

hopefully the volt can work properly 2moro
 
This was happening to me too in vista 64. It could be your problem as well.

Do this first before you look into hardware problems: Go to power settings within control panel for all the power profiles and disable "power down hard drive" - which should be set to 20 minutes by default. If you enter 0 minutes, then that should disable it.

This solved my problem. For some reason, with my setup (IP35 pro with E2140, 4gb Ballistix 5300 ram, Raptor 150gb for OS)... the hard drive shuts down (click noise - same as boot up). When the hard drive tries to spin up again, it causes my screen to freeze.

My system is free from random freezes now (edit: when idle).

edit: I still had problems when running orthos. I upped the MCH & VTT voltage in the bios and now orthos is stable as well.
 
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ooooh i only changed the monitor from 20 minutes to 0 minutes

i will check this asap 2moro!!!! :D

i have the same hdd as u also the 150gb raptor love it!

thanks
 
Maybe your going about this the wrong way, i've had multiple crashes on Vista 64-bit, Never had these problems when on Vista 32-bit. I found out it was down to CCCP codic pack was wrecking havock.
 
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