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Hi, please i need your help! AS soon as i start playing a game my pc goes almost like into a crash, it sounds like its getting stuck and then out of the box i hear a sound like a "beep", then it restarts! The same thing happens when my screen saver(marine aquarium 2.6) goes on!! I've checked my temp and also added an exstra fan?? Updated my drivers too. EDITOR'S NOTE: Bad RAM stick, balky power supply, motherboard defect? Unfortunately there are lots of things to check out. |
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i have the same problem. tried the ram, it didnt work. tried to update my video drivers, (pc restarted few times) and then i was finally able to put new video drivers on my pc. |
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When I run SpeedFan, I saw "remote 1", "remote 2" on the "Readings" tab along with "Core", "HD2", etc. What is "Remote 2"? Its temperature is 122C! Is it normal? |
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My Computer's power supply heats up and my computer restarts! im pretty sure its a problem with the power supply. if i change it is it going to have the same problem? EDITOR'S NOTE: If you're pretty sure it's the power supply, then replace it. The cost is low and it's pretty easy to do. |
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i've download the speedfan before and the temperature in my CPU is fine its not burning or anything. i've checked the connections inside and its alright, then i try to reboot(/reformat) my pc and it still restarts by itself |
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I have a P4 3.4 GHz .. using this Speedfan it says that my CPU is 63 Celsius (and im not doing anything!!! except running speedfan and internet explorer). Now my problem is that the computer reboots whenever I play a game(I dont get any error message, and I have unchecked "Automaticall reboot"), it doesnt matter what game it is... it'll reboot if I play tetris or Oblivion... Whats the problem? I've cleaned it from Dust... i've got my self a new PSU, I've put in 3 new fans ... huuuh, could it be this CPU thing?? EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, that's way too hot. You may need a new heatsink or CPU fan. |
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The same happens to me when i double click on a game it will restart some of the games i have are need for speed most wanted,tiger woods PGA tour 2004 these games allways restarted and im not sure how to fix it.please help me. EDITOR'S NOTE: Nobody can help you unless you mention which of the troubleshooting steps you've already tried. Oh, and a little punctuation might help... |
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when i start >run > type cmd EDITOR'S NOTE: Could be a virus, trying to keep you away from the command line, so you can't remove the virus. Try a good anti-virus scanner first. |
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Me again, i still have the same prob, my pc use to restart when i play any game but now it only crashes(freezes). Took it to a shop and they could'nt get the prob, took it to another shop and they said i had a bad ram so they took the ram out but the problem is still here!! My temp is good, can it be my motherboard(intel DG965SS), how can i tell?? EDITOR'S NOTE: Unfortunately there are many things that can cause it -- hard drive, power supply, motherboard, ram... it's a process of elimination. |
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I've been fixing and repairing computers since I was a little guppy, and have never seen this problem before. I disabled automatic restart, reinstalled all drivers, re-flashed the BIOS, double and triple checked CMOS settings, went through the services list and disabled anything that wasn't essential, uninstallation was not an issue because this is a server that has only the base system installed. It's running Windows Server 2003 R2. These are the specs: 2x P4 HT 3.0ghz Checked out with Prime 95), 1GB DDR400 (memtest86 checked out), 2x 36GB Seagate 10,000rpm hard drives (checked out with HD Tach), I installed Server on the 24th it ran fine that day and that Friday, over the weekend I leave it on, and when I got in on Monday it was off. I turned it on and in about 2 hours it restarted. Experience told me, things like that don't just happen. So I ran through my list of benchmarks and diagnostics, and it still restarts, I scanned it for viruses with ClamWin, and it came up clean (of course, its only like 5 days old). I ran Everest Corporate Today and the temps checked out at 100F on the cpu. IMO that's a little hot for a server so I might try speedfan. Does it control fan speed? Everything else in everest checks out as normal, but It still restarts religiously on to the point where we know to stop all work and save before the server goes down. I'm afraid I could lose my job over this. Tomorrow morning I'm going to do a system restore to the day it was installed and hopefully that fixes it. If not, I'm replacing fans. I'm guessing since it started after upgrading to server which supports the 32 computers now instead of the 10 limit on XP, the server is getting bogged down and overheating. Any help would be greatly appreciated. EDITOR'S NOTE: I hope that's not 100 Celsius! If so, you're lucky it didn't melt into a pool of silicon. |
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