computer randomly turning off and wont boot

[aldave]

the computer just turns of after a random number of minutes and it wont even post after, the fans just spin, then stop, then spin, then stop.
could it be that im undervolting the cpu? its a e6750 at 3.2

edit: oh btw 1 gig stick of my ram died recently so i only have 1 gig left

[Exahertz]

If you were undervolting it i would imagin that it would only show its darkside when the cpu was under load. Do you get BSOD's? can you Prime at all? what are your temps?

[aldave]

oh, um not really bsods, my temps are hot but not that hot the cpu is at 40 idle and 8800 gts is at 53 idle, or could it be my power suppy dying? i have a antec neohe 550

[Exahertz]

yea i would tend to beleive that you may be maxing that ps out (if your ocing your cpu and gpu).

how much ram you got? and do you only have one HDD or a RAID set?

[aldave]

i have 1 gig of ram left cause 1 gig of it died ( i had 2x1 gig crucial ballistix pc8500). and i only have 1 hdd

[aldave]

any1 have any suggestions?

[Knight]

See if you can try a different PSU. Unplug what is not needed and it would be best to clear the CMOS. Remove the battery for a while as well. (Motherboard manual should contain the exact how-to)

Try to boot with the video card not hooked up to the motherboard or PSU.

[SerialSniper]

To rule out BSOD make sure:

Control Panel > System > System Properties window > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery section > Settings button > System failure section.

Uncheck "Automatically restart"

I have seen it happen before and it has been a driver problem, nvidia sound in my case.

but could be psu- or something shorting??

try unpluging extras such as fans, mouse, neons etc.

[aldave]

To rule out BSOD make sure:

Control Panel > System > System Properties window > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery section > Settings button > System failure section.

Uncheck "Automatically restart"

I have seen it happen before and it has been a driver problem, nvidia sound in my case.

but could be psu- or something shorting??

try unpluging extras such as fans, mouse, neons etc.

oh it was alredy unchecked, and my cd burner and soundcard recently short circuted and broke cause i was playing with them when teh computer was on. (ya, i was being stupid)

oh does intel c1e have anything to do with it? cause i left it enabled

[aldave]

See if you can try a different PSU. Unplug what is not needed and it would be best to clear the CMOS. Remove the battery for a while as well. (Motherboard manual should contain the exact how-to)

Try to boot with the video card not hooked up to the motherboard or PSU.

it will boot again after i unplug the power and wait a while but then if i leave it on for a while itll do its anooying turn off and fan thing

[aldave]

bump

[Exahertz]

upgrade bios???

[Exahertz]

^ nm, Scratch that
you dont want to be in the middle of an upgrade and have your system crash, might brick your motherboard. then you'll have a serious problem!

[aldave]

i found its only doing that when its idle for a while, so it might be something that automatically reduces voltages but then it makes it too low so it crashes?

[Exahertz]

i found its only doing that when its idle for a while, so it might be something that automatically reduces voltages but then it makes it too low so it crashes?

IDK if your board is like mine but could it be something with C1E or SpeedStep in your BIOS config under CPU settings? i think those throttle the CPU's freq. and voltage (but i think it does it in realtime (e.g. no long delay))

[aldave]

i disable c1e and eist but it still does it, it only does it when im idle for a long time tho