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| Thread ID: 73106 | 2006-10-07 08:55:00 | PC restarting | jazz_99 (10524) | Press F1 |
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| 489856 | 2006-10-07 21:30:00 | I originally thought it was the power supply because I hadn't upgraded that but I've got a new 430W from a 300W. When you say case temp do you mean M/B temp or something else? what make/model powersupply? yes, M/B temp please. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 489857 | 2006-10-08 09:40:00 | Ok, thanks everyone for all the replies . I've removed both sticks of ram made sure they were dust free as well as the ram slots, swapped them over and it still happens . I tried each chip on their own and in each slot, still freezes . The strange thing is one does it more than the other . I didn't have a floppy disk handy so I haven't done the mem test yet, will do tomorrow . My power supply is a High Power by Sirtec 430W, if that helps and I think the amps running on the 12V rail is about 14 not entirely sure though . |
jazz_99 (10524) | ||
| 489858 | 2006-10-08 09:41:00 | M/B temp ranges from late 20s to mid 30s | jazz_99 (10524) | ||
| 489859 | 2006-10-08 09:43:00 | you can burn the memtest iso to a cd & boot from that. Be aware memtest takes many hours. |
mmmork (6822) | ||
| 489860 | 2006-10-08 09:46:00 | Yeah I downloaded the .iso from the memtest page but the test is in german, lol. And I think there was only one iso file to download. | jazz_99 (10524) | ||
| 489861 | 2006-10-08 09:53:00 | The one I used: memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) | mmmork (6822) | ||
| 489862 | 2006-10-08 10:16:00 | Ok I downloaded memtest86 and created a bootable CD. It boots up and goes into DR-DOS what are the commands to run the test from there? I've ran an executable called WWBMU.exe but it's all in german. | jazz_99 (10524) | ||
| 489863 | 2006-10-08 10:37:00 | hmmm, this may be a clue to the more clued up . For me, once booted using the memtest cd it immediatly started the test . That's kinda the point with memtest - it does NOT need an operating system, it should start between the POST (power on self test) and Windows starting . Why dos came up I haven't a clue . I'm thinking some weird Dell mojo is on the hard drive . Some kind of low level format & start again might be in order . |
mmmork (6822) | ||
| 489864 | 2006-10-08 11:13:00 | Ok I downloaded memtest86 and created a bootable CD. It boots up and goes into DR-DOS what are the commands to run the test from there? I've ran an executable called WWBMU.exe but it's all in german. I think you used Nero and to quote "I now realise that I should have selected "Burn image to disc", instead of "Make bootable CD". So although I did have a bootable CD, it was one with the iso image stored on it as a file, not a copied image." |
gibler (49) | ||
| 489865 | 2006-10-09 06:48:00 | Will Memtest86 finish by itself or will I have to stop it manually? How long does it take? | jazz_99 (10524) | ||
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