Server Help

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject:

OK, this is dumb. My computer is randomly powering off or restarting. I'm guessing it's the power supply, but I'm not even going to try to keep it on to run SSDT before I get a new one.
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wEaViL · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject:

I have that problem, but i think i've traced it down to a irq error becuase im running 2 different brands of ram.... if you've done any work on the computer like adding a new drive or whatever that could be the problem your having... I need to find someone that can fix mine that wont charge a arm n a leg lol

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

I really doubt mine's an IRQ error because this happens even in CMOS. The memory check works fine, and I only have one stick of RAM. How did you narrow yours down to an IRQ error?

I'm going to order another power supply anyway, because the one in this computer has problems, so I'll just replace it if the supply isn't the problem.

Solo Ace · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:

I had these problems with an overheating CPU, the core even started to melt in the end.
I think you should monitor your system's hardware carefully, a broken audio card (the PCI strip was damaged because of moisture) was the cause of my CPU overheating, eventually my botherboard and DVD-Rom drive gave up too.
And that was the first computer which was actually new when I got it.

D1st0rt · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

Is this like that leaky capacitor thing MGB posted a while back?
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wEaViL · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:31 am Post subject:

im not 100% sure thats the problem but i talked to a guy at the comp store and he said it sounded alot like a irq error, like they are fighting for the sameone then crashing.

Solo Ace · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:14 am Post subject:

Must be a great battle going on there.

wEaViL · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:15 am Post subject:

yeah. cpu over heat, bad ram, bad add-on card,........ I doubt mines a overheat problem becuase I have plenty of fans and the cpu fan is for a athlon 3200 + xp and im running it on a 1700+ xp... i think its a volcano 9.... the one with the power on lights and hd activity lights.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:05 pm Post subject:

I don't think anything's overheating. The motherboard temp is around 44°C and the CPU around 50°C, and while I was watching the temperatures stay there in the CMOS, it shut off. I also physically felt the metal cases to the other components, and none of them felt very hot.

And I really, really don't think a computer would shut itself off for an IRQ conflict. Anyway, I've made no hardware changes lately.

And it could be a leaky capacitor in the power supply, but I'm not going to fix that.

I'm really tired of parts wearing out in this computer... I guess that's what happens when you leave it on 24/7.

Solo Ace · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject:

Wtf, how long do you think my computers are on?
24/7, indeed.
Never had any issues like it shutting down or rebooting, just the OS forcing me to reboot sometimes.

wEaViL · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject:

are you sure your bio's aren't corupt? That's a possibility... i dont have to worry about that becuase of my built in crap on the mother board that back the bios up then if something happens it will delete the bad ones and reinput the backup's.

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The SSI server has been running over two years with a total of 2 reboots and it hasn't done anything funky or needed hardware.

Granted, now I jinxed myself.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject:

1st, that's a server. This is just a cheap computer I built myself.

weavil, I don't know what the heck you are talking about. Yes, it's a possibility that my BIOS is corrupt, but that would most likely have nothing to do with this problem, as the computer is booting fine.

Phyran · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject:

my old computer used to have that problem after an upgrade, turn out the motherboard got faulty after a few weeks

D1st0rt · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

Maybe all of the 0's and 1's suddenly switch to 3's and 7's. The computer becomes so confused that it shuts itself down.

wEaViL · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:40 pm Post subject:

LOL D1st0rt....

Cyan i know what your problem is..... its the same as mine... your computer hates you

*Edit* I was looking at the specs for my mainboard and this is what i was talking about; the bio's protection i have.

Bio's Mirror : Secondary backup BIOS in case of Primary BIOS failure due to flash BIOS problems or virus infection.

Watch dog timer : Watch Dog Timer feature which is used when the system hangs during the boot process. The Watch Dog Timer automatically resets misconfigured BIOS settings to the default values saving the user the trouble of having to manually hard jumper the default settings on the board. This feature comes in extremely useful during overclock configurations.