Supadoopafly
Technical User
Hi everyone !
Right now where to begin. I have the most bizarre problem with my PC. First of all my PC spec is as follows :
Gigabyte K7 Triton Motherboard (7NNXP)
AMD Athlon 3200+ procesor
1 Gb DDR 3200 RAM ( 2 x 512 Mb Sticks )
Gainward 256 Mb 6800 GT Graphics Card (3 days old)
2 x 120GB Maxtor HDDs
160 GB Maxtor SATA HDD
Promise Ultra Card
Thermaltake Xaser V series case
Q-Tec 550W Dual Fan PSU
NEC RW-DVD Drive
Lite-on RW-CD Drive
Right now this is the problem. Ive had a number of problems with my PC in recents months and as such have done a complete overhaul of my PC. However earlier this summer once I had fitted all my new equipment into my new motherboard I thought I had my PC workin properly. However I played a movie on it and a blue screen came up saying there was a problem with some of my hardware or I didnt have the correct drivers and it was shutting my computer down after doing a memory dump. I re-installed windows XP pro and i thought that had fixed the poblem. However I played a movie and the pc just powered down for a split second and then it restarted itself but nothin came on the screen. No start-up no memory check the monitor was totally blank, but the PC still had power to it and was running. I assumed this meant that I had a dodgy graphics card, which seemed reasonable because it was probably the weakest link in my machine at the time. So i bought a new 6800 GT card for a lot of money. However I had the exact same problem. This time I was playing doom 3 and the computer powered down for a split second and then continued running but the screen remained blank.I messed around a little pulled out components and put things back in, and after a while it seemingly randomly started again. So this time I formated my drive and installed w2k. The motherboard drivers and the latest nvida graphics drivers. This time I started playing need for speed underground and the exact same thing happened. I have a 550W psu so it cant be lack of power. I have a new graphics card. My motherboard is new ( however i think one option is that its faulty ). The other thing I think it may be is that I have a problem with one of my HDDs. It seems whenever Im doing something intense ( so far each time its happened, somethig itenense and graphics related ) my PC just cant seem to cope. Ive had this re-curring problem for about 8 weeks and im completely stumped. I just cant think of a reasonable explanation and Ive thrown so much money at it now thats its just ridiculous that im still having problems. Some1 please help !
Right now where to begin. I have the most bizarre problem with my PC. First of all my PC spec is as follows :
Gigabyte K7 Triton Motherboard (7NNXP)
AMD Athlon 3200+ procesor
1 Gb DDR 3200 RAM ( 2 x 512 Mb Sticks )
Gainward 256 Mb 6800 GT Graphics Card (3 days old)
2 x 120GB Maxtor HDDs
160 GB Maxtor SATA HDD
Promise Ultra Card
Thermaltake Xaser V series case
Q-Tec 550W Dual Fan PSU
NEC RW-DVD Drive
Lite-on RW-CD Drive
Right now this is the problem. Ive had a number of problems with my PC in recents months and as such have done a complete overhaul of my PC. However earlier this summer once I had fitted all my new equipment into my new motherboard I thought I had my PC workin properly. However I played a movie on it and a blue screen came up saying there was a problem with some of my hardware or I didnt have the correct drivers and it was shutting my computer down after doing a memory dump. I re-installed windows XP pro and i thought that had fixed the poblem. However I played a movie and the pc just powered down for a split second and then it restarted itself but nothin came on the screen. No start-up no memory check the monitor was totally blank, but the PC still had power to it and was running. I assumed this meant that I had a dodgy graphics card, which seemed reasonable because it was probably the weakest link in my machine at the time. So i bought a new 6800 GT card for a lot of money. However I had the exact same problem. This time I was playing doom 3 and the computer powered down for a split second and then continued running but the screen remained blank.I messed around a little pulled out components and put things back in, and after a while it seemingly randomly started again. So this time I formated my drive and installed w2k. The motherboard drivers and the latest nvida graphics drivers. This time I started playing need for speed underground and the exact same thing happened. I have a 550W psu so it cant be lack of power. I have a new graphics card. My motherboard is new ( however i think one option is that its faulty ). The other thing I think it may be is that I have a problem with one of my HDDs. It seems whenever Im doing something intense ( so far each time its happened, somethig itenense and graphics related ) my PC just cant seem to cope. Ive had this re-curring problem for about 8 weeks and im completely stumped. I just cant think of a reasonable explanation and Ive thrown so much money at it now thats its just ridiculous that im still having problems. Some1 please help !
