[Sarge_137]

Hey,
My friend has just recently got a new computer with the following specs:


Manufacturer:
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Processor:
Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory:
3070MB RAM
Hard Drive:
250 GB SATA
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Monitor:
LG Flatron W2261VP Full HD
Sound Card:
Realtek HD Audio output
Speakers/Headphones:
Speakers (dah)
Keyboard:
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse:
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Mouse Surface:
Table
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2C
Computer Case:
Achilles
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whenever he tries to play a game. it sometimes works and sometimes his pc
randomly restarts.
Does anyone have any ideas?
My friend is itching to try out new computer.
Also his CPU and GPU at idle are both +50 degrees celsius.
Apparently this happens at home but when he took it to pc shop it worked fine
(however he has tried it much more at home and only twice at pc shop, could just be luck?)

anyone know whats wrong?

Thanks

Sarge_137

This post has been edited by Sarge_137: 23 November 2009 - 05:50 AM

[Gorian]

sounds a bit hot... my desktop is usually running low 40 Celsius, and it is older, and air cooled.... have you looked at the cooling setup? I had that problem with my desktop before, and I was not cooling my CPU right, it wouldn't make it past booting the OS...

[PsychoCoder]

Sounds like he's overheating (I just went through the same thing with an MSI NVIDIA GTS 250). Tell him to make sure the fan(s) on the video card are running at 100% (Riva Tuner can help with this)

[Gorian]

lol. Yeah, I just read your thread on that. I had the same problem with overheating. I had built my system myself, and turns out the problem was that my fan in the back of my case was blowing in instead of out. turned it around to blow out, and it made a big difference.

[Sarge_137]

hey, thanks for all the support.
The GPU was faulty, one of the cables providing power to the GPU is stuffed. he is getting a replacement but atm he is running on-board

Anyways, thanks a lot

[Gorian]

Yep Yep. 'tis why we love DIC.