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This would mean a lot to me if people could tell me this, as it could be the cause of my entire PC problem. :D
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Oh, and what is a good temp for Ram/CPU to be running at?
Yeah, but wouldn't the pc normally take more than 45 seconds to overheat? And yes, there was some grey sticky stuff, whcih I think was thermal grease on the heatsink.
Turbonutter wrote:
> Sounds like either your CPU (most likely) or RAM is overheating. Can
> you touch your heatsink to see if it burns you?
Ha! Nice way to test, melt your hand to the PC...
> Sounds like either your CPU (most likely) or RAM is overheating. Can
> you touch your heatsink to see if it burns you?
Ha! Nice way to test, melt your hand to the PC...
Usually its a sign of overheating, One thing that most people tend to miss out on when building their own PC's is the application of thermal paste/grease.
Tell us, When you installed your CPU, did you put some thermal paste on the top?
Tell us, When you installed your CPU, did you put some thermal paste on the top?
Sounds like either your CPU (most likely) or RAM is overheating. Can you touch your heatsink to see if it burns you?
A program called HOT CPU Tester will help you with identifying the problem. Google.
A program called HOT CPU Tester will help you with identifying the problem. Google.
Download memtest86 and run it for about a full day - if you get any memory errors in that period, your RAM is bad.
http://www.memtest86.com/
You can download motherboard monitor which tells you how hot your CPU/northbridge are running, which will give you a clue as to whether your computer is overheating. Note that you can also just stick your hand in the case and feel the heatsinks attached to them - my heatsink is too hot too hold for more than a second or two, if your heatsink is as hot or hotter than this, then you probably have overheating problems.
You can also check the voltages running through your system by installing this software. So go do it!
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
You might also want to remove and reseat important components such as the videocard and memory. It may even help to unplug all nonessential devices from the computer during installation - even CDROM drives/soundcards etc can cause the sorts of problems you're describing.
Note that it probably isn't the CPU as you suspect - CPU's are so sensitive that they either work or they don't.
http://www.memtest86.com/
You can download motherboard monitor which tells you how hot your CPU/northbridge are running, which will give you a clue as to whether your computer is overheating. Note that you can also just stick your hand in the case and feel the heatsinks attached to them - my heatsink is too hot too hold for more than a second or two, if your heatsink is as hot or hotter than this, then you probably have overheating problems.
You can also check the voltages running through your system by installing this software. So go do it!
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
You might also want to remove and reseat important components such as the videocard and memory. It may even help to unplug all nonessential devices from the computer during installation - even CDROM drives/soundcards etc can cause the sorts of problems you're describing.
Note that it probably isn't the CPU as you suspect - CPU's are so sensitive that they either work or they don't.
Oh, and the HD was new and has a fresh install of Windows XP on it.
Sorry about the fragmented nature of my reply!
Sorry about the fragmented nature of my reply!
Oh, by the way, if this helps, its an ASUS Barebones Kit built PC, with an ASUS motherboard, a compatible P4 2.4 533fsb processor, 512mb of PC2700 333Mhz DDR ram and a ATA 133 120GB Samsung HD, with SIS graphics, AC '97 sound and a built in LAN adapter.
Cheers for any help.
Cheers for any help.
Well, AMD man, tghe symptoms are:
1. Constant Crashing, even in safe mode, often just as the computer just finished loading Windows
2. Resetting randomly (without Windows Blue screen error)
3. Drivers that came with the PC parts aren't resolving the errors
Basically thats it, although the Ram appears to work cos' I've currently got it temporarily running in the computer I'm writing this on, and it hasn't immediately crashed.
It even crashed several times during Windows XP setup.
Motherboard problems were my second thought on the problem, and overheating I don't know muich about, although the fan and stuff inside ARE running,and it'll even crash straight away, so there shoudln't be any time for it to overheat!
1. Constant Crashing, even in safe mode, often just as the computer just finished loading Windows
2. Resetting randomly (without Windows Blue screen error)
3. Drivers that came with the PC parts aren't resolving the errors
Basically thats it, although the Ram appears to work cos' I've currently got it temporarily running in the computer I'm writing this on, and it hasn't immediately crashed.
It even crashed several times during Windows XP setup.
Motherboard problems were my second thought on the problem, and overheating I don't know muich about, although the fan and stuff inside ARE running,and it'll even crash straight away, so there shoudln't be any time for it to overheat!
If it were the CPU, it wouldn't workfrom the start.
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