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Offline SUSZANNAH

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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2005, 09:38:38 PM »
Hi guys....have installed Everest Home Edition as suggested by DavidR...it tell me my cpu temperatures and fan speeds, but how do I know what is the acceptable range?  ::)

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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2005, 10:21:27 PM »
Hi Suszannah I had the same problem a few months ago random reboots, no BSOD, no minidump files turned out it was my PSU on the way out.  Replaced it , no probs since.. 

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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2005, 10:53:26 PM »
You should be able to do a search for your CPU's specs (temperatures, etc.) at the manufacturers web site.

What is your CPU and what are the temperatures?
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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2005, 11:18:47 PM »
CPU  motherboard  31 degrees
         Aux                34 degrees
         WDC              34 degrees

Fans......CPU......1985 rpm

      chassis  ........993 rpm   

is this the information you wanted?......

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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2005, 11:24:13 PM »
The values sound OK.
Could be faulty RAM, short power failures, faulty (or weak) PSU... hard to say, I'm afraid.

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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2005, 11:27:06 PM »
thanks igor, it has been good for the last day , but to use Everest I need to know what ranges to look for...this is all new to me....so any advice is appreciated....... ;D

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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #21 on: May 02, 2005, 11:37:31 PM »
Generally those should be fine, it depends if they are at idle or under load (lots of processing).

It depends on what is what the Computer, Sensor gives a clearer display (for me anyway), as you can see mine are much higher than yours and I don't feel mine are excessive. So I think you can rule out CPU temperatures for the cut out, leaving RAM or PSU.

You can get software to load test RAM and see if it fails, if you have two or more sticks of RAM one could have a problem but providing that is not the one in bank 0 (the first one), errors could be very intermittent.

There is no real way to test a PSU without an electrical test bench/kit. PSUs are very fickle some lasting weeks others lasting years, it is quite possible that the PSU in your system is not a top of the range but a value one (keeps costs down for manufacturers). Mine cost me £75 by Antec.
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Re: PC turning itself off
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2005, 11:54:16 PM »
Thank you all, as long as my readings don't get excessively high I will not worry too much, just check from time to time.........any more problems will contact tech support as it's still under guarantee...... :)