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4/27/05 at 9:54am
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Hi, anyone got any ideas?

Often when i boot my computer, usualy the first time in the day or whatever, after 10-20-30minutes of use it will act a little bit funny.

First of all, when i right click the desktop, the menu will only half appear..sort of semi transparent. Then a few seconds later, everything freezes, and i get a long beep until i restart.

Then everything seems fine again? :S

Im thinking it could be a powersupply issue...im pushing it a little bit with 380w and my set up i feel, but does anyone have any other ideas? What could the long beep mean? I also think it could be dodgy ram.

ill give more details if needs be, i just thought i'd post in case anyone had some ideas.

Reps to folk who can give me some helpful info, of course.
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post #2 of 13
4/27/05 at 9:57am
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Sorry, forgot to say, temps are fine, too
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post #3 of 13
4/27/05 at 9:58am
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Hi, anyone got any ideas?

Often when i boot my computer, usualy the first time in the day or whatever, after 10-20-30minutes of use it will act a little bit funny.

First of all, when i right click the desktop, the menu will only half appear..sort of semi transparent. Then a few seconds later, everything freezes, and i get a long beep until i restart.

Then everything seems fine again? :S

Im thinking it could be a powersupply issue...im pushing it a little bit with 380w and my set up i feel, but does anyone have any other ideas? What could the long beep mean? I also think it could be dodgy ram.

ill give more details if needs be, i just thought i'd post in case anyone had some ideas.

Reps to folk who can give me some helpful info, of course.
It could be the PSU as it is recommended to have at least 450 watts of power with a 6800.
A long beep... I think that means there is a RAM error.
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I would definatly up the power supply with that kind of video card...
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post #5 of 13
4/27/05 at 10:06am
I think it's ram... also try virus scans and that... but i think it's the ram. you could try fiddling with timings/speeds.
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4/27/05 at 10:08am
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Originally Posted by Jacks Smirking Revenge
I think it's ram... also try virus scans and that... but i think it's the ram. you could try fiddling with timings/speeds.
Run memtest to see if the RAM is the problem.
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4/27/05 at 10:08am
yeah it sounds like a cheap and chearful PSU upgrade is required, there only cheap man, anywhere is good to get a PSU from, www.dabs.com is good.

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post #8 of 13
4/27/05 at 10:14am
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yeah it sounds like a cheap and chearful PSU upgrade is required, there only cheap man, anywhere is good to get a PSU from, www.dabs.com is good.

Andy

Dabs is overpriced. try here ...failing that ebay
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post #9 of 13
4/27/05 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by Jacks Smirking Revenge
Dabs is overpriced. try here ...failing that ebay
ooooooo compiling a list are we

Very cheap places:
www.ebuyer.com
www.scan.co.uk
www.overclockers.co.uk
www.overclock.co.uk
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post #10 of 13
4/27/05 at 10:24am
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Im thinking its more likley to be ram, im gunna upgrade it very soon to OCZ and see if the problem goes away..it ran for several months with this PSU though so i dont realllly think thats the problem, though i will upgrade if the problem persists even after the new ram.

Thanks for the advice though people, keep it coming if you have any other ideas!
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