PC turns OFF by itself

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brysky

Discussion Starter · Nov 24, 2009

Hey all,
I have a WC setup so I don't think it is over heating, since speedfan says my cpu is -64C although my GPU is running a bit hot.

I fell asleep last night watching a movie I have already had on my pc for the better part of a year and watched many times, When I awoke I did my normal routine of turning the pc on so my girlfriend could use while I am at work since I have truecrypt on there with a 37 character password. I noticed it was off and just assumed she turned it off the night prior.

When turning the pc on I got to enter my password and it was getting ready to load windows and then a message popped up saying a windows file was corrupt and I idiotically hit a key to get to the BIOs to try to fix it and it instantly powered off the pc.

So i didn't have a chance at writing down the file path to see which file it was that is corrupt. I attempted to log to the pc after that and nothing happened, so i rushed off to work.

Went home for lunch and turned the pc on and like magic it booted up I thought i had won so went to gloat to my girlfriend and when walked into the room it was off, tried a few more times and it would get past the windows boot up and like after a few minutes just shut off.

I was thinking maybe it is a power flickering issue like a surge of some sort. Any help would be great on fixing this since I am having the worst luck with computers.

Thanks in advance

System Specs
CPU maker:amd
CPU:AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2
Motherboard:ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP
GPU maker:nvidia
Graphics Card:2x (IN SLI) EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB - 1 over heated so down to 1 working
Memory:CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive:2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 7200 RPM SATA
Power Supply:OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI
Display:3x 20 inch monitors
Case:SilverStone TJ07 slightly modded
Speakers:Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker
Headphones

LANTRONICS GameCom 367 Closed-ear 3.5mm
Keyboard:Logitech G15 Generation ONE
Operating System:Windows XP Home
Cooling
CPU

angerDen block for WC
Graphics Card (GPU)

angerDen block for WC x2
Case:to many
Other Information
WC has custom res from CyberDruid. a 3 bay waterfall.

~Bryan

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kilrbe3

· #2 · Nov 24, 2009

Skynet, its starting...

But nah lol, Sounds like windows is just corrupted and needs a windows repair. When you say dont boot, meaning, can't see BIOS screen? Or dont boot meaning it wont just load windows?

Faster_is_better

· #3 · Nov 24, 2009

Are you running those 2 hdd in RAID?

brysky

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 24, 2009

yes 2 Hard drives in Raid and it does boot just shortly after windows loads fully and ready to go it just shuts down

MR_Plow

· #5 · Nov 24, 2009

similar thing happened to me and it was the power supply...

Faster_is_better

· #6 · Nov 24, 2009

Could be hdd/raid failing, or you could try a windows repair like mentioned above. If its just a windows problem..

I don't know much about setting up or fixing a failing raid

brysky

Discussion Starter · #7 · Nov 24, 2009

was wondering if i am just getting some sort of surge and it is making it shut off.

guess when i get home i will try to run slax to see if it is a software or hardware problem

Armadi110

· #8 · Nov 24, 2009

its either the PSU or the HDD's, guarenteed, use a HDD health program to see what they are like, if they are good try running on just one 8800GTX to see if the lowered power demand helps the PSU

brysky

Discussion Starter · #9 · Nov 24, 2009

one of the 8800's fried a week ago so have been just running one and everything was fine until now, suggest any hdd health programs?

Faster_is_better

· #10 · Nov 24, 2009

MIGhunter

· #11 · Nov 24, 2009

Quote:

I have a WC setup so I don't think it is over heating, since speedfan says my cpu is -64C

Speedfan is wrong. There is no way you are -64C on a water cooled setup. Either you meant 64C, you live in a -65C degree climate or it's just plain wrong.

Check your CPU temps with something else. Also, what is your GPU @?

Then check:
PSU > Memory > HDD

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Drake.L

· #12 · Nov 24, 2009

I had the same problem as you, and my problem was defective RAM. So check that out too if you haven't.

brysky

Discussion Starter · #13 · Nov 24, 2009

ok thanks, well work is over will try to go home and figure this out...

brysky

Discussion Starter · #14 · Nov 24, 2009

might be ram to since i recently added 2 more sticks

MIGhunter

· #15 · Nov 24, 2009

Ya might be a bad stick. Also, like I said a few back, check your cpu temp cause it's not -64C. If you are idling at 64C, it might be thermal shutdown on load.

pablo420

· #16 · Nov 24, 2009

I'm 80% it's your memory.
Try using only 2GB or try different sticks at a lower frequency.

mcastaneda68

· #17 · Nov 25, 2009

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Originally Posted by MR_Plow

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similar thing happened to me and it was the power supply...

I agree, I had the same kind of failure and it was the PSU

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FragaGeddon

· #18 · Nov 25, 2009

I had my shut off like that, then I changed the CMOS battery.

Setzer

· #19 · Nov 25, 2009

You could also try and look for a loose connection (worth a shot)

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brysky

Discussion Starter · #20 · Nov 26, 2009

Well turned it on and ran slax to start deciding which piece of hardware is messed up and as soon as i took off the side i noticed i am not getting any water flow... guessing my pump is dead which is just great since i had to fix it recently for leaks since the sides cracked.

guess i need to take it apart and see if i can fix that and see if everything else works after that... hope i didn't over heat everything

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