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Computer help

at my wits end..

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K so, My bro-in-law got his PC around the same time I did.. about 2 years ago..

Its an i7 940, 8 gigs of Ram.. MSI X58 Pro-E motherboard. Win 7 x64

It had some bad ram a while back that was causing it to blue screen, got new, fixed that, then same sort of issue with a video card, replaced that.

Been running fine for a while now, but then started just restarting every once in a while by itself.

Has gotten worse and worse, now i cant hardly get it to boot at all, if it does boot up its usually restarted itself within minutes but most the time it resets itself before it even starts booting.. goes back to the logo screen.

Ive checked the ram, checked the video card, with the ones from my own PC... still doing it.

The lights on the motherboard, fan etc dont even go off, its not shutting down so to speak, almost like someone is hitting the reset button.

Unlikely its a virus Ive ran numerous virus and spyware apps, clean as a whistle, is used only for music production - Offline.

any suggestions at this point would be appreciated..

Cheers.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hrrrumph. An hour? And you haven't finished a new skin yet?     

 

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

100 mins.... 8|

 

I think.. I've fixed it. :P

 

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 26
Hrrrumph. An hour? And you haven't finished a new skin yet?     
  

 

is used only for music production -

 

Sorry Doc. That box marches to a different drummer. B)

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Maybe it was just "out of tune."  :D

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

2.5 hours... still...on.

 

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Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Chances are it was nothing more than a loose/unseated connection which 'fixed itself' with you totally dismantling/reassembling.

Contacts can 'fret' loose through heat cycling....;)

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Did anyone mention a UPS or better yet a line conditioner? Power brown-outs and drops will do misery to a machine. You can check it quick by moving it to where the proper machine lives and see if it continues. Pity anyone who lives in London during the next few months, the power irregularities will be horrible.

I won't do without my line conditioner and it's reassuring "click" that indicates it is turning on. On one circuit the UPS often clicks as well, that circuit is a mess. I could tell stories of an entire 75 seat computer lab going wacko about three times a week, all because of power irregularities. Don't forget a real UPS - not a surge suppressor.

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting vStyler, reply 25
could also have been dust related.

Quoting vStyler, reply 27
I think.. I've fixed it.

 

glad your clean up fixed it....   :)

 

of course, in true v fashion..... he had to film himself cleaning it....   

 

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting vStyler, reply 25
Starting to look like it may have been CMOS battery...

If it was just the battery, the worst that would have happened was your BIOS settings would keep resetting to the defaults, unless it was so bad it was leaking.  It wouldn't cause your computer to restart like it was.  More likely it was dust + psu, and the battery was just complicating matters.

Glad it's up and running!

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks everyone for some great technical advice.

The PC has been on all night, so I'm thinking I'm good to go.

On a positive note, It got completely cleaned also.

Like a new PC now.

 

\o/ :sun: :thumbsup: