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OVerheating? Bad RAM? How to tell?
Bucketman
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Ok so I'm sorry about constantly asking for help here, but I really have 0 clue whats going on.
So my GFs PC keeps restarting itself. First I thought it was the Motherboard, got it RMAed, then the Hard Drive went bad. Ok fine, got it replaced and I figured THAT was the problem.
Nope. I can sit here and surf the net all I want (I've been working on it now for about 3 hours), but the second I try to install a game. Restart.
I originally got to disk 4 of WoW, then a restart, now I can't get past disk 2. Oblivion, Diablo 2 and Starcraft all just cause a restart. And after over 2 months of fiddling, sending parts in, and not playing any games, i'm at wits ends.
I've monitored the CPU heat last time before the HD went bad, and even now it sits at an cool 30 degrees C. According to what I can find online, this is fine.
I don't think the RAM is bad, beacause why would Windows and my anti-virus/Spyware/I-tunes ect.. work fine?
Here are the system specs:
Mainboard: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8V-X SE Rev 1.xx
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (running at about 2.2 GHZ)
Vid card: Nvidia GeForce 6600
RAM: 512 Stick of no-brand (double Bank) DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200 MHz) - [DDR-400] (PC wizard says 2 rows 4 blank)
and a 256 Stick I had laying around of No-name brand (Single bank) DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200 MHz) - [DDR-400] (PC wizard says 1 rows 4 blanks)
Anything that stands out I should be concerned about? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
So my GFs PC keeps restarting itself. First I thought it was the Motherboard, got it RMAed, then the Hard Drive went bad. Ok fine, got it replaced and I figured THAT was the problem.
Nope. I can sit here and surf the net all I want (I've been working on it now for about 3 hours), but the second I try to install a game. Restart.
I originally got to disk 4 of WoW, then a restart, now I can't get past disk 2. Oblivion, Diablo 2 and Starcraft all just cause a restart. And after over 2 months of fiddling, sending parts in, and not playing any games, i'm at wits ends.
I've monitored the CPU heat last time before the HD went bad, and even now it sits at an cool 30 degrees C. According to what I can find online, this is fine.
I don't think the RAM is bad, beacause why would Windows and my anti-virus/Spyware/I-tunes ect.. work fine?
Here are the system specs:
Mainboard: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8V-X SE Rev 1.xx
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (running at about 2.2 GHZ)
Vid card: Nvidia GeForce 6600
RAM: 512 Stick of no-brand (double Bank) DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200 MHz) - [DDR-400] (PC wizard says 2 rows 4 blank)
and a 256 Stick I had laying around of No-name brand (Single bank) DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200 MHz) - [DDR-400] (PC wizard says 1 rows 4 blanks)
Anything that stands out I should be concerned about? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Also Oblivion just installed...but WoW, D2 and now I've tried Vampire the Masquerade-Bloodlines. and they still don't work.
If I can figure out how to run Memtest I'll try it, but is it possible that the CD/DvD combo drive is given up the ghost? I've never heard of them causing restarts though. But the DVD game worked fine...