eNforcer Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Glad to see "diy-street" back up! My problem(s): Sometimes, randomly my computer will freeze, as in I still have picture on my monitor but nothing responds, sounds hault and I have to hard reset. This is my most common problem! or Sometimes it will randomly just reboot on it's own. AND sometimes I experience a strange "skipping" coming from the speakers and during this "skipping" everything else lags for about 1.4 seconds and it's over. This doesn't happen very often but when it does it's annoying.. like in a game or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Glad to see "diy-street" back up! My problem(s): Sometimes, randomly my computer will freeze, as in I still have picture on my monitor but nothing responds, sounds hault and I have to hard reset. This is my most common problem! or Sometimes it will randomly just reboot on it's own. AND sometimes I experience a strange "skipping" coming from the speakers and during this "skipping" everything else lags for about 1.4 seconds and it's over. This doesn't happen very often but when it does it's annoying.. like in a game or something. Could it possibly be the power supply? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eNforcer Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 What can I do to test the PSU? Because I have no idea if or how the PSU could be causing those problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Which PSU do you have? There's a good FAQ here listing units known to work well with DFI boards. Do you use Speedfan or MBM5? Both of these can cause problems with freezing or sudden shutdown if allowed to scan the SMBus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eNforcer Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 OCZ Modstream 520w I do not use speedfan or MBM, speedfan is installed but it's not ever running in the background. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 What can I do to test the PSU? Because I have no idea if or how the PSU could be causing those problems. I was going to suggest trying your system out with less things hooked up to the PSU; unless I'm mistaken, that PSU puts out 33A on the 12v rail (courtesy of OCZ's website), and putting your system on 33A is cutting it IMHO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Sorry, missed the PSU in your sig. Here's the FAQ link anyway: http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73137 You could try Smartguardian to check the voltages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_geekster Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Could it possibly be the power supply? I am with you, chubby. I would place my money on PSU. Especially, since it is modular. They tend to be a bit less reliable with DFI boards. He is using allot of watts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eNforcer Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Hmm I can't get smart guardian to read anything from the board. I tried the version off the disc that came with the motherboard and the one from the dfi site. From speed fan: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Sorry, missed the PSU in your sig. Here's the FAQ link anyway: http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73137 You could try Smartguardian to check the voltages. Don't rely on any programs to check your volts. Use a multimeter. And BTW, it's been long established that the OCZ 520W is an excellent PSU. My Corsair 620W Modular has been good to me, Geekster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eNforcer Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 I don't have access to a multimeter and not really that hardcore to start using one Anyways, about my current PSU next to the rest of my specs. Just right? Pushing it? (time to buy a new one?) I don't mind spending the extra cash if it will fix my problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_geekster Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Don't rely on any programs to check your volts. Use a multimeter. And BTW, it's been long established that the OCZ 520W is an excellent PSU. My Corsair 620W Modular has been good to me, Geekster I am not disputing the quality of OCZ's PSU's. I know that you may not remember, but I had a thread about the "cold boot" problem. My PSU was causing the problem and it was a OCZ Powerstream 520W. This is the reason for my post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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