mgsmid Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Hello OCC, (I posted this before, but I cant seem to find my old post.)_ I have been trying to fix my brothers computer so he'll stop using mine. ha has an HP Pavilion a6000n Desktop PC (RX885AA) http://search.hp.com/query.html?charset=is...&oc=rx885aa It has been a good computer for a few years now up until about 6 months ago when it crashed and would no longer boot on. I told my dad to buy a copy of xp and I would re install the OS so he didn't have to buy a new computer (bad economy for the self employed). I found some compatible drivers on the web and this configuration work for about 2 more months until it crashed again. I told my brother not to watch adult movies on his computer and again reinstalled the OS. the computer keeps crashing into a blue screen or it will just turn off randomly. other members on this forum instructed me to check the HD and RAM. I ran EStool and the HD passed off with no errors I assumed the RAM and he had 512mb drr2 in dimm 0 1gb ddr2 in dim 1 and 512mb in dimm 3. I first removed all the RAM and put 512mb (call this one stick A for short) stick in dimm 0 and tried to boot the computer on. The computer did not boot, but the motherboard gave a series of long beeps. So i removed stick A and replaced it with the other 512mb stick (stick B), the computer booted on and I started mem test. about ten minutes later the computer turned itself off. I removed stick B and Put in the 1gb stick © and rebooted the computer ran mem test and it passed though mem test without any errors. Thinking I had solved the problem I took two working sticks of ram from my computer and put them in DIMM 0 (D) and 2 (E) again the computer would not boot, it just gave a series of long beeps I then put D in dimm 0 and E in dimm 1 and the computer booted, i didn't wait to run mem test, I just turned the computer back off and put stick C into dimm 2, Filling dimm 0-2 with 1gb sticks and booted the computer. The computer ran mem test for about 70% of the test and the computer again just powered down. what do you think I should do from here? Thank you for your time and please enjoy your day. Mychal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparman7896 Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Hello OCC, (I posted this before, but I cant seem to find my old post.)_ I have been trying to fix my brothers computer so he'll stop using mine. ha has an HP Pavilion a6000n Desktop PC (RX885AA) http://search.hp.com/query.html?charset=is...&oc=rx885aa It has been a good computer for a few years now up until about 6 months ago when it crashed and would no longer boot on. I told my dad to buy a copy of xp and I would re install the OS so he didn't have to buy a new computer (bad economy for the self employed). I found some compatible drivers on the web and this configuration work for about 2 more months until it crashed again. I told my brother not to watch adult movies on his computer and again reinstalled the OS. the computer keeps crashing into a blue screen or it will just turn off randomly. other members on this forum instructed me to check the HD and RAM. I ran EStool and the HD passed off with no errors I assumed the RAM and he had 512mb drr2 in dimm 0 1gb ddr2 in dim 1 and 512mb in dimm 3. I first removed all the RAM and put 512mb (call this one stick A for short) stick in dimm 0 and tried to boot the computer on. The computer did not boot, but the motherboard gave a series of long beeps. So i removed stick A and replaced it with the other 512mb stick (stick B), the computer booted on and I started mem test. about ten minutes later the computer turned itself off. I removed stick B and Put in the 1gb stick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsmid Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Sounds like the ram controller on the cpu is bad not 100% sure on that though I was thinking it might be a PSU problem or a MOBO problem. Any possible truth in that? I was gonna head up to frys and buy a new MOBO and PSU for testing purposes though I have no really technical knowlage at this level. (that way I can return whatever doesnt fix my problem) I had this feeling that a CPU was pretty much indestructible as long as i didnt physically brake it or run it to hot. thank you for your reply bty! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 So i removed stick A and replaced it with the other 512mb stick (stick B), the computer booted on and I started mem test. about ten minutes later the computer turned itself off. I removed stick B and Put in the 1gb stick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsmid Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 Did you put stick "B" back in? looks like it had a problem as well. no i left A and B out, stick C was an original from his computer that passed memtest that I put back in. Im starting to think its not the ram because the 3 sticks in the computer have been tested to be working (512mb A, 512mb B and 1gb C from his computer, 1gb D from my computer and 1gb E from my computer) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 no i left A and B out, stick C was an original from his computer that passed memtest that I put back in. Im starting to think its not the ram because the 3 sticks in the computer have been tested to be working (512mb A, 512mb B and 1gb C from his computer, 1gb D from my computer and 1gb E from my computer) ahh, must have breezed by that last part (had to go back and re-read it). I could be as moparman7896 suggests or maybe a heat problem. I would also suspect PSU. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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