danjkerry

Oh yeh the memory tests pass perfectly well, its just the FPU and the second power supply one, it turns out that the first power supply test passes. I think I may have solved(or at least its solved itself) the problem. I havent had any restarts for a few dyas now, I dont know what it was that fixed it, seein as i tried so many things. But I can assume it was one of your tips that did it, so thanks very much to everyone who helped, i might be back soon though!

Are you certain that youve set up your BIOS to the correct bus speed and multiplier, because I know mine shows up as somthing rubbish whenever i have BIOS problems. Are you using CPUid?

I suppose I should appreciate the irony of what just happened. Thanks for the direct link to S&M, downloaded it, ran it, it failed the CPU(FPU) and power supply tests. Meanwhile i had MBM doing my max/mins for me, was about to report them back to you when my computer resets! And now it hasnt saved my log. So anyway, i'll try again!

Cant find the manufanu's recommendation, the corsair website is down, however after setting my cpu voltage to 1.65, im getting in MBM: Core 0 - 1.62V Core 1 - 1.49V Surely thats a step in the wrong direction.

Achtung! Ive been wearing a blonde wig for a while now! Very very sorry, I was wondering why people kept having a go at my PSU not being up to it, when I checked my sig I realised that Id put in the data for my old PSU like the best part of a year ago, and hadnt updated it! My PSU is 430W. Really sorry! On another note, I trucked up one of the voltage settings and started to fail the POST, and after clearing the CMOS and loading optimised defaults, MBM is saying: Core 0 - 1.74V Core 1 - 1.49V (surely I only have one core?!) And it continues as before. Note that all voltages are set to their default "Automatic status". Thanks very much, and sorry!

Darien - Sorry I havent got an NF4! Blame the hormones in tap water! I'll try other avenues first, but a powerstream is looking more and more likely to be bought, so thanks for the recommendation. I only have one gfx card, but I'll consider a trip to maplins for a £20 job, see if that helps. Loggan26 - I tend not to OC, and I cant see anything out of touch in the BIOS screen. Also, I havent flashed my BIOS for the best part of 18months, so i doubt that'll be it. Hardware hasnt changed except the installation of one 80mm fan, but ive tried unplugging that to no avail.I will however have another thorough look, and will have a try at a reinstall of windows. Many thanks to you both, and I'll report back as soon as I can!

Well after a cavalcade of errors, involing two thumb screws going missing in my case, I managed to return from under my desk, covered in dust, safe in the knowledge that both plugs, 12 and 4 pin, are attached to my mobo. So in answer to your question, yes!

Darien - Sorry, forgive me if ive missed something, but I cant work out who you are refering to when you say "you", because as far as I was aware my PSU was above par for my system, and havent read of or written any experience of notting getting into windows. Possible wrong end of stick on my half!

Well that S&M is all greek(russian) to me! Could you give the the direct link to the download please? I havent touched my southbridge, i'll check when I power off for BIOS numbers. Sometimes the the computer hangs a little, when trying to do major tasks, but not normally. I dont get any error messages at all on the whole. Sadly I dont have, nor do I kno how to use a multimeter, and ive just ended term at school so i cant rob one! If you give me a minute to reboot I'll give you the BIOS numbers, but in MBM im getting: Idle: Core 0 - 1.17V Core 1 - 1.47V +3.3 - 3.14V +12.00 - 11.67V -12.00 - -12.03V -5.00 - 0.49V And temps: Idle: Case 28C CPU Socket 35C CPU Diode 37C Thanks very much for your help up untill now, and will be back asap! edit: ok here are the BIOS numbers! System Temperature: 28C CPU Temperarture: 37C +3.3 - 3.10V +5 - 4.75V +12 - 11.67V -12 - 12.03V VBAT(V) - 3.12V(?!) 5VSB - 4.80V(?!) I also had a quick feel around, everything was disappointingly cool! PSU, NB, SB, CPU sink, HDDs, RAM were all fine!

Hello, Recently my computer keeps resetting itself without a BSOD, even if automatic restart is turned off. This has lead me to presume it is a PSU problem or at least a power supply problem. Ive checked my hard drives using chkdsk, used memtest86+, various PCmarks etc to see if it was another component causing the problems, but I passed all of these. One thing of note is that MBM tells me that my -5voltage is at +0.43 volts. Is this alarming to anyone? Temperatures never rise above mid 40's. Resetting occurs in the middle of 3D games, when clicking random links on websites, if i move my mouse over turn off on the shut down screen(?!), and sometimes just from mouse movements. It doesnt happen if the computer is left on unused, ie if im downloading something. Basically, what I want to ask is, is there anything you can recommend to me to further test my system components for errors, are there any things I could do to fix the problem, and do I need a new PSU? System details should be in my sig. Thanks very much for even reading this!