Help :(

srigi001 · Post by **srigi001** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:39 pm

Hya ppl
ot myself a shiney new p-4 3.0 with an ASUS P5GDC Deluxe + 1 GB DDR and 2 80GB SATA and I gotta tell you that baby's F.A.S.T !
but alas nothing in life comes without a cost...my new baby freezes. That bad boy simply stops working whenever it feels like. It can be during a session, a DV burn or even doing nothig, I move the mouse...nothing, I click the keyboard...nothing, the screen just freezes.
I ruled out memory problems (ran 3 consecutive memtests and they came out ok), CPU heat (temp doesnt rise above 55 c) no viruses (no internet duh) and I'm absolutely bummed out.
Anyone know this problem?
Thanks

Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:36 pm

give a list of what card is on what IRQ?
list them ALL.

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:28 pm

Is 55C the average temp? That seems a bit high. I would probably pull the heatsink, clean it, and apply a thin coat of thermal compound and reattach.

srigi001 · Post by **srigi001** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:16 am

How do i list the IRQ's?
55 is the max temp, average is about 40.
10X

srigi001 · Post by **srigi001** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:40 am

oh got a new symptom...
everytime i insert an external hard drive vie usb my main screen changes color and starts acting up.
weird!
cheers

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:32 am

does the USB drive draw it's power from the USB bus ?
I just can't remember it, but a couple of month ago I (might have) read something about (electrical) flaws in USB implementatians on (some) modern mobos... very faint memory, tho.

regarding the temperature - the CPU will throttle down anyway if it starts to overheat (at least in my humble understanding), so it's not the absolute peak that's relevant in this context, but the difference between sourrounding air and the cooler.

It's that difference that makes the heat 'move away' from the CPU.
Don't underestimate a few degrees that the room temperature (!) changes.
Now that winter has started, room temperature dropped a bit, but both my fanless PSU and the CPU cooler reflect this effect much more intense than one would expect.
I guess it's at least a 1 to 5 ratio.

cheers, tom

srigi001 · Post by **srigi001** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:42 am

im not sure hoe to do the irq allocation stardust

you gat any patience for me?

srigi001 · Post by **srigi001** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:46 am

haye stardust
remembered that when i installed xp i couldnt install standard pc so i tried out acpi
changed it to standard and walla(!) problem's gone
thanks everyone

srigi001 · Post by **srigi001** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:19 pm

i dont understand the whole ACPI concept...i mean what exactly is the OS saving by outting all the cards on the same IRQ's
oh well...at least my baby's back

Post by **Guest** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:07 pm

Glad to know that U R back.