Crashing, Rebooting, and Instability


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64bit
       #1

    Crashing, Rebooting, and Instability


    Hello,
    Have n interesting problem here. I installed a new power supply about a week ago, and today when i go to start up my computer it goes from the ASUS intro straight to Windows Error recovery. So i did not do that the first time, and right after i hit enter on run windows it rebooted. and back to the windows error recovery i go. Went through did the recovery and it rebooted. I left it for a minute and it just keeps on repeating the cycle. I managed to launch windows once. completed a scan disk and memory diagnostics, and nothing. So i tried to play splinter cell conviction, and it starts to load that, then it reboots, entering the same cycle as it did before...and the worst part of my luck is that i originally turned my computer on to back it up, so much for that.

    Hope you can help.
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  2. Posts : 6,668
    Windows 7 x64
       #2

    I would unplug all the power supply cables and replug them making sure everything is seated properly.

    The repair loop, we have a tutorial for fixing that somewhere in the tutorials section but for some strange reason I can't find it right now.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks for the idea, but it didnt work, i'll check out the tutorials in the meantime.
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    could it be when the old one died a surge damaged the motherboard or cpu?
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  5. Posts : 6,668
    Windows 7 x64
       #5

    Steinberg said:
    could it be when the old one died a surge damaged the motherboard or cpu?
    Not very likely as most half decent psu's are designed to fail safe. It is a possibility. I would look closely at the motherboard for signs of damaged capacitors.

    Badcaps.net - How To Identify




    See how the top is being pushed up and out a little ? They should commonly be flat on the top. If the damage is severe there may even be some discoloration or a slight ozone like smell.
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  6. Posts : 272
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Full Retail SP1
       #6

    another possibility is that while you were installing the PSU, you may have marginalized some other connection. Try reseating RAM and maybe reseat all drive cables.
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thanks for the ideas. With the capacitors they are solid Japanese capacitors, if that means anything, but they had no bulging or discolouration. and reseating the drive cables did not work. still working my way through the tutorials.
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  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Just to let you know I found out the problem. It was the gpu. When the old psu went, i am guessing, that it caused it fried it. I put it through a 3d mark 06 test on my other computer and it overheated.
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