Random Computer Crashes

[jmet]

I had virtually the same problem, it turned out to be a faulty Power Supply. I upgraded to a 550 Watt Antec power supply, and poof problem fixed.

[Furiousg]

Well, I had ASSUMED that the unit should be clean, being brand new and that the temps were good. So I opened it up anyway to have a peak at teh CPU cooler and connections. There was more dust accumulated in the case than her 2 year old PC the first time I cleaned it . Going to give it a run again now that it is clean and report back again.

[LT. Columbo]

I had virtually the same problem, it turned out to be a faulty Power Supply. I upgraded to a 550 Watt Antec power supply, and poof problem fixed.

i've heard those (antec) are the "navy seals" of power supplies. what did it set you back if you don't mind my asking? isn't 550W an insane amount BTW?

[Chewy]

Jmet's going to probably move it to his server tower with the dual core amd64 and 8 dvd burners and 4 hard drives

[anonymez]

wow 550w is overkill. with antec, can't go wrong with a 3 year warranty

[LT. Columbo]

makes sense. i might be replacing mine too. this pc has restarted 3 times in the 6-8 weeks i've had it on it's own. can't be overheating as i've run heavy cpu hoggin stuff for hours on end. it restarted the last time with just an IE page minimized. no viruses show up, scanned for spyware ok. otherwise the pc runs beautiful. it's always on and it's been a week since the last re-boot. this is what prompted my surge protector thread. i think it might be that? i'm going to measure the supply voltage in the house here which should be 120 V.

[Mamamo]

Well, here goes, gonna play around and see if I crash or not. Wish me luck.

[Mamamo]

Well, so far everything is running perfectly. The game I was playing when I crashed twice yesterday, ran fine for the past couple of hours. I guess I have to expand my house cleaning to include the inside of my tower.
Thanks again for all your suggestions.

[jmet]

It was around $120 when I got it. The price has gone up. - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1138084390141

[LT. Columbo]

wow, ty jmet

an associate has offered to give me a new one (antec actually) and a new HD. i want to do it. it pays to solve a few cases on the side

[Mamamo]

Hello everyone, well since FG did a MAJOR clean of the inside of my tower, everything has gone perfect. We have been burning dvds and cds with Nero,playing our games, and everything else. Not one little problem since. Once again, thanks to all who offered suggestions to us.

[Chewy]

case solved, the dust bunny did it

[Furiousg]

I'm still embarassed I didn't think to look there earlier....but I guess the temps were all ok with the system scan..so yeah, thats why I didn't

[Mamamo]

@Chewy....yeah dust bunnies with big gravel trucks!

[photo_angel2004]

dust cat here, I always have to clean cat hair out of mine.