Recent content by phathead

I have been trying to troubleshoot a power problem on my desktop for the last several weeks. Essentially, I'm losing power at random times. Sometimes it'll run for 10 minutes, other times it won't run 10 seconds. Occasionally, the power will become intermittent, kind of like a car trying to...

I'm almost positive that it is not power issues from the house. I hooked it up to the same outlet that runs my plasma, PS3, etc at the same time with no problems. I have replaced the HD, RAM, disconnected non-essentials (like DVD-ROM, media reader, etc) and the problem still occurs. Then...

Here's what I've scrounged together so far PSU: NZXT PP-800 800w SLI ready Proc: Intel Core Duo E8500 @ 3.16 ghz Mobo: ??? Haven't found that yet Ram: 4 GB DDR2 PC6400 Ram, no other info than that Vid: evga GeForce 8800GT 1G HD: WD 500GB 3.0GB/s 16MB Cache Clean install of Win7...

Yea... that's what I thought. Kinda difficult considering the doc that lists all the specs is on the computer that won't boot up. I'll scrounge around and see if I can find them.

About a month ago my desktop began randomly shutting off. It didn't appear to be load based or heat based, but I discovered a wire had somehow pulled out of the connectors to one of the fans. The bare wire, I theorized, must have been hitting the frame and causing a short. I nipped the wire...