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elbarto

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So I am having a bit of an issue with my computer.
First off here are the specs:
Intel E6750
Asus P5K
2gb Corsair
ATI Radeon 3870 (512mb)
Thermaltake Toughpower 700w
3x SATA HDDs
TV Tuner

So lately depending on the game after only a few minutes (5ish) or sometimes more (30min) my whole computer turns off and restarts with no error messages. For example GTA SA will usualy let me play a bit longer (sometimes quite a while) before it shuts down but others like FEAR extraction point and Assassins Creed it will shut down after just a couple of minutes. At first I thought this might be a power supply or heating issue. but then I noticed in the event viewer that right before the computer dies and shuts down I get a message in the system tab from the 'Service Control Manager' stating:
"The USB-IDE Bridge service failed to start due to the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
I've noticed that this pops up everytime right before the computer shuts itself down.

I've check ASUS's website and I am running all the current drivers and I just updated the BIOS. Under the device manager everything seems to be updated and current.

Anyone have any ideas? Could this still be a PSU or heat issue?


Thanks in advance.

Edit: everything is at stock speeds.
 
run the benchmarks/stability tests mentioned in the faq, especially the cpu torture test under prime 95 and memtest. its bound to be a power or memory issue, thats generally what the restarting means. What are your rails?
 
In my experience whenever I email Asus about problems the essientialy ask if all my drivers and bios are updated and then tell me to RMA the board. I would like to see if it is something else before I end up doing that.

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I'll try running the test when I get home tonight and see if I can recreate the problem. The only thing about that though is why would I be getting the

"The USB-IDE Bridge service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it."
Error?

The PSU has 4 12v rails.
 
I would bet the gaming problem sounds definitely heat related. The other error I think is not relavent to the 1st problem but is a problem none the less....make sure you have all your chipset drivers installed from the OEM of the CHIPSET not the MB. A lot of cases the MB OEM drivers are NOT the latest and greatest.
 
Updated the OEM chipset drivers... still not working.
Ran Prime95 and a GPU stress test at the same time (90-100% CPU load and 99-100%GPU load) for over an hour and couldn't get it to crash. CPU sat around 105F max at 110F. GPU sat around 130-140ish with max at 149F. Motherboard got to a max of 114F. 3.3v, 5v, and 12v never dropped.

I would still get every single time the same error...


I'll run some hard drive tests next... I do have an older 36gb raptor that may be nearing the end of it's life but I don't think it would fail like this.

Edit: done a little google'ing of the error text and found that people have had issues with this error when they had a usb hard drive plugged in. The only USB devices I am using are a mouse and keyboard.
 
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