Problems with a Dell 4600...

[HydrogenElf]

Background: Ive been having problems with this comp mainly due to the fact that ive had a 9800 pro in it and the power supply(stock 250w) has been steadily dieing. Right before buying the new psu, the comp began locking up... and eventually wouldn't boot with the 9800 pro in, so i did a system restore in safemode and after, would boot again normally, I replaced the 9800 with a 5200. This worked fine until i recieved the new psu (425w pcp&c turbo cool).

After replacing the powersupply and 9800 pro... it ran great for about 2 hours, seeing as everything was getting sufficient power again... but when exiting CS:S it locked up again, i rebooted, was fine... another hour into use, locked up... and went back to not booting. Again i enterd safe mode and it was extremely slow (3 hours to do the restore again, and an hour to get to the desktop if i let it go that long.

when taking out the cpu, the lil cpu lock makes a clicking sound, and hesitates when taking the cpu out. I have replaced the thermal tape with paste in the past and it was fine then.


What its doing: extremely slow booting windows xp... pretty much unusable.

Specs: P4 2.4 non-ht 533mhz Northwood socket 478
crappy dell mobo
1gig of Corsair Value select
msi radeon 9800 pro(r360)
audigy 2zs
Samsung Cd burner
Sony 16x dvd drive

Let me know if i left anything out lol... Thank you in advance for any help i recieve.

 

[HydrogenElf]

well.... Im going to try overnighting a P4 2.8 Northwood tomorrow and see if that fixes the prob... if not im scrapping this pos.

 

[aeonrevolution]

Thats really weird... I have a Dimensins 4600i and a 9800 pro and haven't had any problems. I accidentally busted my old psu though - long story - trying to poke around inside though. I just bougth a new 430 watt one. For how cheap it was though the mobo isn't bad at all. I think the problem with Dell is they tend to make faulty parts more often than other companies.