Random Lockups

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aburgard

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Can a power supply cause random lockups? I just built a computer that seems to lock completely at random. I've ran burn-in for an hour with no lockups, then it'll lock twice in 10 minutes just surfing the net. The only component I can see a problem with is this cheap Rosewill powersupply that I had to use due to a mixup. Might that be my probme or is it more serious?

ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe
2 GB DDR2 533 MHz
Pentium D 830
 
Absolutely a failing PS can cause random issues on your system especially if it was crap to begin with.

Swap that POS out with something of a bit higher quality and I'll bet you don't have any more issues.
 
Agreed, and you could also check the voltages on the power supply rails to be sure if you had a volt meter. Even if the lockups are random you should still see something out of spec, you can even check all the rails under load by encoding a video, playing a game, etc...
 
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