Motherboard problems?

[radge]

Hello, I have a PC with Windows 7 32 bits and it is composed of an ASUS P5QL/EPU motherboard with an Intel Pentium D micro at 3.0 Ghz and it restarts every "x" time, I would say it's the fan but I'm not sure.

I have installed a program called Open Hardware monitor and the Tº of the motherboard is constantly marked at 31º and the MICRO's is marked between 44-47º at rest and when I give it some strain it goes up to 50º or 52º.
And the graphics card a Radeon HD 2600 is constantly at 58º it doesn't move from there.

Do you think it could be or what should I look at? What should I check?

Thanks,

[Nemo]

The truth is, resets can be due to anything.

To begin with, you have to rule out hardware problems:
Does it beep when starting up? (check if the motherboard speaker is connected).
Run a test on the hard drive to see its status, with CrystalDisk Info for example.
Is the graphics card clean and has good temperatures?
What power supply do you have? etc..

Then, software problems, these are more complex, because a simple incompatibility between two programs can already create failures and conflicts.
Update all the drivers of the components or even reinstall them again.
The most advisable thing is to reinstall everything to have a clean computer, but of course it's a pain…

Best regards

[radge]

Thanks for your response, I'll reply in bold.

@Nemo:

The truth is, reboots can be due to anything.

To begin with, we must rule out hardware problems:
Does it beep when starting up? (check if the motherboard speaker is connected).
No, when it restarts it makes a "beep" like when it starts up and continues loading Windows.

Run a test on the hard drive to see its status, with CrystalDisk Info for example.
Attached is a graph

Is the graphics card clean and has good temperatures?
Yes, it's an Ati HD 2600 and when I turned on the PC it was at 58º and after 4 hours on it's now at 60º, what temperature should the graphics card be at?

What power supply do you have? etc...
The PC only has a motherboard, a DVD reader and the power supply I think is a generic 230W I think... of the normal 40€ ones

Then, software problems, these are more complex, because a simple incompatibility between two programs can already create failures and conflicts.
Update all the drivers of the components or even reinstall them again.
The most advisable is to reinstall everything to have a clean team, but of course it's a pain...
Windows 7 has been clean for 2 weeks, I installed Windows 7 with Office 2007 and updated the drivers with Drivers Genius Profesional, so I rule out Windows (besides with the Windows XP I had it also did it, in fact I formatted it and put Win7 thinking it would be that).
Regards

[Nemo]

You say that you already did it with Windows XP, that almost rules out the software.
Any particular situation before each restart? It restarts when you are playing, when it has been on for a long time, with many programs open…
Understand that you must give clues...;D;D
Carefully examine the board for any bulging capacitors, check the BIOS for RAM voltages and latencies and confirm it with CPU-Z.

Best regards

[radge]

Well it's my dad's PC and no, he doesn't play games, he just uses it to look at the internet and do the odd "word" and "excel".
Right now I've been messing around with it for about 4 hours and it hasn't restarted. Also I just did a memtest and it's 100% ok, 0 errors so it doesn't seem to be ram.
Thanks,

[Sylver]

I think that generic power supply might be failing…
It would be advisable for you to measure the voltage it delivers on each line with a multimeter.

Best regards

[radge]

@Sylver:

I think that generic power supply might be failing…
It would be advisable that you measure the voltage it delivers on each line with a multimeter.

Regards

Hi, a multimeter is what we commonly call a "tester". I don't have one, but I suppose I could get one at work. Then, what is the point of origin and destination? From the tips of the power supply that comes from the power supply itself to where?

Thanks,

[Nemo]

Although it wouldn't be a bad idea to check the power supply voltages, I don't know if it would shed light on the problem, if the power supply gives voltage peaks or drops.
The ideal thing would be for you to try a few days with another power supply and do tests using the PC intensively.
Regards.

[Sylver]

@Nemo:

Although it wouldn't be a bad idea to check the power supply voltages, I'm not sure if it would shed any light on the problem, if the power supply has voltage spikes or drops.
The ideal thing would be for you to try a few days with another power supply and run tests using the PC intensively.
Best regards.

+1

And the multimeter is used by placing the ends on the cables that supply the current of each line, depending on the colors they have, but for example in a generic power supply the normal thing is one on the black cable and the other on any of the other cables that accompany it (red, white...) the one that gives you the value closest to that of the line is the correct one (+12V, +5V...)

Regards

[incrediboy]

with a tester you would probably have the voltages that the power supply normally gives, but even so it could have peaks very occasionally. as they have told you, the best thing is that you try with another power supply, the generic ones usually give quite a few problems