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I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with these
MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send it
back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die like
that?
I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the setting
should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the bios
was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3 in
Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios, but
since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
the bios errors?
 
sgopus wrote:
> I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
> Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
> without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with these
> MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send it
> back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die like
> that?
> I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
> 2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the setting
> should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the bios
> was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3 in
> Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios, but
> since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
> assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
> the bios errors?

You could use a program like SpeedFan to monitor the temperatures while
the computer is running. This would allow you to watch the temperatures
as you do different things.
Another thing to look out for is air flow in the case. My previous case
had less than an inch of clearance between the CPU and power supply.
This caused my idle temperatures to be over 50C, this is with a 3.4 GHz
CPU. I could feel the heat being dumped into the power supply through
the side of the case. A different case with a couple of inches of
clearance dropped the temperatures by more than 10C.
 
On Dec 17, 2:42 pm, sgopus <sgo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
> Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
> without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with these
> MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send it
> back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die like
> that?
> I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
> 2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the setting
> should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the bios
> was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3 in
> Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios, but
> since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
> assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
> the bios errors?

Have you tested the power supply unit, independent of this failed
motherboard, to see that particular component is still working? More
and more (almost a sign of the times) of the failures I come across
have to do with dead and dying power supplies. The intermittently
failing units are my favorites.
 
The case I used has plenty of room for air circulation, and the supplied CPU
heat sink/fan (by touch) was never really warm, it also has a cone to direct
the heat to the outside of the case, I used artic ciramic(sic) thermal paste.
so I can't understand why there should be a heat issue.

"Michael W. Ryder" wrote:

> sgopus wrote:
> > I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
> > Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
> > without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with these
> > MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send it
> > back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die like
> > that?
> > I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
> > 2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the setting
> > should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the bios
> > was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3 in
> > Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios, but
> > since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
> > assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
> > the bios errors?
>
> You could use a program like SpeedFan to monitor the temperatures while
> the computer is running. This would allow you to watch the temperatures
> as you do different things.
> Another thing to look out for is air flow in the case. My previous case
> had less than an inch of clearance between the CPU and power supply.
> This caused my idle temperatures to be over 50C, this is with a 3.4 GHz
> CPU. I could feel the heat being dumped into the power supply through
> the side of the case. A different case with a couple of inches of
> clearance dropped the temperatures by more than 10C.
>
 
Hmmmm, no It's a brand new unit, so I never thought of testing it.

"Justin Brown - SYNACS" wrote:

> On Dec 17, 2:42 pm, sgopus <sgo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
> > Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
> > without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with these
> > MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send it
> > back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die like
> > that?
> > I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
> > 2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the setting
> > should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the bios
> > was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3 in
> > Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios, but
> > since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
> > assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
> > the bios errors?
>
> Have you tested the power supply unit, independent of this failed
> motherboard, to see that particular component is still working? More
> and more (almost a sign of the times) of the failures I come across
> have to do with dead and dying power supplies. The intermittently
> failing units are my favorites.
>
 
sgopus wrote:
> The case I used has plenty of room for air circulation, and the supplied CPU
> heat sink/fan (by touch) was never really warm, it also has a cone to direct
> the heat to the outside of the case, I used artic ciramic(sic) thermal paste.
> so I can't understand why there should be a heat issue.
>

You could have had a problem with the heat sink attachments working
loose so that even though everything appears to be working you are not
getting proper cooling. I hate the new push and twist connectors as you
don't have the same visual clues regarding proper installation.


> "Michael W. Ryder" wrote:
>
>> sgopus wrote:
>>> I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
>>> Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
>>> without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with these
>>> MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send it
>>> back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die like
>>> that?
>>> I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
>>> 2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the setting
>>> should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the bios
>>> was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3 in
>>> Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios, but
>>> since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
>>> assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
>>> the bios errors?
>> You could use a program like SpeedFan to monitor the temperatures while
>> the computer is running. This would allow you to watch the temperatures
>> as you do different things.
>> Another thing to look out for is air flow in the case. My previous case
>> had less than an inch of clearance between the CPU and power supply.
>> This caused my idle temperatures to be over 50C, this is with a 3.4 GHz
>> CPU. I could feel the heat being dumped into the power supply through
>> the side of the case. A different case with a couple of inches of
>> clearance dropped the temperatures by more than 10C.
>>
 
It's an electronic component, as is almost everything in a PC, any part can
pretty much die at any time without warning, you may have just received a
bad one.

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"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently built a new system using GIGABYTE ga-p35 XXXXX Motherboard from
> Newegg, using XP, I had the system up and running for three days and then
> without warning it died, I had read that others were having issues with
> these
> MB and cpu combination P4 single core 3.8G 775 socket, I was able to send
> it
> back and am waiting replacement, but I'm curious why would this just die
> like
> that?
> I've heard of various possible reasons ie bad memory sockets, I used 0 and
> 2, something wrong with the MB, any ideas? and what do you think the
> setting
> should be on the monitoring of the CPU temp? the lowest setting in the
> bios
> was above the recommended 38C in the cpu manual? and when playing Doom 3
> in
> Ultra mode (way cool resolution) I was getting some alarms from the bios,
> but
> since the bios had no way of recording what the problem was, I can only
> assume it was overheating, how can I set up some type of log so I can view
> the bios errors?
 
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