andrew1626862300 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Hello, a few months ago I built a new computer with the specs below... CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4Ghz MOBO: Asus P5N-E SLI MEM: XXXXXXX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) VID CARD: MSI 8800GTS-T2D320E-HDOC GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ Nvidia stock freqs HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS DVD: Samsung DVD Burner SH-S183L PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX fully updated os and drivers (tried on both vista home premium 32bit and win xp pro sp2) ...and I have been getting random bsods at random times (sometimes right after startup and sometimes after running for days). I have pretty much ruled out the HD, cpu, memory, and overheating as problems, but through my emails to Asus tech support, they have said that with the setup I have, I need a power supply that can do 24A on the 12V rail. It looks like from the specs of the 520HX I have, it will only do 18A (or is that per connector?). I kinda feel like this is a bogus response from Asus since I have been able to play some intensive games for hours without problems and that would be when my computer would be drawing the most power. Anyway, could I be having problems from a lack of amperage on the 12V rail? Or could it maybe be another problem with my power supply? I have been making the rounds to each of the manufacturers of the parts in my PC for help to try to figure out this problem, so any help from the Corsair camp will be very much appreciated! Thanks. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 1, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 1, 2007 Our HX520W can provide up to 34 Amps on one rail so the PSU is not the problem. You might try and catch the stop error code and search for it at http://www.microsoft.com/technet and see if that can help you find the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1626862300 Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 the stop code is almost always different thats what has made this so hard to pinpoint at least i know now that it probably isnt the psu thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 the stop code is almost always different thats what has made this so hard to pinpoint at least i know now that it probably isnt the psu thanks If the stop code is very random then I would suspect some sort of memory related issue. This could be the CPU cache, the system memory, video card memory etc. In the past, when I have seen totally random failures, it has often been memory related. It could also be a case short. I would inspect closely around the I/O panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Could also be caused by by a failing/faulty SATA data cable or a faulty data cable connecter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1626862300 Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 ive run memtest86 overnight and it came back with 0 errors, ive run windows memory diagnostic (which also tested cpu cache) and it came back with 0 errors, and i ran MemTest and it came back with 0 errors ive run 2 instances of prime95 overnight, nvidias stability test thing, and a cpu burn in that was on the ultimate boot cd and all worked just fine ive run seagate's HD test utility that was on UBCD and it came back with 0 errors one thing i have noticed that is very annoying is that if i dont ground myself first, touching the front usb ports on my case with a usb drive or any usb connector will cause the computer to instantly turn off, and if its off, i can actually turn the computer on that way i have checked all the connections from the front io panel to the mobo and they are correct, but i dont know why this would be happening. could this one of the side effects of a case short that is also causing my random bsods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 3, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 3, 2007 You should have the out let you are using checked or try another power out let it sounds like there is a ground problem there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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