kopy Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hello, last week I afforded myself a new system. Unluckily it runs quiet bad and freezes very often. As I first booted with the TX650W installed it got very hot (!!!). I have't botherd about it because I thought its normal "it gots 650W - it needs to be hot". Three days later, without any hard- or software changes. It runs way cooler and system crashes occur not that often (but still do). It still smells a bit strange in my TX650W. I wonder if thats normal... I hope you guys can help me. I really need a working system to finish my job application. Regards kopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 13, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 13, 2008 I would suggest that you run http://www.memtest.org on the system and make sure you are not getting any errors. Let us know your results and we can go from there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 ok thanks - I'll try to find a floppy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 13, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 13, 2008 You can also burn it to a CD: Step: 1. Go to http://www.memtest.org and click on the "Download (Pre-built & ISOs)" link near the top of the page. This will take you further down the page to the download section. 2. The most common way to run Memtest is to burn it to a CD/DVD and boot the system from the disc, so you will want to click on the "Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)" link. Make sure you are downloading the most up to date version of Memtest; the most current version will normally be listed first underneath a header with red text. 3. Once you have downloaded the .zip file you will need to extract the file inside. The easiest way to do this is to simply double-click the file you just downloaded, and then drag the file that you find inside to your desktop. The file you downloaded and the file you extract have very similar names, so try to make sure you know which is which. Once you have extracted the file that you need, please delete the .zip file which you originally downloaded, so you do not get the 2 files confused. If you do not know which file is which, then you can right click each file and select "Properties" to view its file size. the file you are going to use will be larger than the .zip file, so you can delete the smaller file.. 4. So now you have your .iso file and you are ready to make your Memtest disc. You will need to have some CD/DVD burning software installed such as Nero or Roxio, although there are many others which will work fine as well. You can not burn this correctly using the built in Windows burning utility. The easiest way to properly burn the disc is to right click the .iso file, select the "open with" option and then locate and select the CD/DVD burning software that you are going to use. When opening the file this way all proper settings should be automatically set, so just make sure you have a blank disc in your drive and click "Burn." If you have trouble burning the disc this way then you will need to open your CD/DVD burning program and find the option that says "Burn Image to Disk", or "Burn Backup from .ISO file." Once you have selected the correct way to burn the disc, locate the Memtest .iso file on your desktop and either drag it into your programs burn window, or locate it using the built in browser in your program, and then click “Burn.” 5. Once you have successfully burned your Memtest disc, its time to run it. You will need to make sure that your BIOS has been setup to boot from your CD/DVD rom before your Hard Disk. Once you reboot your system you may need to "Hit any key to boot from CD/DVD" so keep your eyes peeled and hit a key when it requests it. 6. If everything was done right, then you should see a blue screen with a lot of numbers and progress bars. At the top right you will see a "Pass %" and a "Test %." The Pass % tells you how far you are from making one complete pass through Memtest. The Test % tells you how far you are from completing the current test. There are 8 different tests, and once you make a full pass, Memtest will automatically loop back to the first test and start over. If you see the Pass % is over 100% then you have already made a full pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Hello again, I finished the Memtest with the following results: Walltime: 36min Cached: 4094 RsvdMem: 84 MemMap: e820-Std Cache: On Ecc: Off Test: Std Pass: 1 Errors: 0 Ecc Error: Regards kopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2008 Looks like memtest came up clear, the only other possibility would be that you are having some kind of software/driver conflict. You may want to boot up into safe mode and see if you can get the system to crash, if the system still crashes then lets replace the PSU. If the system is stable in safe mode, then there may be a software issue. You can use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace it. Be sure to check the box that says “I've already spoken to Technical Support and/or RAM Guy.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Other question: Under which conditions would a PSU get extremely hot? (btw. thanks so far ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2008 The PSU will normally get hot if your system does not have sufficient air flow within the case. If you think you have decent enough cooling, then I would test the PSU outside of the case and see if it still gets as hot. If the PSU is still getting too hot even out side of the case, then we could try replacing the unit for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 It is still very cool. As I sayd - It was just very hot at the first day. I wonder if wrong hardware settings can cause such heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2008 Voltage settings are really the main settings which will increase the overall heat that the individual components will be giving off. If the system is cool in its current configuration, then I wouldn't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Ok, I hope the PSU is still fine and the heat has not damaged it. May I ask you another question regarding my RAM. I got the TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF G and I run them at 1008 MHz, 5 5 5 15 2T, 2.2V with 420MHz FSB - is that ok? Thanks again for your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2008 That should be fine, I just would not go above 2.2 volts for the memory. Also, the PSU itself can withstand quite a bit of heat, if you had a heat related issue, you would likely have a problem with the chipset on the motherboard, or the CPU before the system was hot enough to harm the PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Good to hear that my RAM config is ok. The board, cpu, gpu (...) had never been to hot. Only the PSU itself produced that immense heat. But if you say thats no problem - I'll trust you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2008 Good to hear that my RAM config is ok. The board, cpu, gpu (...) had never been to hot. Only the PSU itself produced that immense heat. But if you say thats no problem - I'll trust you. If for some reason you do have a problem at some point we would be happy to replace the unit for you, so there is nothing to worry about ;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Ok, thank you Sir RAM GUY :) Regards kopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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