Bad ram???

10-24-2003, 07:47 PM

you've probably seen my post before...the one that noone managed to answer...but anyway, my pc keeps on restarting when im playing games and could my ram have gone bad?

CJMello63 · 10-24-2003, 07:58 PM

Heat?

10-24-2003, 08:25 PM

restarting i usually a heating problem.

Did you build the system yourself. Your heatsink may be not seated or maybe the thermal compound has dried up if its and older system. But if it will run in windows fine but when you play games after a while it restarts thats probally a heating problem.

System Specs
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
ASUS A7N8X-X
1024mb DDR PC2700
Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 128mb
SBLive! 5.1
60gig Maxtor UATA133
2 10gig Western Digital HD(Raid)
Sony 24x/16x/32x
MSI DVD-Rom 16x
Windows 2000 sp4

10-24-2003, 09:47 PM

Nope i didnt make it up myself, i bought it a couple of months back

intel pentium 4
256mb ram
radeon 7500
60gig hardrive
windows xp

how would i fix a heating problem?? is it gonna be expensive : (

10-24-2003, 11:02 PM

nope not at all first you might want to try running your system untill it restart and then touching the heatsink itself with you fingers but becarefull they can get very hot. If you touch it and it is really hot then chances are that the problem. Because intel's run relitively cooler than amd's but if its hot try removing it. Which will make it easier to remove too. See what the factory used (heatpad; thermal compound). Carefully remove whatever they used apply a thin layer of something like Artic Silver 3 or someother kind of thermal grease (dont use generic). Should cost you like $6 from somewhere like www.frozencpu.com (where i buy all my stuff

) anyways. After applying a very thin layer of thermal grease gently place the heatsink back on the cpu as flat and possible and clip the clips back on. Also if your heatsinf doesnt have a fan on it i know some dells only have on in the back of the case i would try buying a little fan to screw on the heatsink that will make a world of differnece. Hope i could help and more question just post here.

System Specs
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
ASUS A7N8X-X
1024mb DDR PC2700
Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 128mb
SBLive! 5.1
60gig Maxtor UATA133
2 10gig Western Digital HD(Raid)
Sony 24x/16x/32x
MSI DVD-Rom 16x
Windows 2000 sp4

10-24-2003, 07:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	Bad ram??? you've probably seen my post before...the one that noone managed to answer...but anyway, my pc keeps on restarting when im playing games and could my ram have gone bad?

10-24-2003, 07:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
CJMello63 Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Raynham, MA Posts: 3,803	Heat? __________________

10-24-2003, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	Nope Nope i didnt make it up myself, i bought it a couple of months back intel pentium 4 256mb ram radeon 7500 60gig hardrive windows xp how would i fix a heating problem?? is it gonna be expensive : (

10-24-2003, 08:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	restarting i usually a heating problem. Did you build the system yourself. Your heatsink may be not seated or maybe the thermal compound has dried up if its and older system. But if it will run in windows fine but when you play games after a while it restarts thats probally a heating problem. System Specs AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ASUS A7N8X-X 1024mb DDR PC2700 Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 128mb SBLive! 5.1 60gig Maxtor UATA133 2 10gig Western Digital HD(Raid) Sony 24x/16x/32x MSI DVD-Rom 16x Windows 2000 sp4

10-24-2003, 11:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	nope not at all first you might want to try running your system untill it restart and then touching the heatsink itself with you fingers but becarefull they can get very hot. If you touch it and it is really hot then chances are that the problem. Because intel's run relitively cooler than amd's but if its hot try removing it. Which will make it easier to remove too. See what the factory used (heatpad; thermal compound). Carefully remove whatever they used apply a thin layer of something like Artic Silver 3 or someother kind of thermal grease (dont use generic). Should cost you like $6 from somewhere like www.frozencpu.com (where i buy all my stuff ) anyways. After applying a very thin layer of thermal grease gently place the heatsink back on the cpu as flat and possible and clip the clips back on. Also if your heatsinf doesnt have a fan on it i know some dells only have on in the back of the case i would try buying a little fan to screw on the heatsink that will make a world of differnece. Hope i could help and more question just post here. System Specs AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ASUS A7N8X-X 1024mb DDR PC2700 Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 128mb SBLive! 5.1 60gig Maxtor UATA133 2 10gig Western Digital HD(Raid) Sony 24x/16x/32x MSI DVD-Rom 16x Windows 2000 sp4