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Adk Furniture
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 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: MSI-7060 MB problems |
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I have a generic computer w/the MSI-7060 mobo ver 1 installed, and it
shuts down suddenly. Doesn't matter what you are doing, it just goes
off. Pushing the start button doesn't work, you have to shut it down
with the main off switch, then turn that switch on, and press the
start button. Sometimes it will boot fine, other times when it boots
it shuts down suddenly, as before. It has already caused problems with
my hard drive - it probably took out some of the OS when it was
rebooting one time.
This system is only 1.5 years old - if this is a motherboard problem,
is there any way of getting it replaced by MSI? Or, am I s.o.l.?
Any help would be appreciated!
Pat
System details:
MSI-7060 Ver 1 mobo
Bus clock: 133 mhz
bios: Phoenix 6.00 PG
RAM: 1 G
Processor: 2.6 mhz Pentium 4
OS: Win 98
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Harry Syme
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: MSI-7060 MB problems |
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"Adk Furniture" <mishwahr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a generic computer w/the MSI-7060 mobo ver 1 installed, and it
shuts down suddenly. Doesn't matter what you are doing, it just goes
off. Pushing the start button doesn't work, you have to shut it down
with the main off switch, then turn that switch on, and press the
start button. Sometimes it will boot fine, other times when it boots
it shuts down suddenly, as before. It has already caused problems with
my hard drive - it probably took out some of the OS when it was
rebooting one time.
This system is only 1.5 years old - if this is a motherboard problem,
is there any way of getting it replaced by MSI? Or, am I s.o.l.?
Any help would be appreciated!
Pat
System details:
MSI-7060 Ver 1 mobo
Bus clock: 133 mhz
bios: Phoenix 6.00 PG
RAM: 1 G
Processor: 2.6 mhz Pentium 4
OS: Win 98
Display SiS 661FX
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Have you openbed the case to check that both the cpu fan and vga fan (if
there is one) are running ok?
If so then next you could run memtest86 on your ram...leave it for an hour
or two and if it shows no errors you can probably assume your ram is ok.
Have you scanned your system for spyware virus?
Is the display built into the mb or do you have a vga card installed? |
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Paul
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: Re: MSI-7060 MB problems |
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Adk Furniture wrote:
| Quote: | I have a generic computer w/the MSI-7060 mobo ver 1 installed, and it
shuts down suddenly. Doesn't matter what you are doing, it just goes
off. Pushing the start button doesn't work, you have to shut it down
with the main off switch, then turn that switch on, and press the
start button. Sometimes it will boot fine, other times when it boots
it shuts down suddenly, as before. It has already caused problems with
my hard drive - it probably took out some of the OS when it was
rebooting one time.
This system is only 1.5 years old - if this is a motherboard problem,
is there any way of getting it replaced by MSI? Or, am I s.o.l.?
Any help would be appreciated!
Pat
System details:
MSI-7060 Ver 1 mobo
Bus clock: 133 mhz
bios: Phoenix 6.00 PG
RAM: 1 G
Processor: 2.6 mhz Pentium 4
OS: Win 98
Display SiS 661FX
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I don't know anything about your board. But the symptoms you describe,
sound like the Vcore regulator on the motherboard is switching off. One
reason for that to happen, could be bad capacitors (metal cylinders with
a plastic sleeve on them). Check that there is no brown fluid or stains
around the base of the capacitors, and that the top of the capacitor
is flat. A bad one will start to bulge on top, if it is going bad. The
capacitors to check, are the ones near the processor socket (as that is
where the Vcore regulator circuit is located on motherboards).
An overheated processor can also turn off a computer. The processor
has a signal called THERMTRIP, which can be used on the motherboard,
to switch off the ATX PSU. Check that the CPU fan is working, not
clogged with dust, and that the heatsink is still being held firmly
in place. You can remove the heatsink, clean and apply fresh thermal
paste, to improve contact between the heatsink and the top of the CPU.
Only a thin layer of paste is required, and the paste is used to displace
the air gap.
So that is a couple possibilities,
Paul |
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