A8V Deluxe shutting down

[ldg]

I build a couple of computers a year. but in this case, I'm replacing
a motherboard that died and simply transferring parts to the new one.
(The old one died due to a bad flash. msi Neo 2 platinum)

This is the first time I've had a computer that simply shuts down
after a few minutes.

I'm thinking it's acting as though the cpu is overheating and it's
shutting down on thermal overload. I can briefly get into the bios
and look at the cpu temp before it goes away. It gets up to 66F and
then shuts down. (very cool for cpu thermal shut down)

I'm using one of the large 120mm Zalman heat sinks. On the old board,
this same cpu and heatsink produced cpu temps at about 39C. I've
cleaned and replaced the heatsink a couple of times now (arctic silver
II) and though it could still be the heatsink I guess, it's becoming
harder to believe. On the other hand, it stays on longer after it
sits a while (and the cpu/chipset, etc has a chance to cool). So it
sure seems like a temperature problem. Either that or the old
motherboard killed the cpu?

I have corsair memory in it (xms low latency). The little led's flash
and carry on. Somehow it's hard to blame $300 memory for this, but
I'm open to suggestion. There are 2-512meg matched sticks.

The supply is 400 watts ($150). The video card is a PNY Quadro 700
agp which seems to be working. There are no other cards. There are 2
disk drives, a dvd drive, and a floppy.

Any ideas? suggestions?

Regards,
Larry

[Midnight]

I'm disappointed in this newsgroup. I pointed this guy here, with the
belief that he could get some helps, but he has had many more responses in
another news group. Not even one person has responded here, pretty sad.

Daniel

Post by ldg
I build a couple of computers a year. but in this case, I'm replacing
a motherboard that died and simply transferring parts to the new one.
(The old one died due to a bad flash. msi Neo 2 platinum)
This is the first time I've had a computer that simply shuts down
after a few minutes.
I'm thinking it's acting as though the cpu is overheating and it's
shutting down on thermal overload. I can briefly get into the bios
and look at the cpu temp before it goes away. It gets up to 66F and
then shuts down. (very cool for cpu thermal shut down)
I'm using one of the large 120mm Zalman heat sinks. On the old board,
this same cpu and heatsink produced cpu temps at about 39C. I've
cleaned and replaced the heatsink a couple of times now (arctic silver
II) and though it could still be the heatsink I guess, it's becoming
harder to believe. On the other hand, it stays on longer after it
sits a while (and the cpu/chipset, etc has a chance to cool). So it
sure seems like a temperature problem. Either that or the old
motherboard killed the cpu?
I have corsair memory in it (xms low latency). The little led's flash
and carry on. Somehow it's hard to blame $300 memory for this, but
I'm open to suggestion. There are 2-512meg matched sticks.
The supply is 400 watts ($150). The video card is a PNY Quadro 700
agp which seems to be working. There are no other cards. There are 2
disk drives, a dvd drive, and a floppy.
Any ideas? suggestions?
Regards,
Larry

[Nonymous]

It's because there is practically nobody here. You can't expect anybody to
respond if there isn't anybody here.

Post by Midnight
I'm disappointed in this newsgroup. I pointed this guy here, with the
belief that he could get some helps, but he has had many more responses in
another news group. Not even one person has responded here, pretty sad.
Daniel

Post by ldg
I build a couple of computers a year. but in this case, I'm replacing
a motherboard that died and simply transferring parts to the new one.
(The old one died due to a bad flash. msi Neo 2 platinum)
This is the first time I've had a computer that simply shuts down
after a few minutes.
I'm thinking it's acting as though the cpu is overheating and it's
shutting down on thermal overload. I can briefly get into the bios
and look at the cpu temp before it goes away. It gets up to 66F and
then shuts down. (very cool for cpu thermal shut down)
I'm using one of the large 120mm Zalman heat sinks. On the old board,
this same cpu and heatsink produced cpu temps at about 39C. I've
cleaned and replaced the heatsink a couple of times now (arctic silver
II) and though it could still be the heatsink I guess, it's becoming
harder to believe. On the other hand, it stays on longer after it
sits a while (and the cpu/chipset, etc has a chance to cool). So it
sure seems like a temperature problem. Either that or the old
motherboard killed the cpu?
I have corsair memory in it (xms low latency). The little led's flash
and carry on. Somehow it's hard to blame $300 memory for this, but
I'm open to suggestion. There are 2-512meg matched sticks.
The supply is 400 watts ($150). The video card is a PNY Quadro 700
agp which seems to be working. There are no other cards. There are 2
disk drives, a dvd drive, and a floppy.
Any ideas? suggestions?
Regards,
Larry

[Midnight]

good point

Post by Nonymous
It's because there is practically nobody here. You can't expect anybody
to respond if there isn't anybody here.

Post by Midnight
I'm disappointed in this newsgroup. I pointed this guy here, with the
belief that he could get some helps, but he has had many more responses
in another news group. Not even one person has responded here, pretty
sad.
Daniel

Post by ldg
I build a couple of computers a year. but in this case, I'm replacing
a motherboard that died and simply transferring parts to the new one.
(The old one died due to a bad flash. msi Neo 2 platinum)
This is the first time I've had a computer that simply shuts down
after a few minutes.
I'm thinking it's acting as though the cpu is overheating and it's
shutting down on thermal overload. I can briefly get into the bios
and look at the cpu temp before it goes away. It gets up to 66F and
then shuts down. (very cool for cpu thermal shut down)
I'm using one of the large 120mm Zalman heat sinks. On the old board,
this same cpu and heatsink produced cpu temps at about 39C. I've
cleaned and replaced the heatsink a couple of times now (arctic silver
II) and though it could still be the heatsink I guess, it's becoming
harder to believe. On the other hand, it stays on longer after it
sits a while (and the cpu/chipset, etc has a chance to cool). So it
sure seems like a temperature problem. Either that or the old
motherboard killed the cpu?
I have corsair memory in it (xms low latency). The little led's flash
and carry on. Somehow it's hard to blame $300 memory for this, but
I'm open to suggestion. There are 2-512meg matched sticks.
The supply is 400 watts ($150). The video card is a PNY Quadro 700
agp which seems to be working. There are no other cards. There are 2
disk drives, a dvd drive, and a floppy.
Any ideas? suggestions?
Regards,
Larry

[b***@yahoo.com]

i had a similar experience but it was resolved through upgrading the
powersupply. could be the powersupply is dying...could have damaged
your old board plus giving you fits with this new setup. the
intermittent nature of powersupply failrues is difficult to detect
sometimes... i'd suggest trying your setup in a borrowed case from a
friend if possible.

as for 'old one died due to bad flash'... you saying your bios flash
failed? if so why?