Computer Question: What is the problem?

[MacroGuru]

Alright, I have a brief dilemna, my desktop has been down for a while, partly due to the fact I travel for a living and it really hasn't been needed at home.

Well, I am home until Sept 5th, so I thought I would work on it.

Here is the issue(s)....

At boot up, it was giving me an alarm, and that indicated bad memory, I had to pair up my memory, so I dropped 2 GB's of memory into the machine....it booted up perfectly until it hit my windows login screen, then it just turned off. No alarms nothing....

My assumption is that it is my power supply.

That is basically it, can anyone help me troubleshoot this?

[gottimd]

Alright, I have a brief dilemna, my desktop has been down for a while, partly due to the fact I travel for a living and it really hasn't been needed at home.

Well, I am home until Sept 5th, so I thought I would work on it.

Here is the issue(s)....

At boot up, it was giving me an alarm, and that indicated bad memory, I had to pair up my memory, so I dropped 2 GB's of memory into the machine....it booted up perfectly until it hit my windows login screen, then it just turned off. No alarms nothing....

My assumption is that it is my power supply.

That is basically it, can anyone help me troubleshoot this?

If its your power supply, why not test it and hook up the battery and see if it works all the way through the log in? EDIT: Sorry desktop, just noticed.

I recently had this happen to my work laptop and it turned out that my HD crashed. I logged into windows, then nothing happened, but mine didn't shut down, it just hung up there.

[cartman]

You might also check in your BIOS to see if it reports the voltages being supplied by the power supply. I recently had some issues with my main system, and it turned out that the 5V circuit was only putting out 4.25V, causing the system to crash under load.

[MacroGuru]

You might also check in your BIOS to see if it reports the voltages being supplied by the power supply. I recently had some issues with my main system, and it turned out that the 5V circuit was only putting out 4.25V, causing the system to crash under load.

Thanks to Cartman, I think I might have found the culprit....

Powersupply levels are a little off...

VCore is 1.53 V
3.3V is running at 3.23
5V is running at 5.08
12V is running at 11.84

I think It has to deal a little with the power supply however, I just noticed the core temp of my CPU....and it was listed as running quite hot, like melt down hot.

95 C / 204 F

My fan is running on it, as is my cooling unit...

I am wondering if my CPU just took a dump on me now....

I just might order a new machine altogether now. I have built this one from the ground floor up, and he has been constantly upgraded over the years. It has the name Frankenstein....

[cartman]

Those voltages look ok, the normal accepted variance is +/- 10%. But that temp is pretty high for the CPU. I'd imagine it is overheating, and causing the shutdowns.