PC Constantly Crashing, Ram/PSU Related?

pobri19 · 07-19-2008, 02:00 AM

Hi guys, every time I run my PC it randomly crashes after a while, maybe a few hours or so. Once it's shutdown and I boot it back up it keeps happening a lot more, in shorter periods of time, I.e it may crash after say 3 hours of running, then when I reboot it'll crash again, and again, and again in a 5 minute time frame or so.

I'm thinking this may be a overheating issue? Because I can't see why leaving it sit for a while reduces the time in which it takes it to crash if it is a different hardware problem. Or could it be a PSU or RAM problem? I'm not sure... I checked eventvwr and it has no recordings of errors or anything, so I have no idea.

If you need any info to help diagnose the problem let me know, thanks!

EDIT: And by the way, there's no BSOD or any error messages prior to crashing, it just randomly happens.

SPECS: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 1gig DDR ram, 300gig HDD, 460W PSU, not sure about the rest.

dai · 07-19-2008, 07:02 AM

what does your bios list the tempretures and voltages as

**linderman** · 07-19-2008, 09:36 AM

what is the make and model of your power supply????

07-19-2008, 02:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
pobri19 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13 OS: XP	PC Constantly Crashing, Ram/PSU Related? Hi guys, every time I run my PC it randomly crashes after a while, maybe a few hours or so. Once it's shutdown and I boot it back up it keeps happening a lot more, in shorter periods of time, I.e it may crash after say 3 hours of running, then when I reboot it'll crash again, and again, and again in a 5 minute time frame or so. I'm thinking this may be a overheating issue? Because I can't see why leaving it sit for a while reduces the time in which it takes it to crash if it is a different hardware problem. Or could it be a PSU or RAM problem? I'm not sure... I checked eventvwr and it has no recordings of errors or anything, so I have no idea. If you need any info to help diagnose the problem let me know, thanks! EDIT: And by the way, there's no BSOD or any error messages prior to crashing, it just randomly happens. SPECS: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 1gig DDR ram, 300gig HDD, 460W PSU, not sure about the rest. Last edited by pobri19 : 07-19-2008 at 02:06 AM.

07-19-2008, 07:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 42,243 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: PC Constantly Crashing, Ram/PSU Related? what does your bios list the tempretures and voltages as __________________

07-19-2008, 09:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 14,099 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: PC Constantly Crashing, Ram/PSU Related? what is the make and model of your power supply???? __________________ If you cant be polite and friendly; then please be silent.