Hello all,
[CENTER][/CENTER]About 6 or 7 months ago after spending hundreds of dollars buying a new graphics card and RAM I could finally play oblivion. Everything was going ever so smoothly UNTIL after about 3 to 4 months of playing it. I started to see that when I played it for about a hour or more that my computer would reboot. I noticed after days to weeks went buy the reboots started occuring more frequently, as if something was wearing out. Today when I play it the computer will always reboot after a couple minutes of gameplay.
[CENTER][/CENTER]Ok so now that you got the whole story, heres what I've tested, my specs, and what I see to be the problem. First I checked to see if all the fans were running inside of the case. Secondly, I downloaded speedfan to check all of the heats for the Cpu and Gpu. It showed that my cpu was in fact overheating, peaking to 56C. To make sure it was the cpu temp I checked BIOS.
[CENTER][/CENTER]So I ran a small paint fan blowing into the case and poped in oblivion. It seemed to be running a little bit longer that usual, then BAM, the computer reboots yet again. Quickly I check BIOS for a temp reading and to my dismay the temp of the cpu was only 46C(not bad).
I have concluded that the problem points to the psu but I'm not 100% Could be the RAM but I highly doubt that, given its new and corsair makes it. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas feel free to share them so I can FINALLY debunk the problem and play oblivion in harmony.
Specs::
PSU: 250W HIPRO (old, came with the computer)
Graphics Card: Radian X800 GTO (about 6 months old)
RAM: 2 512 Corsair (about 5 months old)
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
Motherboard: First International (FIC)
[CENTER][/CENTER]About 6 or 7 months ago after spending hundreds of dollars buying a new graphics card and RAM I could finally play oblivion. Everything was going ever so smoothly UNTIL after about 3 to 4 months of playing it. I started to see that when I played it for about a hour or more that my computer would reboot. I noticed after days to weeks went buy the reboots started occuring more frequently, as if something was wearing out. Today when I play it the computer will always reboot after a couple minutes of gameplay.
[CENTER][/CENTER]Ok so now that you got the whole story, heres what I've tested, my specs, and what I see to be the problem. First I checked to see if all the fans were running inside of the case. Secondly, I downloaded speedfan to check all of the heats for the Cpu and Gpu. It showed that my cpu was in fact overheating, peaking to 56C. To make sure it was the cpu temp I checked BIOS.
[CENTER][/CENTER]So I ran a small paint fan blowing into the case and poped in oblivion. It seemed to be running a little bit longer that usual, then BAM, the computer reboots yet again. Quickly I check BIOS for a temp reading and to my dismay the temp of the cpu was only 46C(not bad).
I have concluded that the problem points to the psu but I'm not 100% Could be the RAM but I highly doubt that, given its new and corsair makes it. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas feel free to share them so I can FINALLY debunk the problem and play oblivion in harmony.
Specs::
PSU: 250W HIPRO (old, came with the computer)
Graphics Card: Radian X800 GTO (about 6 months old)
RAM: 2 512 Corsair (about 5 months old)
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
Motherboard: First International (FIC)