Hello. Thanks in advance for any help...
My PC repeatedly freezes up and won't respond. If left on it will sometimes shut off completely. The message comes on the screen "Monitor Going to Sleep" but the power stays on.
The reset button doesn't work anymore. I have to hold in the power button until it powers down, then make several attempts to get it to boot back up. It seems to boot up easier and stay on longer when left off for longer periods of time.
Upon a successful restart I usually get a message saying "Overclocking Failed". It's rarer but it sometimes also says "Over temperature".
- All power settings are properly set.
- System is NOT overclocked.
- Tower is open, fans are running and I even have a house fan blowing on everything.
- CPU temp is 88.5 degrees C / 191 Degrees F.
- 12V voltage is 11.88 - Vcore voltage is 1.4v
- Sometimes it seems like it happens when tower is bumped (also happens when perfectly still).
I've tried a different graphics card and it still happens. Checked most connections. Inside is very dusty. I use AVG Free Anti-virus software. I don't know how to check anything else other than to take it all apart and clean everything, then see what happens. Whatever you guys suggest I'll need to hear it in layman's terms since I don't know much about computers. I don't even know if the temperatures are high or not.
I read about power supply issues but don't know if it applies since the power doesn't go completely off.
- Motherboard - ASUS P5P800
- Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHz
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Home
- Graphics - GeForce 795GT AGP 512MB / 256BIT / DDR3
- 1GB RAM
My PC repeatedly freezes up and won't respond. If left on it will sometimes shut off completely. The message comes on the screen "Monitor Going to Sleep" but the power stays on.
The reset button doesn't work anymore. I have to hold in the power button until it powers down, then make several attempts to get it to boot back up. It seems to boot up easier and stay on longer when left off for longer periods of time.
Upon a successful restart I usually get a message saying "Overclocking Failed". It's rarer but it sometimes also says "Over temperature".
- All power settings are properly set.
- System is NOT overclocked.
- Tower is open, fans are running and I even have a house fan blowing on everything.
- CPU temp is 88.5 degrees C / 191 Degrees F.
- 12V voltage is 11.88 - Vcore voltage is 1.4v
- Sometimes it seems like it happens when tower is bumped (also happens when perfectly still).
I've tried a different graphics card and it still happens. Checked most connections. Inside is very dusty. I use AVG Free Anti-virus software. I don't know how to check anything else other than to take it all apart and clean everything, then see what happens. Whatever you guys suggest I'll need to hear it in layman's terms since I don't know much about computers. I don't even know if the temperatures are high or not.
I read about power supply issues but don't know if it applies since the power doesn't go completely off.
- Motherboard - ASUS P5P800
- Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHz
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Home
- Graphics - GeForce 795GT AGP 512MB / 256BIT / DDR3
- 1GB RAM