I thought I had posted but seeing as I cannot find it I am going to post using the guideline I found as a "sticky" on the upgrading your video post. BTW I am from America (Va) and my budget is whatever it will take to get this thing fixed. I spent ~$120 on the video card.
My specs will be posted below.
This fiasco all began when I noticed my computer rebooting itself at night after I had gone to bed. The error was related to a nv_4 found in the event viewer. After a few weeks the compter began to shut itself down while I was using it. I started to troubleshoot. I used a different monitor and cable and the video shut off for the last time. I had to switch to my onboard viseo to see anything. Everything works just fine using the onboard video as you can see from this post. I went out and bought a Nvidia 8600GT and upgraded my powersupply to what you see below. If the stars align (I don't have any rhyme or reason why this works) I sometimes get the new GT video board to work and it will for a few days without an issue. I can play Silent Hunter and America's Army and all is well. When the board fails it is usually on a morning when I get up and try to wake the computer up from hibernation. The computer doesn't even try to wake up. The monitor stays black. If I shut down the power and turn it back on the HD blinks once or twice and doesn't try to come up. To get the computer to come up I have to switch to onboard video. It appears to come up if I do that. I have had the video card working 2 times now only to fail a few days later. I sure could use some help. I have seen quite a few posts on this issue and it doesn't make sense. HELP!
Processor(s)
Number of processors 1
Number of cores 2 per processor
Number of threads 2 per processor
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Code Name Manchester
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Package Socket 939
Family/Model/Stepping F.B.1
Extended Family/Model F.2B
Brand ID 5
Core Stepping BH-E4
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2004.1 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 10.0 x 200.4 MHz
HT Link speed 1002.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
Instruction sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
L1 Data cache (per processor) 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache (per processor) 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache (per processor) 2 x 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge NVIDIA GeForce 6100 rev. A2
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 410/430 MCP rev. A2
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 200.4 MHz (CPU/10)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 3.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 11 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 2T
System
System Manufacturer Gateway
System Name GM5045E
System S/N
Mainboard Vendor
Mainboard Model C51MCP51
BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Version 6.00 PG
BIOS Date 02/10/2006
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Samsung
Module 2 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Goldenmars Technology
Module 3 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Samsung
Module 4 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Centon
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
My power supply has the following:
3.3v 28a
5v 42a
+12v1 20a
+12v2 20a (total 27a)
-12v 1a
-5v 0.8a
+5vsb 2.5a
PS450W (Supplier???)
1. Motherboard - Foxconn model listed above
2. Graphic interface - onboard 6100 used to have the 6200 turbo cache but that started to fail as I mentioned.
3. Memory - 4 sticks of 500mb to total 2G
4. CPU - Athlon
5. CPU Speed - 2GHz
6. Power Supply Make/Model -
7. Watt output/Amperage
My specs will be posted below.
This fiasco all began when I noticed my computer rebooting itself at night after I had gone to bed. The error was related to a nv_4 found in the event viewer. After a few weeks the compter began to shut itself down while I was using it. I started to troubleshoot. I used a different monitor and cable and the video shut off for the last time. I had to switch to my onboard viseo to see anything. Everything works just fine using the onboard video as you can see from this post. I went out and bought a Nvidia 8600GT and upgraded my powersupply to what you see below. If the stars align (I don't have any rhyme or reason why this works) I sometimes get the new GT video board to work and it will for a few days without an issue. I can play Silent Hunter and America's Army and all is well. When the board fails it is usually on a morning when I get up and try to wake the computer up from hibernation. The computer doesn't even try to wake up. The monitor stays black. If I shut down the power and turn it back on the HD blinks once or twice and doesn't try to come up. To get the computer to come up I have to switch to onboard video. It appears to come up if I do that. I have had the video card working 2 times now only to fail a few days later. I sure could use some help. I have seen quite a few posts on this issue and it doesn't make sense. HELP!
Processor(s)
Number of processors 1
Number of cores 2 per processor
Number of threads 2 per processor
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Code Name Manchester
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Package Socket 939
Family/Model/Stepping F.B.1
Extended Family/Model F.2B
Brand ID 5
Core Stepping BH-E4
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2004.1 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 10.0 x 200.4 MHz
HT Link speed 1002.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
Instruction sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
L1 Data cache (per processor) 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache (per processor) 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache (per processor) 2 x 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge NVIDIA GeForce 6100 rev. A2
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 410/430 MCP rev. A2
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 200.4 MHz (CPU/10)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 3.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 11 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 2T
System
System Manufacturer Gateway
System Name GM5045E
System S/N
Mainboard Vendor
Mainboard Model C51MCP51
BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Version 6.00 PG
BIOS Date 02/10/2006
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Samsung
Module 2 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Goldenmars Technology
Module 3 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Samsung
Module 4 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Centon
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
My power supply has the following:
3.3v 28a
5v 42a
+12v1 20a
+12v2 20a (total 27a)
-12v 1a
-5v 0.8a
+5vsb 2.5a
PS450W (Supplier???)
1. Motherboard - Foxconn model listed above
2. Graphic interface - onboard 6100 used to have the 6200 turbo cache but that started to fail as I mentioned.
3. Memory - 4 sticks of 500mb to total 2G
4. CPU - Athlon
5. CPU Speed - 2GHz
6. Power Supply Make/Model -
7. Watt output/Amperage
Your Athenatech Inc power supply may work but I consider it a "no name junk" supply. There are things like motherboard, CPU and add-on devices that can have a bearing on power supply loading. All these besides the video card...
