My computer crashes when i leave it on at night

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 16:44

Ive been have a problem with my new pc ive built and would like some help please. all the info is below hopefully. So i built my first computer and the only problem i have is the computer is it crashing when its left for long periods like say 3 hours at least in screen saver mode, so i ive disconnected my dvd rom from the mother board and my spare hard drive that runs of IDE, it runs fine with out them conected but when i put them back in it crashes the following night, it really only seems to crash when im asleep. it runs fine all day ideas ive tested the cpu on a test at 100 to see if it crashed and nothing

Mother board ASUS M2N68

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

System Type X86-based PC

amd athlon 64X2 Dual core processor 6000+

3.10 GHz

2 Gig of ram

Graphics card nvidia Geforce 9500 GT super/512 mb / 128 bit /DDR2

Hitachi HDP72505050GLA360 500 GIg HARD DRIVE SATA CONECTION

DVD burner light scribe LG SATA CONECTION

My power options are set to never so then it crashes on my desktop, my power supply is 400 watt and i think the make is i cute.

cpu temp 54c/125f

mb temp 38c/100f

fan auto mode start speed temp 25c

fan auto mode full speed temp 70c

cpu fan speed 4927 rpm

vcore voltage 1.488v
3.3v voltage 3.328v
5v voltage 4.966v
12v voltage 11.734v

fan auto start voltage 5.0 v

19-02-2009, 17:04

is it trying to get into sleep mode? when you say it crashes what does it do? BSOD? switches off? are there any signs of possible short powercuts?

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 17:10

well it crashes in sleep mode when left for a long time so i set it to never to come on and it still crashes, it just freezes on what its on and you cant do anything, but this only happens when my dvd rom is conected

budwieser · 19-02-2009, 17:11

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Originally Posted by danlivesey

well it crashes in sleep mode when left for a long time so i set it to never to come on and it still crashes, it just freezes on what its on and you cant do anything, but this only happens when my dvd rom is conected

Disconnect the Dvd rom, i`ve known failing optical drives to cause the pc to go tits up.

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 17:14

i did disconnect my dvd rom and it works fine with out it and doesn't crash and im on my 3rd new dvd rom drive also i have a 2nd hard drive which i connect with ide cable it also crashes the computer

19-02-2009, 17:19

faulty cable then?

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 17:21

Ive tried different cables but no luck still the same problem

19-02-2009, 17:24

is anything kicking off overnight like a scheduled AV scan? as you say its stays on all day and only goes off when unattended. ? I would say perhaps its a controller fault but that would effect it at different times

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 17:28

My AV is set to go off at 16 15 every day so its done before the night.

budwieser · 19-02-2009, 17:31

Do you connect the spare hard drive and the dvd rom together and put them back in or connect one and try it then the other?
I`m just thinking that the spare Hard drive could be failing.

Windows update does`nt download, install updates and then turn the PC off does it? Just a thought.

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 17:55

sorry i took so long my Internet went down, ive only just added the hard drive in the last few days and ive been having this problem for a while, i first had a ide dvd rom drive with no sata so i then got another dvd rom drive this time sata and still the same problem, then i got another drive and still the same and ive just added the hard drive and it crashes it same as the dvd rom drive. no about the windows update

19-02-2009, 18:26

check event viewer

danlivesey · 19-02-2009, 18:28

I already have can't find no fatal errors.

keyholder · 19-02-2009, 22:41

Go into the hardware properties and make sure ur HD is using DMA not pio, via the IDE ATA/ ATAPI Controllers.

If that is already set to DMA, Then try running your pc in safemode with all devices conected over night and see what happens.

Also set your bios to Default before doing this as windows could also be fighting with the Bios which is therefore making it crash. Doubtfull but worth a try

If it runs fine in safemode over night, then reboot as normal not into safemode and then leave it again over night but still @ bios defaults. Also make sure your power settings do not turn the hd's off after a certain time of being idle. Set them to max power settings.

keep us posted

Noggo · 19-02-2009, 22:50

As its happening when you are adding extra load to the power supply, I would suggest getting hold of HWMonitor (http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php) or similar. So you can look at how stable the voltages are coming out of the PSU. I think it's the 12V and 5V values you need to look at for CD-rom and HDD drives

Plus to me your CPU temp looks high @ 54Ã‚Â°C, shouldn't it be running @ around 40ish. Also the above will monitor temperatures
CPU specs: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD...000CZBOX).html (Max temp. 55 - 63Ã‚Â°C)

If you leave the HW Monitor running it will log Min / Max values and if your PC freezes you should be able to see what values you're getting, as long as you don't have a screensaver that is.