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Posted by Lira on Jul-08-2006 02:28:

My computer's survival instinct

Now there's something I had never heard of.

I can't turn down my computer off anymore. Actually, I can but, if I do, it seems not to communicate with the monitor for a couple of hours, and I need to insist a lot (and play with the electric plugs) so I can use it again.

Now I have too keep it running 24/7, and pray there are no black-outs

Posted by prothoid on Jul-08-2006 02:32:

mines always on 24/7. im surprised none of my drive have crashed yet, they are all used prior to me getting them, and since ive gotten them, they are running 24/7. the oldest drive of mine is about 4 years old, its been running strong 24/7 the whole time.

edit: check the monitor cable, it may be going bad, or maybe your video card. you may want to try a different monitor or video card.

Posted by Lira on Jul-08-2006 02:35:

I believe it's the video card. Tried it with another monitor already and got the same results.

I'm thinking of buying a new card actually, and stop being such a cheap bastard

Posted by prothoid on Jul-08-2006 02:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
I believe it's the video card. Tried it with another monitor already and got the same results.

I'm thinking of buying a new card actually, and stop being such a cheap bastard

if you have an agp system, you may just want to rebuild your system around a pci-e motherboard. pci-e is the way the the fuuuuture, agp is just about dead now. i believe in a year or so, new agp cards will stop being made. the geforce 7 series has an agp card, but i have a feeling it isnt as good as it could be due to low bandwidth agp bus

Posted by kadomony on Jul-08-2006 02:40:

my comps pretty much on 24/7, just started having problems with it a couple days ago. first it lost the soundcard drivers, would completely freeze/restart at random times. it restarted spontaneously a few times today too...

Posted by prothoid on Jul-08-2006 02:50:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
my comps pretty much on 24/7, just started having problems with it a couple days ago. first it lost the soundcard drivers, would completely freeze/restart at random times. it restarted spontaneously a few times today too...

format time?

Posted by Orbital32 on Jul-08-2006 03:23:

last reboot/logout for me was about 5 weeks ago. my computer rocks w00t Pentium 3 comps!

Posted by wizniz on Jul-08-2006 03:42:

Posted by prothoid on Jul-08-2006 03:46:

quote:
Originally posted by wizniz
+1 im stuck w/ agp and just got a new gfx for bf2 oblivion and f.e.a.r.

if you want any good agp cards let me know

ive got a 6800 in my agp slot right now, ive got an fx5700le with 256mb ram waiting for someone to buy it, or for me to get around to ebaying it

Posted by wizniz on Jul-08-2006 03:56:

id recommend the ati radeon 1600
NO PROBLEMS w/ overheating and it truly is an underrated powerhorse

/testimonial

Posted by Aquarian on Jul-08-2006 04:01:

Mine's been on 24/7 for about 3-4 years. It's set to go on standby after 2 hours of inactivity.

Posted by prothoid on Jul-08-2006 04:09:

quote:
Originally posted by wizniz
id recommend the ati radeon 1600
NO PROBLEMS w/ overheating and it truly is an underrated powerhorse

/testimonial

never had problems with either of my nvidia cards, i had a radeon 7000 back in the day that gave me some driver troubles. i was able to overclock the shit out of both of my nvidia cards, with no heating problems. i got from 225/400 to 420/420 on my fx5700le. with the 6800 i got from 325/400 to around 500/775. none of the overclocks gave me any artifacts or heating problems. i <3 nvidia