[SOLVED] Let's work this one out together - Noobs and Old Timers

[SAG]

Ugh....a home built cloner
Biostar motherboard...double UGH.
ick..I hate saying it..."BIO-STAR" motherboard? O
..ugh....BIO-STAR motherboard though.

Go on, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel about Bio Star!

 

[Beatus]

First Priority Back The Machine Up:
- Remove the HDD slave it to another machine
- Smart short Test it
- If all good, back it up with an image.
- If not good, do a datagrab from D7.
- Then whilst slaved check the bluescreens.

I ALWAYS backup machines, too many times Ive seen bad HDD's go downhill very quickly and if I hadnt have backed it up, it makes my life a lot harder.

 

[Lewis]

I do however enjoy reading Larry Sabo's post... LOL

 

[Lewis]

First Priority Back The Machine Up:
- Remove the HDD slave it to another machine
- Smart short Test it
- If all good, back it up with an image.
- If not good, do a datagrab from D7.
- Then whilst slaved check the bluescreens.

I ALWAYS backup machines, too many times Ive seen bad HDD's go downhill very quickly and if I hadnt have backed it up, it makes my life a lot harder.

Backing up a machine is smart but it involves time and I tend to charge for it. 50 USD so this is something I offer as I take the machine in. I am guessing here but if its pirated he wont be paying me for a backup.

 

[NYJimbo]

Oh and here is another reason to hate me: I will not work on water cooled gaming machines.

If a customer calls about a tower I ask them what brand/make, if the clue me into it being a gaming machine I will ask them if its water cooled. If they say yes I flat out tell them we do not do any hardware work on water cooled machines. I tell them there is a $25 diag fee, but if we determine its a hardware issue other than ram or hard drive we will not work on it, just give them the diag. I am very happy to push away water cooled gaming machines.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

I'm doubting there's an exact 90 minutes between the reboots...I think that's just an estimate of a broad time period, so I'm not focusing on that.

You're probably right but to not take a minute to check would be unwise.

 

[SlobaBgd]

1. Run some Live Linux. If this past and working one or two hours, it's software problem, Windows, malware or drivers. I will test it.
2. If Live Linux won't work, i will test power supply, temperatures, RAM and HDD.

Sorry for my bad english...

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Go on, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel about Bio Star!

LOL....just seen so many of those back in the days of Via and SIS chipsets......on ultra cheap systems built with quantum or maxtor hard drives, S3 vid cards, kingston value RAM.....always systems we enjoy throwing into the garbage can with an authoritative SLAM DUNK!

 

[SAG]

quantum or maxtor hard drives,

You know, I had a 6.4GB Quantum Fireball last me 6 years.
My jaw still hurts from hitting the floor when I pulled it out of my old firewall machine years ago and realized what it was.

 

[Altster]

Guess I'll toss in my 2-cents here....

If the unit is rebooting fairly consistently around the 90 - minute mark, then I'd be looking at whatever may also be on the same power circuit as the computer. Oh sure it could be some sort of hardware-related issue, but I've seen computers on power-hungry circuits that would do all sorts of weird things when another appliance would kick on.

Of course all of this would be moot if the problem also rears its head when the computer is sitting on your repair bench.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

I am almost positive I know what issue this one is but answering it flat out would ruin the purpose of this thread. Going to PM OP to confirm.

 

[layoric]

Based on past experience, I'd check for correct video card driver. Next based on how it ran in my presence would pull out the infrared temperature probe, aimed at the cpu. If it's not within tolerance levels as outlined in their bios info screen, I'd clean out the old gunk and apply new thermal paste in the correct manner. Then recheck for temps. and run D7 stress test to duplicate the issue.

You're probably thinking I should run the stress test first, but sometimes I work by intuition extrapolated from experience. Isn't that part of the fun sometimes? For the absolute newbs they'd do better going straight to the stress test, however.

 

[NYJimbo]

gpupdate.exe ?
......

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

You know, I had a 6.4GB Quantum Fireball last me 6 years.
My jaw still hurts from hitting the floor when I pulled it out of my old firewall machine years ago and realized what it was.

The "Bigfoot" drives they had ..those 5.25" drives....they were the ultimate in failures. They renamed them "Tsunami" drives to try to keep selling them after the bad reputation came out.

Odd marketing decisions that they picked destructive force names to call a hard drive....

 

[SAG]

Odd marketing decisions that they picked destructive force names to call a hard drive....

Naw, just sticking with the tried-n-true naming that the old pirates came up with when they started naming tsunamis after women.
It all just.... fits!

 

[atlanticjim]

I am almost positive I know what issue this one is but answering it flat out would ruin the purpose of this thread. Going to PM OP to confirm.

Ding Ding Ding
We have a winner here (but we are all actually winners).

I will post longer responses later to the suggestions and procedures and the results I have gotten.

PS thanks CRT for keeping it under your hat for now.

 

[SAG]

Ding Ding Ding
We have a winner here (but we are all actually winners).

I will post longer responses later to the suggestions and procedures and the results I have gotten.

PS thanks CRT for keeping it under your hat for now.

Sorry for (not intentionally) hijacking your thread.

 

[ThanatosOfOne]

You said gamer system, In any of those I am going to check the fan on the video card. Seen too many clogged beyond belief, and they do tend to run for a while before they crap.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

My initial recommendation on what to do first wasnt wrong...well it would give you a pretty big hint because its like clockwork.

 

[mr m]

Yeah, I think I got it.