Computer shuts down

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:40 am

I have dual celeron 366 everything was working fine. I got a wireless nic and installed it. It started to freeze up. Figured it was driver conflicts, reformated HDD and reinstalled XP pro. Now I start it up and it will just shut down after a short period of time. Don't know what it causing it.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:23 pm

Have you since tried pulling the NIC? How long does the power stay on for?

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:04 pm

I have tried taking it out. I have tried taking pretty much all the hardware excluding the video card and disconnecting all the drives. The running time varries. The more you try to run it the faster it will shut down. It acting like the processors are overheating and it shuts down. But as far as i'm aware they aren't. I also thought that it might me a conflict with XP but i tried to run the reinstall program and it shuts down during that also.

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:05 pm

I have tried taking it out. I have tried taking pretty much all the hardware excluding the video card and disconnecting all the drives. The running time varries. The more you try to run it the faster it will shut down. It acting like the processors are overheating and it shuts down. But as far as i'm aware they aren't. I also thought that it might me a conflict with XP but i tried to run the reinstall program and it shuts down during that also.

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:05 pm

I have tried taking it out. I have tried taking pretty much all the hardware excluding the video card and disconnecting all the drives. The running time varries. The more you try to run it the faster it will shut down. It acting like the processors are overheating and it shuts down. But as far as i'm aware they aren't. I also thought that it might me a conflict with XP but i tried to run the reinstall program and it shuts down during that also. Also when it shuts down, i have to pull the power cord for about 10 sec before i can try to restart the computer

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:06 pm

Sorry about the extra messages. When i was pressing submit it wasn't doing anything

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:07 pm

jdfisher wrote:I have tried taking it out. I have tried taking pretty much all the hardware excluding the video card and disconnecting all the drives. The running time varries. The more you try to run it the faster it will shut down. It acting like the processors are overheating and it shuts down. But as far as i'm aware they aren't. I also thought that it might me a conflict with XP but i tried to run the reinstall program and it shuts down during that also.

You could have one or more voltage regulator capacitor(s) failing.

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:25 am

Which means i have to do what?

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:18 am

jdfisher wrote:Which means i have to do what?

If you have bad or failing capacitors, they need to be replaced. There are several threads about this problem. It is not specific to the BP6 mainboard.

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:47 pm

Is there anyway that i can figure it out for myself? Or do i need to have it looked at by a professional?

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:09 am

Look closly at the caps. Especially any Jackson brand. See if they are bulging at the top or leaking.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:34 pm

Bulging caps:

EDIT: Thanks to the respected www.motherboardrepair.com for the pictures. Hope it's OK to use them without permission.

jdfisher · Post by **jdfisher** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:56 pm

I located two that are blown. How hard are they to find replacments for? And where can i find replacments?

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:12 am

jdfisher,
Check out the links in this link.
http://www.bp6.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=898&highlight=

Xman,
good pics.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:59 pm

davd_bob wrote:Xman,
good pics.

I hold up my hands. I should have credited the excellent www.motherboardrepair.com for the great pics.

(But I did host them myself to avoid stealing his bandwidth.

)

As well as offering advice and pictures, www.motherboardrepair.com will also fix your boards via return post.

Post by **Derek** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:29 pm

Hosting them with your own Member webspace no less

So cheers again!

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:21 pm

Yeah! BP6.com Membership is great!

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:07 am

OK!
OK!

Where do i send the MO?

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:39 am

those 'blown' caps in the piccy, maybe indicative.
but mine are mostly worse than that and still working fine.

when the caps are out of align and lifiting off of the board, and the caps are little pyramids, and the board has stopped working, then i'd replace them.

if the board works, leave 'em