30 seconds on then shutdown?

dowmace · Jul 27, 2003

I have an msi mobo and when I turn the system on it will run and begin to enter xp pro then about 30 secs after I have had the system turned on it will shut down does this mean my mobo is going bad?

system specs are:
msi kt4v
msi ti4200
kingston pc2100
amd barton 2500+
maxtor 80gig hd
antec truepower 350w psu

drshivas · Jul 27, 2003

Sounds like a) your cpu doesn't have enough voltage, or b) your PSU is flaking out. Watch the rail voltages, and/or up your vcore.

dowmace · Jul 28, 2003

thanks I upped my vcore and set my spread spectrum to .75 and now it stays on

dowmace · Jul 28, 2003

hmm I can startup and use the system for awhile but it does the same thing as before and I upped the voltage some more and it won't start so I have to run at 1.650v

Justy303 · Jul 30, 2003

drshivas said:
Sounds like b) your PSU is flaking out. .

Could be so, yes.

If you can, try with another PSU. I had problems like that too when my old PSU got tired.

Timmybighands · Jul 30, 2003

Try re-seating your heatsink.

I had the same problem on a 2400, the heatsink LOOKED good, but was not seated right or something, cuz by the time it got to windows, it was so hot it would shut off.

I pulled it off, cleaned off the thermal paste, reaplied and reseated the HS and problem gone.

drshivas · Aug 2, 2003

hanks I upped my vcore and set my spread spectrum to .75 and now it stays on

I think spread spectrum will interfere with high OCs. I've read in a few guides to disable it for better chances of attaining higher FSBs.

dowmace · Aug 3, 2003

well now I'm back to the 30 secs problem no matter what proc. I use it does this I think the mobo is gone, bye bye msi and your support department can well go you know where

bArrin · Aug 5, 2003

hehe

i had this problem... i couldn't for the life of me figure out why!!

and after a day or so of totally thinking i had either blown the mb or the cpu, i realised i had put the heatsink on the wrong way

.. the only thing leading excess heat from my cpu was a bit of rubber, which had already started to melt....

once i figured this out tho', everything went just fine, my mb even oc'ed my cpu for me without me telling it to

(it upped the fsb from 166 to 200

)

so my xp2500+ now registers as a xp3200+
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