Crashes when cool started ?

[Guru]

I'm 99.99999% sure that it's a cap on the mobo! I'f I were you I would throw out that "mobo" and get a decent one from MSI for Gigabyte for XXXXX!

EDIT: Removed word so they can make even more fun of me!

[Sasq]

After just getting my abit repaired due to those damn cheap caps. have a look at the caps around the the power connecter cpu area. see if any are mishapen, bulging at the top or leaking. If yes get the mobo replaced and/or sacrifice it the the great sledge hammer gods

Dan

[Greebe]

get a decent one from MSI for Gigabyte for examample!

Now there's a word! lol

[Dr Mordrid]

"exaMAMple!"

Maybe the thought of a pair of bulging caps reminded him of his girlfriend?

Dr. Mordrid

[woel]

Hi!

Well I guess I talk with the people who sold me the motherboard and see what the think and perhaps I send it back to them.

Get an Asus i probably a good idea. They've never let me down.

I think this problem is so very strange. My computer is as stable as it can be after one reboot.

/Leo

[Wombat]

It's likely caps, but I wouldn't rule out cold solder yet.

Can you leave it in the sun or something before you turn it on? Heat gun?

[woel]

Is it good to have a motherboard in direct sunlight? But I guess the effect is the same if I just turn off the computer and then turn it on... I think I tried that and it worked...

/Leo

[Wombat]

Actually, they're very different effects. Turning the computer on brings charge through the caps. I'm trying to help you find out if it's a temperature issue or an electrical issue.

[woel]

Do you mean that if I have my computer on for a while and then turns it off and after a short while turns it on it is not the same as heating it up in the sun?

[Wombat]

Exactly. The sun won't put any electricity through it.

[woel]

Okej.. I know that the sun don't put any electricity throw my board, =), but I thought that most of the electricity would be gone if I waited about 3 minutes.

Anyway.. I think I try the sun thing after I come back from one weeks skiing in Norway. =)

Thanx for the help!
See you guys in 10 days..

/Leo

[woel]

Hi everyone!

I'm back and my problem is not gone...

Here is what I've tried:
Bought a knew psu
Tried to look at the motherboard to see if I could see anything wrong with it
Tried with my old graphics card
Put arctic silver 3 between the chipset and the chipset heatsink
Put arctic silver 3 between the cpu and the heatsink

Some things I haven't tried:
I haven't removed my sound card and my network card
I haven't tried another hard disk
I haven't tried another motherboard
I haven't reflashed either my motherboard bios or graphic card bios for a while
I haven't put my computer in the sun to get warm before I start it
I haven't reinstalled win xp in a while

Please give me some suggestions on what you think I should try to find the problem. A lot of you said that it probalby was the caps on the motherboard. My english is not excellent but I guess you mean the capacitators, do you? I can't see anything wrong with the anyway.


Thanx for all help!

/Leo

[Greebe]

A lot of you said that it probalby was the caps on the motherboard. My english is not excellent but I guess you mean the capacitators, do you?

Yes we do

Try all the above?

[Fred H]

Can you leave it in the sun or something before you turn it on? Heat gun?

Careful use a hair dryer.

Fred H

[woel]

Hi!

I did the hair dryer trick....
It didn't crash when I heated the computer before startup... =) ?

What now? What is wrong?
Can it be my volcano 7 that spins up?
Is it the motherboard?

Thankyou!

/Leo