computer

[amezri]

Just to repeat my twitter scream:

COMPUTER FROZE AGAIN. So now I don't know what the problem is. Do I need to buy a new power supply?! Should I return the new UPS and go back to the old one. WHAT THE HELL.

I NEED TO LIE DOWN.

tirgaya - what's the possibility of the current PSU in the system having been damaged due to poor voltage from the old UPS? Should I swap that out next? I guess I should look in to trying a Linux Live CD. Then again, the connection directly into an outlet looked like it was working for three days, so now I have no idea.

Comments

[punslingerr.livejournal.com]

I can't help but wonder if maybe there's something wrong with the video card slot on the motherboard.

It sounds like when you swapped the video cards, you ended up trading one problem for another.

I'd ask someone more experienced than myself if that could be the issue.

I hope things get worked out and fixed. Having a PC misbehaving sucks. :(

[amezri.livejournal.com]

You know. You have a point about it possibly being a card slot problem as well. Ugh. At this point, who knows what it could be?

[punslingerr.livejournal.com]

When all else fails, I just blame space aliens.
Or Cylons.

[dramaphile.livejournal.com]

so, I totally figured out why I thought you liked Supernatural. One of my other LJ friends changed her name to marenzi, and she's a SPN fan, and somehow I think I thought you were the same person. lol.

Also? your journal layout is completely adorable.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Ah! That explains that :)

Thanks! I should really update some of the graphics...

[tirgaya.livejournal.com]

The PSU in your system could be damaged- that is certainly possible.

Of course, I also don't know which UPS you got. If you got the 900VA, it is possible you are drawing more than it can handle at peak power. In fact its remotely possible that you are exceeding the rating of a 1300VA unit at peak draw.

Right now I am leaning towards that last choice. The reason is that you had no problems when tied directly into the wall outlet for a few days.

If it was the PSU, or the video card slot it would occur regardless of whether or not it was plugged into the wall outlet.

There is a gadget you can buy called a "Kill-a-watt" that measures the power draw on a particular outlet. I suggest buying or, if you can, borrowing one. Then plug your UPS (or power strip) into it and measure the power draw. If you are drawing a peak of more than 900 watts, then you need a bigger UPS.

Note that we are looking for PEAK power usage, not AVERAGE power usage. Your average power draw may be well under 600 watts, but if your peak exceeds your UPS's rating you have problems.

I suppose you could just swap the UPS for a more powerful unit and see if that fixes things.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is getting ridiculous. I can't believe I am drawing that much power on this machine. It's nowhere near as loaded as my brother's machine and he's using a APC 650 with NO problems. The ONLY items plugged in to this are the tower and the monitor.

And explain PEAK power to me -- is that power draw when it is actively doing a lot of thing? Because it froze browsing the internet and playing MP3s.