Yea. Cheap and ROCK SOLID! haha! Eh guys, some question regarding P4 wanted to ask. Anyone faced strange problem on ur P4 rigs where the screen will flicker for a sec then the whole system is hanged? Need to have a hard rest then it can back to normal. Was having this kinda of problem with my work place pc.

That's strange. Is it caused by irregular power supply?

Yea. Thats what in my mine.. Will try to find out the problem. And i found 1 thign strange, if no USB device is plugged it, the system wont hanged often. But once USB device is in, it got hang frequently.

Was wander whether is the mobo or the PSU.

that is called as a brownout, very common. get AVR to avoid that issue.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 9 2008, 10:50 PM

brownout??
meaning the electricty sourced to the pc is not stable?

affirmative. if the monitor flickers (power source not from PSU, but main socket), then confirm brownout due to sudden voltage reduction. simple explanation and troubleshooting.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 9 2008, 10:53 PM

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@edmin
My PC does have AVP on top of it. The LCD and CPU were using separate power source. Both of them are connected to the main wall socket yet not the extension. Will that scenario still consider as brownout?

Well.. I do heard the "click" sounds from the CPU right a sec before system. I think it should be come from the HDD. Some sort of HDD been turn off sounds.

it's either like edmin said, brownout, or your psu gonna kong. last time i also faced that problem, my hdd keep ticking, like it's going off and on. shortly after that my psu had some burning smell and the next day KO d. but that psu was chap ayam one la..

Hahah.. I hope mine dun die that fast as i dun see any backup pc on the TS room yet. Well time to propose the boss a new setup!

AVP? Alien vs Predator on top of your system unit?

Well, depends on the quality of AVR. The one i am using is Olivetti, always works during brownouts. Your scenario, still is a brownout. Your HDD clicks because the head goes back to the parking lot due to 'low voltage' similar to turning off the HDD. Brownouts and spikes usually not healthy for the components.

Haha.. AVR la! Typo! Play too much AVP game already. Nvm.. Not my rigs.. If it burn then propose for a new one.

Just i found out something, the brownouts used to happened when the system in load. If idie, it rarely happened. Powah not enuf!

Brownouts only to certain pc? Cos my colleague pc and mine were connected to the same wall socket. I mean from the same source, but only mine used to have it. His pc is fine.

wah, P4 still can gaming ?

@cscheat
Dont see ur thread is really helps in this thread. But for ur answer, yes. P4 still rocking ass.

haha ! im only using P4 in my office for MS words and Office work...

gaming only normal game

U had answer ur own question thou. Since ur asking, P4 still can gaming.

yaya,

P4 still rocks !

fylon,still can play game.Last week i just went back my hometown and use my 2.6GHz rig to play CS 1.6.

Lol.. CS still fine as long as the GC can support. But say TAK NAK to game like, Assassin Creed & Crysis and other require raw CPU processing power game.

i can still CS Cheat in CS using P4 ! wakakaka