Hi guys, I seem to have a problem and could do with some assistance in tracking it down.
Everytime my computer is left idle for a period of time >30mins it seems to die. Doesnt reset itself, but the screen hangs and then the monitor goes into standby (no signal?). Wierd thing is, when I'm using it it's 100% stable.
Running at stock speeds all day, mixture of games/music/encoding & prime 95 and it doesnt even flinch. I leave for work this morning and before 10 its down. Same thing if I leave it on overnight.
After powering up the machine again, windows tells me it's recovered from a serious error and this may have been caused by a device failure. Here are the specs:
IS7-E
P4 3.0C
2*256 Twinmos PC3200
1* Maxtor SATA Diamondplus9 (200gb)
1* IBM 120GXP (120gb)
1* IBM 180GXP (120gb)
Radeon 9700non-pro
Antec 550w Truepower
LG CDRW
I, personally think it's a fault hardware related (gut feeling). But not sure which device, as its only happening when the system is idle, under stress its fine.
Does this sound familiar to anyone at all? 1 thing which possible could be causing it, is that the chip doesnt seem to idle properly (
IMO) temperature wise.
Ambient is about 25°C. Case temp 30-35°C
CPU idle is 45/46°C, full load (P95) is 51°C...this is with a Thermalright SP94 & 92mm fan. Case temps and airflow is a little poor due to my current case situ, but the difference in temps idle:load doesnt add up in my eyes, yet in the BOIS/Windows ACPI etc check out ok.
Any assistance much appreciated