Hi all,
I put a computer together a little while back and have been plagued with problem after problem. It-s now finally starting to take shape but I had a problem where running any hardcore 3D graphics would make the drivers crash.
I installed a lesser graphics card I have and everything worked fine. So I went out and bought another HD 5870 (I'm in a different country to where I bought the graphics card, so I'll return the old one if needed but I couldn't be bothered going back for now). Howe ver, upon installing I get exactly the same problems. Then I find this in my event viewer:
Could this be the cause of the problem, do I need a new PSU?
I put a computer together a little while back and have been plagued with problem after problem. It-s now finally starting to take shape but I had a problem where running any hardcore 3D graphics would make the drivers crash.
I installed a lesser graphics card I have and everything worked fine. So I went out and bought another HD 5870 (I'm in a different country to where I bought the graphics card, so I'll return the old one if needed but I couldn't be bothered going back for now). Howe ver, upon installing I get exactly the same problems. Then I find this in my event viewer:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 23/07/2010 18:38:14
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Damian-PC
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-07-23T16:38:14.974011300Z" />
<EventRecordID>1322</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Damian-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Could this be the cause of the problem, do I need a new PSU?