comp prob

• thousandisland

  13 May 06, 00:26

  my comp abt 3 years old is working up. happens around for 1 month already. if run too many programs or use too long then will suddenly blackout, then my monitor will flash "no signal input" then i gotta restart my comp again.
  
  anyone noes wad's the problem? in this case should i remedy the problem directly and only i.e. to fix the problem part or get a new cpu instead?
• alexkusu

  13 May 06, 00:26

  ram problem
• thousandisland

  13 May 06, 00:30

  it's an old comp i understand... but i got 768mb sd ram. i guess it should suffice for just a few ie windows and one media player?
• alexkusu

  13 May 06, 00:34

  maybe faulty ram>consumer extra power>power supply cant handle
  
  or could be a psu prob. sometimes, can ur pc switch on but nothing on the screen? then its a psu prob
• Ito_^

  13 May 06, 00:35

  Originally posted by alexkusu:

  ram problem

  usually ram quite nai one..
  
  i think his comp is run after some time, power cut off le.. nothing to do with his ram, or wad apps he running. so psu?
• mochou

  13 May 06, 00:37

  if i happens when you run too many programs, it should be RAM problem.
  What is actually running is not what you can see. You may have many stuff running in background beside IE and media player.
  like some system applications that you need to run it in background by default.
  And things in your system tray that you are not using, but it still takes up some of your RAM.
  and maybe some spyware that you dont aware that it is running.
• thousandisland

  13 May 06, 00:42

  Originally posted by alexkusu:

  maybe faulty ram>consumer extra power>power supply cant handle
  
  or could be a psu prob. sometimes, can ur pc switch on but nothing on the screen? then its a psu prob

  psu prob? hmm... sometimes when my comp crashes. i off/on the comp still no signal input. need to do a few times then will start showing signal. this confirms psu fault?
• alexkusu

  13 May 06, 00:47

  most likely u need new psu
• thousandisland

  13 May 06, 00:50

  anyone noes how much a decent psu cost?
• LancerVII

  13 May 06, 19:04

  Originally posted by thousandisland:

  anyone noes how much a decent psu cost?

  depends on how many watts and wad brand is it.. if normal w/o brands, ard $30- 40 ... branded ones are more expensive...
• Manager433

  13 May 06, 19:07

  psu very cheat now.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  13 May 06, 23:23

  I need your computer specs.
  
  You say a three-year-old computer, but using SDRAM, which is quite unlikely because DDR RAM has been in use since 2000.