So, after a little investigation it seems that when I installed the new HD I accidentally left a cable blocking the CPU fan from spinning. That sorta makes it hard to keep things cool....
--------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Robert Martin Jr. <[email protected]>wrote: > Oops, I meant "video encoding" problem, not "video card". Increased CPU > load : > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robert Martin Jr. <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 9:50:00 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Computer turns itself off under load > > I've seen this a few times. It's sometimes because of heat when the bios > setting specifies a power down at certain temp. If that's the case you can > change the setting to a higher temp to give more leeway. Also I've seen this > as a video card related problem, that is sometimes heat related and > sometimes a power supply issue where the higher load on system starts > pulling more than the PSU can supply. > > lopaka > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Brian Weeden <[email protected]> > To: hwg <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 5:15:22 AM > Subject: [H] Computer turns itself off under load > > Got another weird one. My HTPC has suddenly developed an issue where it > turns it self off. Not crash, but completely powers off. And the only > time > it happens is when I ask it to encode video, such as using Handbrake. It > gets a few minutes into the operation and boom. Everything else - surfing, > ripping, 1080p playback, etc is perfectly smooth and fine. > > I'm thinking this could be power issue. My guess is that when both cores > ramp up to full power to encode the video, the power supply can't handle it > and it dies. The only recent change I've made is adding another disk to > the > RAID array > > Here's the rest of the hardware: > > Athlon X2 4850e 2.5 Ghz > GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H 780G Motherboard > Areca ARC-1220 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Raid card > (8) SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA > OCZ StealthXStream 600W EPS12V Power Supply > > Is that too much power load for the OCZ? > > --------------------------- > Brian Weeden > Technical Advisor > Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > +1 (202) 683-8534 US >
