My (lame) PC setup is owning our house's power system! O_o

StriderVM · November 17th, 2009

This will be a little long. So bear with me.....

Well, before I got this 22 inch LCD monitor.... When playing games on my Radeon 3850 with 17 inch CRT monitor when playing games, the monitor display would start blinking and stuff (Similar to a TV that's lacking power). And at worse just sort of "shutdown" , meaning the power light in the monitor is blue but there's nothing on the screen just black, but the game continues to play normally. And pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL or the Windows menu button would the display work again. But going back to the game will usually make the symptoms go back again.

Before I thought it's the monitor, then I got lucky and my sisters husband game me his 22 inch LCD, same problem.

I got a new Radeon 4850, still same problem.

My AMD mobo broke down, so changed processor and mobo, still same thing.

And then just today, I changed the PSU. a 600W PSU, and IT STILL HAPPENS!

I'm terribly confused. Does this mean part of our house's electrical system is lacking something causing the problems?

What adds to the confusion is the issue almost NEVER happens during daytime. And my only guess it that because there's almost nothing plugged in and running during the daytime, while at night, there's lots of lights, some TVs (Our employees live here with us, so with cloth irons, radios, cellphone chargers, etc) and other appliances running.

... Or am I just getting insane? >_>

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Dennemark · November 17th, 2009

Either the electrical system of your area is messy, or the games you are trying to play are bugged beyond belief. Virusses are also a possibility, but these are all just suggestions of what could be the problem.

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Spyhop · November 17th, 2009

Could also be dirty power. Get a voltage regulating UPS. Even if it doesn't solve your problem you should have one anyway. Make sure it's voltage regulating. If it seems cheap, it probably isn't voltage reg.

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PsyMan · November 17th, 2009

It could be the electricity supplier of your area decreasing the voltage or the power. In that case you can't do much. Many companies do that during night time.

It could also be the circuit breaker that manages electrical flow on the room being faulty. In that case you could just connect the PC to another plug to find out (make sure that the other plug does not share the same circuit breaker as the current plug. In short, connect the PC to a different room on the other side of the house or something).

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Spyhop · November 17th, 2009

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Originally Posted by PsyMan

It could be the electricity supplier of your area decreasing the voltage or the power. In that case you can't do much.

He can get a voltage reg UPS

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PsyMan · November 17th, 2009

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He can get a voltage reg UPS

...which will die because the electricity supplier decreased the voltage more than the UPS can handle...

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StriderVM · November 18th, 2009

OK. My friend has a voltage regulating UPS. So how do I verify if it's our power that is at fault?

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Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic 512MB gDDR3
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gamefreak94 · November 18th, 2009

It'd be difficult to pit the blame on the electricity supply company this soon. It could easily be that a concealed wire that's shorting or faulty electric circuit arrangement at your place.

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tuanming · November 19th, 2009

It could be your house! Hope you got a smoke detector! lol Anyway, you should try another outlet or something.

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Spyhop · November 19th, 2009

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...which will die because the electricity supplier decreased the voltage more than the UPS can handle...

That's like saying an umbrella will break if it gets rained on...

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BigIg · November 19th, 2009

Get or borrow a multimeter and stick the leads into your outlet. If the voltage is +/- 15v or more of what it's supposed to be then you need to get your electric checked.

Also test it while your PC is under load.

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November 17th, 2009	#1 (permalink)
StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,184	My (lame) PC setup is owning our house's power system! O_o This will be a little long. So bear with me..... Well, before I got this 22 inch LCD monitor.... When playing games on my Radeon 3850 with 17 inch CRT monitor when playing games, the monitor display would start blinking and stuff (Similar to a TV that's lacking power). And at worse just sort of "shutdown" , meaning the power light in the monitor is blue but there's nothing on the screen just black, but the game continues to play normally. And pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL or the Windows menu button would the display work again. But going back to the game will usually make the symptoms go back again. Before I thought it's the monitor, then I got lucky and my sisters husband game me his 22 inch LCD, same problem. I got a new Radeon 4850, still same problem. My AMD mobo broke down, so changed processor and mobo, still same thing. And then just today, I changed the PSU. a 600W PSU, and IT STILL HAPPENS! I'm terribly confused. Does this mean part of our house's electrical system is lacking something causing the problems? What adds to the confusion is the issue almost NEVER happens during daytime. And my only guess it that because there's almost nothing plugged in and running during the daytime, while at night, there's lots of lights, some TVs (Our employees live here with us, so with cloth irons, radios, cellphone chargers, etc) and other appliances running. ... Or am I just getting insane? >_> __________________ Current PC specs : Asus P5KPL-AM SE Motherboard Pentium Dual Core E5200 @ 3125Mhz (250x12.5) Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic 512MB gDDR3 2x2048MB Kingston DDR2 800Mhz RAM

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November 17th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
Spyhop It's not Snowflake!!! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 4,930	Could also be dirty power. Get a voltage regulating UPS. Even if it doesn't solve your problem you should have one anyway. Make sure it's voltage regulating. If it seems cheap, it probably isn't voltage reg. __________________

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PsyMan Bannҽd Join Date: May 2004 Location: Where banned people go Posts: 1,169	It could be the electricity supplier of your area decreasing the voltage or the power. In that case you can't do much. Many companies do that during night time. It could also be the circuit breaker that manages electrical flow on the room being faulty. In that case you could just connect the PC to another plug to find out (make sure that the other plug does not share the same circuit breaker as the current plug. In short, connect the PC to a different room on the other side of the house or something). __________________ I'm not insane. YOU are insane... You are all insane! Click Here to Visit my Blog Page

November 18th, 2009	#7 (permalink)
StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,184	OK. My friend has a voltage regulating UPS. So how do I verify if it's our power that is at fault? __________________ Current PC specs : Asus P5KPL-AM SE Motherboard Pentium Dual Core E5200 @ 3125Mhz (250x12.5) Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic 512MB gDDR3 2x2048MB Kingston DDR2 800Mhz RAM

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gamefreak94 Registered Anime Hater Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pakistan - Where s**t happens everyday Posts: 7,067	It'd be difficult to pit the blame on the electricity supply company this soon. It could easily be that a concealed wire that's shorting or faulty electric circuit arrangement at your place. __________________

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tuanming Final Fantasy XXX Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA, TX Posts: 2,405	It could be your house! Hope you got a smoke detector! lol Anyway, you should try another outlet or something. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan) ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657 G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W

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BigIg NGemu Award Winner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USH Posts: 2,791	Get or borrow a multimeter and stick the leads into your outlet. If the voltage is +/- 15v or more of what it's supposed to be then you need to get your electric checked. Also test it while your PC is under load. __________________ Intel 4004 @ 740KHz, 4KB RAM, High-Resolution 320x240-output Video Card, 100KB Storage Space. My Blog