hey

i have a problem i think it might be my mobo or cpu,
half the time the computer wont even boot properly, all the fans will come on,, hdd will come on cd roms will come on but thats as far as it gets.
when i does turn on, "sometimes" i get a Vcore error in the mobo bios,
and on the first boot screen it somtimes reads my cpu as something differnt,
...its a p4 (530) 3ghz .... sometimes it shows as a celeron, or a 1.8ghz p4.
, also someimtes in the bois it says the normal voltage is 1.6, then somtimes 1.4

when i get it to load into windows i cant get it to stay on for more than a few hours without turning off, its not a heat problem, the cpu is running at about 38 4ish, case is never more than 40
sorry for rambling i just wanted to put down everything,
i cant post my system specs tomorrow when i get home from work,
if that will help
thankyou

Hi Bensta27,

I think that the problem might actually be with the Power Supply, especially as you mention quite a big drop in the vcore voltage.
If you can get the system up, get the app from here and post the votage readings that it comes up with.

my specs

Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11
Memory (RAM): 1024 MB
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.50GHz
CPU Speed: 3009.9 MHz
Sound card: Realtek HD Audio rear output
Display Adapters: RADEON X1600 Series | RADEON X1600 Series Secondary | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD
Screen Resolution: 1280 X 1024 - 32 bit
:
Network Adapters: Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet - Packet Scheduler Miniport
CD / DVD Drives: D: COMBO COB-2K5216 | E: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S | F: Generic DVD-ROM | G: Generic DVD-ROM
:
COM Ports: COM1
LPT Ports: LPT1
Mouse: 5 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks: C: 149.0GB | H: 233.8GB
Hard Disks - Free: C: 32.1GB | H: 49.6GB
USB Controllers: 5 host controllers.
Firewire (1394): Not Detected
:
Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
Product Make:
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AC Power Status: OnLine
BIOS Info: ATAT COMPATIBLE 090204 GBT 42302e31
Time Zone: W. Australia Standard Time
Battery: No Battery
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 8I925X-G
Modem: Not detected

speed fan gave me these

Vcore1: 1.36V
Vcore2: 1.76V
+3.3V: 3.21V
+5V: 4.89V
+12V: 11.77V
-12V: -5.29V
-5V: -8.53V
+5V: 3.58V
Vbat: 3.28V
they are the mean results,

and sometimes when i knock the bench the computer restarts haha , oh this sucks its m third attemp at this post

Wow those are not looking healthy at all, especially the vcore, -12v, -5v, +5v.
Try borrowing another PSU and see if the rsults are the same.

ok i wil try to get one soon, and will let you know what the results are,
thanks