Vista - URGENT: Vista CONTINUOUSLY cuts my powersupply.

When I use Vista it always kills my power supply after a while. The computer
will run *but frozen* with the hard disk light staticly on. When pressing the
reboot button NO HARD DISKS are found and the computer does NOT boot. If I
cut the power supply and turn it on the PC does not load up even the VGA bios
due to the fact the psu is duffed up. After messing a bit it works fine. In
the event log there are ACPI errors.

Times when it crashed:
When installing updates
When rebooting.

Seems like hardware issue that manifests because Vista stresses the hardware
much more than earlier Windows release. Possible sources of the problem can
be gfx card, motherboard, power supply - not in any specific order.

While swapping them also look closely at the components on the motherboard
if you see anything like on the images here: badcaps.net/ident/

Swollen capacitors can work but cause anything from s ubtle, more or less
random problems to non-boots.

If you keep using a system with bad capacitors on it, they will eventually
break in such way that other components are at risk (most of the components
can fry with some bad luck). In best case there is just one or two of these
on the motherboard and if you're feeling adventurous it can be replaced
provided you can get ones of identical specification...




"lsproc" <lsproc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I use Vista it always kills my power supply after a while. The
> computer
> will run *but frozen* with the hard disk light staticly on. When pressing
> the
> reboot button NO HARD DISKS are found and the computer does NOT boot. If I
> cut the power supply and turn it on the PC does not load up even the VGA
> bios
> due to the fact the psu is duffed up. After messing a bit it works fine.
> In
> the event log there are ACPI errors.
>
> Times when it crashed:
> When installing updates
> When rebooting.

I dont get the problem with xp/linux or any other os though.

"droid" wrote:

> Seems like hardware issue that manifests because Vista stresses the hardware
> much more than earlier Windows release. Possible sources of the problem can
> be gfx card, motherboard, power supply - not in any specific order.
>
> While swapping them also look closely at the components on the motherboard
> if you see anything like on the images here: badcaps.net/ident/
>
> Swollen capacitors can work but cause anything from s ubtle, more or less
> random problems to non-boots.
>
> If you keep using a system with bad capacitors on it, they will eventually
> break in such way that other components are at risk (most of the components
> can fry with some bad luck). In best case there is just one or two of these
> on the motherboard and if you're feeling adventurous it can be replaced
> provided you can get ones of identical specification...
>
>
>
>
> "lsproc" <lsproc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BAF694F1-7723-4E71-8F1B-8AF01DB48D7B@microsoft.com...
> > When I use Vista it always kills my power supply after a while. The
> > computer
> > will run *but frozen* with the hard disk light staticly on. When pressing
> > the
> > reboot button NO HARD DISKS are found and the computer does NOT boot. If I
> > cut the power supply and turn it on the PC does not load up even the VGA
> > bios
> > due to the fact the psu is duffed up. After messing a bit it works fine.
> > In
> > the event log there are ACPI errors.
> >
> > Times when it crashed:
> > When installing updates
> > When rebooting.
>
>

No other OS before Vista puts so much stress on hardware. Of course it COULD
be a driver (ACPI anyone?) incompatibility issue causing that also I
imagine...


"lsproc" <lsproc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news3BA8316-1BF3-4FB9-9FF5-FD79D3BEEFF2@microsoft.com...
>I dont get the problem with xp/linux or any other os though.
>
> "droid" wrote:
>
>> Seems like hardware issue that manifests because Vista stresses the
>> hardware
>> much more than earlier Windows release. Possible sources of the problem
>> can
>> be gfx card, motherboard, power supply - not in any specific order.
>>
>> While swapping them also look closely at the components on the
>> motherboard
>> if you see anything like on the images here: badcaps.net/ident/
>>
>> Swollen capacitors can work but cause anything from s ubtle, more or less
>> random problems to non-boots.
>>
>> If you keep using a system with bad capacitors on it, they will
>> eventually
>> break in such way that other components are at risk (most of the
>> components
>> can fry with some bad luck). In best case there is just one or two of
>> these
>> on the motherboard and if you're feeling adventurous it can be replaced
>> provided you can get ones of identical specification...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "lsproc" <lsproc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BAF694F1-7723-4E71-8F1B-8AF01DB48D7B@microsoft.com...
>> > When I use Vista it always kills my power supply after a while. The
>> > computer
>> > will run *but frozen* with the hard disk light staticly on. When
>> > pressing
>> > the
>> > reboot button NO HARD DISKS are found and the computer does NOT boot.
>> > If I
>> > cut the power supply and turn it on the PC does not load up even the
>> > VGA
>> > bios
>> > due to the fact the psu is duffed up. After messing a bit it works
>> > fine.
>> > In
>> > the event log there are ACPI errors.
>> >
>> > Times when it crashed:
>> > When installing updates
>> > When rebooting.
>>
>>

Ahem.. You say there are ACPI errors in log..

I somehow skipped that :-)

It's best if you report this issue in detail through Beta Client. It might
be that Vista allowed you to install with incompatible BIOS in error. I'd
also recommend to run various intensive 3D graphics tests to verify there
isn't a problem with that if you have such card.

google -> beta client (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=43655)
The first link should be Microsoft link. It needs .NET but I think it will
be installed if you try to run it without it..


"lsproc" <lsproc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news3BA8316-1BF3-4FB9-9FF5-FD79D3BEEFF2@microsoft.com...
>I dont get the problem with xp/linux or any other os though.
>
> "droid" wrote:
>
>> Seems like hardware issue that manifests because Vista stresses the
>> hardware
>> much more than earlier Windows release. Possible sources of the problem
>> can
>> be gfx card, motherboard, power supply - not in any specific order.
>>
>> While swapping them also look closely at the components on the
>> motherboard
>> if you see anything like on the images here: badcaps.net/ident/
>>
>> Swollen capacitors can work but cause anything from s ubtle, more or less
>> random problems to non-boots.
>>
>> If you keep using a system with bad capacitors on it, they will
>> eventually
>> break in such way that other components are at risk (most of the
>> components
>> can fry with some bad luck). In best case there is just one or two of
>> these
>> on the motherboard and if you're feeling adventurous it can be replaced
>> provided you can get ones of identical specification...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "lsproc" <lsproc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BAF694F1-7723-4E71-8F1B-8AF01DB48D7B@microsoft.com...
>> > When I use Vista it always kills my power supply after a while. The
>> > computer
>> > will run *but frozen* with the hard disk light staticly on. When
>> > pressing
>> > the
>> > reboot button NO HARD DISKS are found and the computer does NOT boot.
>> > If I
>> > cut the power supply and turn it on the PC does not load up even the
>> > VGA
>> > bios
>> > due to the fact the psu is duffed up. After messing a bit it works
>> > fine.
>> > In
>> > the event log there are ACPI errors.
>> >
>> > Times when it crashed:
>> > When installing updates
>> > When rebooting.
>>
>>