Computer powers off during render

nolonemo wrote on 4/21/2003, 1:54 PM
I recently changed computer hardware (MSI board with AMD XP2000+) and when I went to render a portion of a project (DVD-NTSC mpeg-2 no audio, no FX added), the computer shut down after about 20 min. Did the same thing a couple of time, with different renders from different parts of the timeline. An AC3 render went fine. Has this happened to anyone? I wondered if the CPU was overheating or some other protection mechanism was kicking in, but the CPU has the stock fan and the power supply is 400 watts. I didn't check the CPU fan, but I assume its working since the box would't run anything if it wasn't. Haven't noticed any other squirrely behavior from the box. BTW, the same clip rendered OK on another machine. This is plain 4.0, no updates.

Thanks

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Chienworks wrote on 4/21/2003, 1:57 PM
Is it possibly the hibernate function kicking in? Right-mouse-button click on the desktop background of windows, choose Properties / Screen Saver / Power. I set my Power Scheme to always on (never turn anything off) and disable the hibernation function.
nolonemo wrote on 4/21/2003, 2:21 PM
Thanks, but I set power the same as you. The monitor will blank itself, but the machine stays on.
SonyEPM wrote on 4/21/2003, 2:37 PM
Please get the 4.0b update- if the problem is still present, make sure your system is not overheating- we've seen heat related problems fairly frequently with AMDs.
nolonemo wrote on 4/22/2003, 12:59 PM
Update didn't do it, I guess I'll have to try adding another case fan. Thanks for help, tho.
bakerja wrote on 4/22/2003, 1:50 PM
I had the same problem a couple of months ago. My hard drive needed a defrag. I purchased diskeeper and have had no problems since. You can download an evalutation copy and try it to see if it solves your problem. I purchased for around $25 because it has a "set it and forget it" option that does just that. I have not had one single aborted render since.

JAB
nolonemo wrote on 4/22/2003, 2:13 PM
Thanks, I'll try defragging, I expect the drive I was rendering to (and on which the AVIs resided was seriously fragged, as I had just deleted 30 gig or so of old AVIs, MPGs, etc from it.
JJKizak wrote on 4/22/2003, 2:38 PM
The MSI MOBO does not exactly have a wonderful performance history.

JJK
BillyBoy wrote on 4/22/2003, 2:43 PM
The home version of Diskkeeper is VERY badly written. It has a auto mode that is the default which means it all by itself without any warning will attempt to defrag a drive IF it is scheduled. The rub is if you use removeable drives it is easy to forget which was scheduled for a defrag. The highly annoying part is if such a drive as been out of your PC for awhile then you put it in, if you also start a render, the $%#($#@ idiotioc Diskkeeep starts up anywhere from a few minutes to an hour or more later on its own regardless if it is the scheduled time or not and promptly corrupts the file you're trying to render and of course locks up your system. You can change such poor behavior, but for this to be the default behavior is unexcusiable sloppy programing and I can not and will not recommend it. There are better products that mind their manners.
bakerja wrote on 4/22/2003, 3:04 PM
The diskeeper scheduler works absolutely wonderful. I set it for early am defragging and haven't looked back.

JAB
sek0910 wrote on 4/22/2003, 3:37 PM
I have an ECS mobo with an AMD Athlon 1800+ and my system shuts down unexpectedly every so often.I think it's an overheating problem and has nothing to do with VV.
SonyDennis wrote on 4/22/2003, 6:03 PM
I'd agree that this is heat related. Most CPUs spend nearly all of their life in a near-idle mode waiting for the user to do something. Rendering video will keep your CPU at 100% utilization for long periods of time, and will really put your system to the test, heat-wise. My Sony machines, for instance, are nearly silent until I render in Vegas, and after few minutes, the fans speed up because they detect the CPU getting warmer. Some CPU chips throttle back when they get warm, others will just lock up or crash.
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