SOLVED: Precision Motherboard P/N YY715 Requires Heatsink P/N YD866 for systems with Discrete Graphics (NVS 110m, NVS 120m, and FX 350m)
My Dell Precision m65 with T7200 and Nvidia Quadro FX 350M shuts down at random times (during boot, bios setup, within windows.) *Does not matter whether system is using battery or AC, or does not have battery installed. Same symptoms while using dock station.
System Specs:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @2Ghz T7200
Graphics: Quadro FX 350M
Ram: 2gb
Display: WXSGA+ 1680 x 1050
HDD: 80gb Seagate
All drivers and bios are up to date per dell website.
Although I feel this is either a motherboard bios, vga bios or hardware issue since problem occurs within bios as well.
This is an OEM replacement motherboard, that I installed yesterday, initially I suspected it was the processor that was overheating due to bad Heat sink alignment or thermal paste. However I have been able to run Everest's System Stress Tool, for over 8hrs @ 100% cpu load, I monitored the temps and they never exceeded 65C for each core averaged around 62C. System never shutdown during this test.
I have run MEMTESTx86 and each 1gb dimm passed.
I am suspecting it is the VGA (Quadro FX 350M), I booted into the dell diagnostic test, and ran the extended test, I get a repeatable shutdown when the test runs the Video Memory test.
What is troubling me is the sustem will run for hours under normal use (Browser, Word Proccessor etc.) and then just shutdown.
Any help would be of assistance.
System is not under warranty so that is not an option.
My Dell Precision m65 with T7200 and Nvidia Quadro FX 350M shuts down at random times (during boot, bios setup, within windows.) *Does not matter whether system is using battery or AC, or does not have battery installed. Same symptoms while using dock station.
System Specs:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @2Ghz T7200
Graphics: Quadro FX 350M
Ram: 2gb
Display: WXSGA+ 1680 x 1050
HDD: 80gb Seagate
All drivers and bios are up to date per dell website.
Although I feel this is either a motherboard bios, vga bios or hardware issue since problem occurs within bios as well.
This is an OEM replacement motherboard, that I installed yesterday, initially I suspected it was the processor that was overheating due to bad Heat sink alignment or thermal paste. However I have been able to run Everest's System Stress Tool, for over 8hrs @ 100% cpu load, I monitored the temps and they never exceeded 65C for each core averaged around 62C. System never shutdown during this test.
I have run MEMTESTx86 and each 1gb dimm passed.
I am suspecting it is the VGA (Quadro FX 350M), I booted into the dell diagnostic test, and ran the extended test, I get a repeatable shutdown when the test runs the Video Memory test.
What is troubling me is the sustem will run for hours under normal use (Browser, Word Proccessor etc.) and then just shutdown.
Any help would be of assistance.
System is not under warranty so that is not an option.
