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Fire58Mech
02-17-04, 09:37 AM
Occasianall my computer would restart for no aperent reason. usally when I'm gaming or sufing the internet. Then it went away for a while and now it's back, worse than ever. I know it's not the psu becouse I just got a new ATX true power 330watt psu about 3 weeks ago.

Steve978
02-17-04, 10:36 AM
Well you need to check that power supply anyways, if you have a multimeter check the rails using that, but just for a quick test get motherboard monitor or a similar program to check your voltages, other than that a good way to start the ole check up is, run memtest on our RAM, try a different video card, and remove all nonessential components, most likely problem causing this is your motherboard. You say its back more than ever... since you got the new PSU?

ThePerfectCore
02-17-04, 10:41 AM
Disable "Automatically Reboot" in XP.

stool
02-17-04, 10:57 AM
Could be the PSU, RAM or heat. Don't automatically assume it isn't the PSU just because its new.

Fire58Mech
02-17-04, 03:01 PM
just started again about 5 days ago. Mbm says voltages are:
3.3v=3.36
5v=5.10
12v=1219
-12v=0
-5=0
Heat is at 44c( I'm also folding so it should be load temp right?)
Ram is new too
I am running windows xp pro. where do I find atoumatic resart?