random restart

[RangerJoe]

well my computer randomly restarts, and i dont know why...any ideas?

[Christoph]

Sounds like either a power supply issue or bad RAM. To test your RAM, download and run Docmem (http://bootdisk.com/dosfiles/docm145a.exe) to make a RAM test boot disk. if it can't get through more than two loops consistantly, then you've found your problem.
Do you know what your voltages look like?

[RangerJoe]

the board sets the ram automatically, so i dont have to worry about it if i overclock.....but i havnt changed it, so whatever pc2100 ram is at stock speed. im at school, so ill d/l that when i get home and test, thanks dude

[pcgirl]

Random restarts can also be caused by overheating....

[RangerJoe]

hahaha, no its not overheating, check out my sig down there...its really cold

[Zeke009]

Not sure if this will help ya, but I had the same problem for awhile. When all else failed I moved the hard drive so it had room to "breath". I know shame on me... this was when I was banging on the keyboard in frustration rather than trying to solve anything! That happened a about 2 1/2 years ago. ;)

Try moving the HD around, mine was very hot because it was between the floppy and my 2nd HD. I moved the HD and rearranged the cables for some airflow and it never happened again.

Now whenever I am building a system or working my own I always make sure all excess cables are tied and out of the way.

Like I said, might not help... just thought I would mention my past follies. :D

[Cooler666]

its the RAM, play around with them - take one out and see if it still restarts

[Monaco]

I'd say it is probably overheating- your temps do look pretty good, but we all know how worthless temps from the in-socket thermistor are.

Lemme put it this way- Your Tbird is running cooler than my Celeron, at nearly twice the speed. That can't be right, I don't see any pelts or anything! Unless you live in a refridgerator.:):)

[PhoenixMDM]

That's funny, i had the same problem with windows XP. The box is fine with linux, win98, beos, and winNT4, but would randomly reboot with XP...

I uninstalled XP and it solved my problem. Too bad though, i really like XP!!

It might be heating, but i'm not sure about that. Is it a LEGAL copy of whatever it is that you're running? I tried a cr4cked copy of 98 and it restarted alot too.