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So I built a new rig back in the beginning of the fall. Decided to try some new components I hadn't used in the past. The highlights are as follows:
Anyways, so I built the rig, everything ran great. However I experienced restarts every once and a while. I couldn't figure the problem out so I decided to reformat and install Windows Vista to give that a shot for a bit and here is where everything gets complicated.
Vista ran great for a while then all of a sudden, computer crashed and would not boot. It would turn on but wouldn't even get to the vista loading screen. At that point I tried some corsair memory to see if that was my problem but still nothing.
So I reformatted back to XP and everything seemed to be working right. However still getting restarts. In particular, I a printer connected through my monitor USB port. While printing, if I accidentally turn my monitor off, computer reboots. I experience this every once and a while with other USB devices which leads me to think my mobo might be faulty.
Lastly, I run a bunch of programs in my day to day activity. Outlook, Groove, Pidigin, MediaMonkey, Skype, etc. When I start closing all these programs down to restart, when I close down the last few, BAM: computer gives BSOD and restarts.
Conclusion:
I am building a new rig soon that happens to be small form factor. I figured I could start replacing parts in my current rig until I find the culprit, RMA the bad part, and everything should be dandy. I'm currently thinking the problem is the motherboard, could be the memory, but I really have no idea. What makes it more difficult is I can't always replicate this problem when switching out components. Has anyone ever heard of something like this / Does anyone have any ideas?
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
Memory: 2 GB - G.Skill DDR2 800
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
PSU: Corsair HX620W
HD: Samsung 500 GB
Memory: 2 GB - G.Skill DDR2 800
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
PSU: Corsair HX620W
HD: Samsung 500 GB
Anyways, so I built the rig, everything ran great. However I experienced restarts every once and a while. I couldn't figure the problem out so I decided to reformat and install Windows Vista to give that a shot for a bit and here is where everything gets complicated.
Vista ran great for a while then all of a sudden, computer crashed and would not boot. It would turn on but wouldn't even get to the vista loading screen. At that point I tried some corsair memory to see if that was my problem but still nothing.
So I reformatted back to XP and everything seemed to be working right. However still getting restarts. In particular, I a printer connected through my monitor USB port. While printing, if I accidentally turn my monitor off, computer reboots. I experience this every once and a while with other USB devices which leads me to think my mobo might be faulty.
Lastly, I run a bunch of programs in my day to day activity. Outlook, Groove, Pidigin, MediaMonkey, Skype, etc. When I start closing all these programs down to restart, when I close down the last few, BAM: computer gives BSOD and restarts.
Conclusion:
I am building a new rig soon that happens to be small form factor. I figured I could start replacing parts in my current rig until I find the culprit, RMA the bad part, and everything should be dandy. I'm currently thinking the problem is the motherboard, could be the memory, but I really have no idea. What makes it more difficult is I can't always replicate this problem when switching out components. Has anyone ever heard of something like this / Does anyone have any ideas?
