Is it my MB?????

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Skooongie

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Starting this morning my computer is having random hangs and reboots out of nowhere.

It hasn't done this before. The last two things I DL'd were Firefox Beta 5 and a GPU driver from EVGA site.

I am able to run a few programs and surf the web, but then it just shuts off. The last time I turned it on it made a lot of weird noises from the speakers as well..

:confused:

Thanks guys
 
I had a similar problem and had to remove the X-Fi to correct the problem. Still trying to figure out how or what to do to add it back to the system. Bios?? Reset Config Data?? Now trying to add it back the crd isn't recognized and due to sli no other pci slots available to try.
 
Heh this could be anything.. and I mean anything.

Short in the case (unlikely)
Driver issue
BIOS issue
Hardware issue


you have to give us s'more details :D
 
First things first. Check to be sure that your computer is not over heating. Remove the side case panel and see if there is any build up of any dust. Most notably in the CPU's heatsink. If there is any get a can of compressed air and exorcise those dust bunnies.

If that doesn't solve any problems then you may have an issue with a newly installed driver or application that may be causing windows to BSOD on you thus causing the PC to reboot.
Windows XP by default will reboot after it suffers from a Windows stop error message.

Try and boot to safe mode to uninstall any newly installed apps then work your way to any newly installed drivers for your hardware.
 
As stated above, try another gfx driver.
If that doesnt work check temps and you can try reducing the fsb a bit to see if it is a speed related issue.
ie something isnt working as well as it should be any more.
 
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