New build restarting problem

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jmasta

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Alright everyone, my first post here… I just recently built a desktop for the first time and am having some problems. The computer is randomly restarting when booting up the windows loading screen and inside windows sometimes. Sometimes it reboots after 1 minute, sometimes after 1 hour. I have ran memtest on the ram and it came back with no errors. I really don’t know where to go from here. I am running windows Vista 32bit and have updated drivers for all components. I think it may be a driver problem though because I do not seem to be having any restarting problems in Safe mode.

My setup:
Intel e8400
Abit Ip35-pro
Corsair XMS2 DHX 2x2gb 4-4-4-12 2.1v
OCZ 700w PSU
MSI nvidia 9600gt
Seagate 320gb
Western Digital 500gb
2x Seagate 500gb

Where do I go from here? Under the recommendation of someone else, I RMAed both the PSU and the mobo and am still having the same problems. Any help that anyone can give is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.
 
How long did you run memtest for?

Do you get a BSOD? If not, is your system set to not automatically restart?

Do you have the latest BIOS?
 
I do have the latest bios, I have gotten a couple of BSOD's, but that has been because I was changing around timings of the ram in the bios and testing it out. How do I check to make sure the system is not set to automatically restart?

I ran memtest for 3 full cycles through.
 
Google for "disable automatic restart in windows error."

So memtest only did 3 passes? If you can, run it for 8hours or more, like while you're sleeping or something.
 
Disabled automatic restart and I will run memtest over night tonight. Thanks.
 
jmasta said:
So even with automatic restart disabled the computer still is restarting.
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damn. Do you have another PSU you could try?

you said you RMA'd the two items that I'd suspect were giving you problems... do you know if they sent you the same units back?
 
I do not have another PSU to try, but I do know that they sent me new items back. Both items were RMAed to newegg and factory sealed replacements came back to me.
 
I am running memtest again on one of the sticks right now and it has 57 errors and it is only 45% through the first pass. Think I found my problem.
 
Okay, so I am still having restarting problems with just running the one stick of ram that memtest is saying is fine. Ran memtest on it for 8 hours with 0 errors and it did not restart. Temps in bios and the temps in Real temp are both okay. Around 30* C idle and 40*c under load. The bios are set to beep on overheating past 75*c and turn off at 85*c. I has never beeped at me so I don't think it is overheating. Any other ideas?
 
So your RAM is supposedly good, and your temps are supposedly ok. Your board and PSU have been RMA'd already.

Do you have all the latest drivers?
Do you have the latest BIOS?
How much voltage are you giving the RAM?
Did you set any RAM timings/voltages manually?

You can run orthos small FFTs test to test the CPU stability.
You can loop 3DMark to test GPU stability.
 
Yes I have the latest drivers for the chipset, GPU and the latest bios. I have the ram timings set manually to 4-4-4-12 2T and the voltage set to 2.1v according to the specs of the ram.

I will run orthos and 3dmark.
 
Try loosening the timings to 5-5-5-15 2T. Its not like you'll be taking a big performance hit anyhow.
 
Loosened the timings and still have some problems. I am going to reformat and install the OS again and if it still gives me problems I am going to install XP and try that.
 
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