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Random Bluescreens??

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Okay, throwing this out there for all the true gurus!
Since building my new system, I've been experiencing random bluescreens, causing my system to reboot. This happens totally randomly. Sometimes it'll be when I'm writing a CD/DVD, other times browsing the web, other times just sitting at the desktop. It's very quick, and simply reboots my system. ( Yes, I have reboot on error turned on for right now) When I do see what's on the screen, it gives me, of course, that a device driver has caused an error. I have the latest drivers for everything that I can think of, that may possibly have drivers. Most of my hardware (I believe) has been used in my previous computer, which never had any errors like this.


What I"ve done so far are as follows:

1. Swapped out RAM to test for bad RAM
2. Purchased new Power supply
3. verified system cooling, and even added a better case-fan.
4. Reinstalled my Operating System from scratch.
(may be other things I"m forgetting, but. . this is primarily what I"ve done)

System specs are as follows, items used only in this system marked with an *: (currently, after replacements)

*Mainboard-Intel D875PBZ
*RAM-2 sticks paired DDR400, running in dual-channel (honestly not positive about brand right now, but had been swapped with 512Megs Mushkin (1 stick) that did the same thing)
*CPU-Intel 3.0c P4 w/ Hyperthreading enabled
*Power Supply-Thermaltake 480w Butterfly Active-PFC
Video Card-WinFast A350 Ultra TDH MyVIVO w/ Leadtek 53.03 detonator drivers (also had tried Nvidia Reference Drivers)
Sound Card-SB Live 5.1 Digital
Liteon CD-Writer 48125w
Liteon DVD-Writer LDW400d
*Dual WD SATA 120Gb 7200rpm 8mb cache drives RAID 0
2 other hard drives, connected via standard ATA connectors.

Probably missing something here, but. ..that's a starter anyhow.

Thanks for any assistance! This is getting crazy!

**EDIT**

Okay, since reading through some other threads about similar issues, I've tried testing my system with MemCheck86. No RAM errors. Think I"ll try lowering my AGP to run at AGP4x.

**EDIT**

couldn't lower my AGP to 4x on this Mainboard.
 
First turn off the reboot on BSOD.
You need the stop code and eror message to help you trouble shoot.
You also need to find if its the same stop code each time.

If you can get it to BSOD on you then try stripping it down to minimum spec and see if it still does it.
If not start replaceing parts and try and find it any one part causes the trouble.

Try moveing the sound card up/down your pci slots and see if a different slot helps.

If your Memtest86 stable then memory should be good.

Just on the off chance what are your voltages/ temps.

Luck.......:D
 
I have run virus scans, and nothing comes up. . .

I"d had it set to show the BSOD, and not reboot. . .lost the sheet that had some of the errors. Although they've not always been the same. . .

Voltages look very good. . .12v was like 12.056 or something, can't remember now. . .5v was 5.03 I believe, and . . .Hm, can't remember the others offhand. May have to look again. Although they did seem alright. All of my PCI slots are full at the moment. Hm, oh right now I have a TV card in there, that's why. . .but . I'll remove it, and move the Sound Card. . .the TV card has been since it's started tho. .anyhow. .
 
Id start by pulling everything but sound video and hard drive. Just for disgnostic purposes id lose the cd/dvd drive also.
 
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