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Gawd
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I need some help, Since a few months after I bought my new computer, I have been experiencing random reboots. The thing is, it doesnt seem like a normal reboot, it will basically power off then start powering back up,and sometimes it will reset a few times before the system even posts. It does this intermittently, It was bad for a few weeks rebooting every few minutes, then I took it to a computer shop, and they swapped out components and ran every test imaginable. Ran memtest and it was fine, so it definately isnt the ram. After it was at the shop, it worked fine for about 2 months, only resetting 2 or 3 times total. Now itsdoing it 10 minutes after booting into windows again.

Some more information:
- It does this inwindows and linux, so it isnt that reboot on error setting (which i have disabled).
- It reboots with 1 single stick of ram in single channel and two sticks in single channel, ive swapped both sticks in and out and ran them seperately.

My hardware setup is
P4 2.8 C @ Stock speed with stock cooling, Max temps have been 50 C with room temp being 30 C (It has rebooted while idle at around 30 C)
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Antec truePower 430 PSU
2 X 512 MB Samsung PC 3200
1 X Maxtor 120 GB Hard drive
1 X Seagate 80 GB Hard drive
ATi Radeon 9600 Pro
CDR & DVD

Im at the end of my ropes, the parts are all still under warranty, but i have to ship them back to the retailer that I bought them from, and buying new parts isnt really an option. Anyone that can help me out please do so!!!
 
Well, I reset my motherboards bios settings to default, and Have had no reboots since then. Ran memtest and CPU burn over multiple tests successfully. Apparently, some Asus boards have issues with updating their bios and not resetting bios settings. Not sure why, but I tried it and it appears to have worked, or maybe its just tricked me.
 
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