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blkgt01

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Just built a computer for my friend and it seems to randomly reset after a while.

3.0e with stock cooling
Asus p4p800-e
Corsair XMS pc3200 512x2
Seagate SATA 120gb
9800 PRO AIW
Antec Sonata w/ 380w power supply.

The processor isn't nearly as cool as my 3.0c but he also is not using a 2lb copper heatsink.

Computer seems to randomly reset but it doesnt throw any error messages. Temps stay at around 42-45*C at idle which I know isn't great but it isn't the worst I have seen either. Does anyone know any ideas what it could be or give me any pointers? I am strongly believing it is the video card drivers because when I was installing XP and everything else it has worked great. When we started messing around with the AIW features and the TV on the computer deal it seemed that all restarts happened then. I am going back to his house tomorrow to trouble shoot it, aside from unistalling and reinstalling drivers is there anything else I should check, or do?

Thanks in advance.
 
1) try completely tearing it apart and reseating EVERYTHING. ive seen a lot of this happen over something thats just not quite reseated right.

2) try swapping a psu with another, it may be marginally defective, just bad enuff that its throwing problems here and there

3) try installing one older version of video card drivers, they CAN be found on ATI's site.

4) try reinstalling all the drivers all over the old ones, every once in a while this DOES help things

5) the tried and true techie method. first remove / disable unneeded parts one by one... sound, network, CD/DVD drive, etc etc... and then start swapping out parts that are needed with known good parts from another box testing every step of the way. when you stop seeing the problem you probably found the part to blame.
 
jaqie said:
1) try completely tearing it apart and reseating EVERYTHING. ive seen a lot of this happen over something thats just not quite reseated right.

2) try swapping a psu with another, it may be marginally defective, just bad enuff that its throwing problems here and there

3) try installing one older version of video card drivers, they CAN be found on ATI's site.

4) try reinstalling all the drivers all over the old ones, every once in a while this DOES help things

5) the tried and true techie method. first remove / disable unneeded parts one by one... sound, network, CD/DVD drive, etc etc... and then start swapping out parts that are needed with known good parts from another box testing every step of the way. when you stop seeing the problem you probably found the part to blame.
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Also it could be your ram. Ram is known for random restarts so do a ram test and see if your ram is weak or not.
 
Uhm... that would be included in #5...
I never bother with a mem test... usually the BIOS ram test on startup picks up troublesome ram...
 
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