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Limp Gawd
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Hey, recently my computer started restarting randomly all of the time. i can go 10 seconds into windows or 30 minutes before it restarts. when it comes back it usually gives an MS error saying it was a hardware failure, sometimes a display device error. I am now at stock speeds and i still crash hard. any ideas? i memtested the memory for 4 passes the ballistix which were rma'd twice are flawless.
 
I had a socket A 2500 died the same way.

I had OC-ed it to 3200 speeds for about a year, then the random reboots started.

It now limps along at orig speed, but if I ask it to do anything else it become unstabe.

your proc is probably quite sick.

If you have a friend with a proc that will slide into the mobo try it out.
 
It's quite unlikely that it's a cpu problem. Check your cpu temps and voltages on the +5 and +12V rails. Could be a case of leaking caps too. As he said, if you can, try changing single components and see if it'll go away.
 
Hmm... If I had to guess that sounds awfully familiar to a poor power supply that I had once. It claimed to be "The Shizzle" but when I plugged in usb devices it rebooted. When I tried accessing multiple internal drives ...it rebooted. When I was about to win ... it rebooted (Hehe). And here I was thinking 'Wow did I just open up a DOS window or something?' Lol.

No one will ever give you gaming advice like - buy a good powersupply, but when you either crash out or reboot out, it kinda sucks worse than just loosing. Sigh, the good old days when a UL listing was not part of the deal :). BTW, this doesn't mean that your issue is power supply, just a thought.
 
The PSU is in the Sig after the Lian Li . i got a FSP 700-GLN. my temps are low i modded the NB with a copper HSF. my CPU is under 30c and 40-50 on NB and other.
 
Long time OC will give that kind of problem to your PC. I do OC my system just for benching. When I'm done, I usually run my PC at stock speed.
 
could even be a virus or you somehow screwed up windows enough so it crashes all the time. just a thought.
 
Format and reinstall...

If you got an extra small-ish HDD laying around try it on that first to test and make sure. Usually after the first couple of crahses the OD files get "borked" and then your in for all sorts of probs after that...
 
tried that it rebooted during new install. ran memtest for a few hours no errors. so mobo or CPU?
 
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