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Old 28 July 2003, 04:08 PM
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AMD XP2500+ 512 MB DDR 333 Mem, 120GB HDD K7N2G Motherboard intermittently reboots, reinstalled different OS's, still the same.

Any ideas?
Old 28 July 2003, 04:17 PM
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Could it be power-related? Checked the power pack?
Old 28 July 2003, 04:37 PM
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I have this problem with my PC at work, although it's a much older machine.

The problems been put down to a faulty switch - but don't tell the boss cos I'm next in line for a new computer becuase of it - I told him it was the motherboard...
Old 28 July 2003, 05:04 PM
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I had a similar problem at home that turned out to be a memory error. I used <a HREF="http://hcidesign.com/memtest/">Memtest86</a> to sort it.
Old 28 July 2003, 05:47 PM
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I'm suspicious of the memory, i'll give it a try. Ta.
Old 28 July 2003, 06:45 PM
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sounds like memory to me.

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Old 28 July 2003, 10:45 PM
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I'd check the memory too. I'd run memtest86 on it as Zanlin suggested.
Old 31 July 2003, 12:57 PM
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Turned out to be not enough thermal grease on the CPU
Old 01 August 2003, 10:03 AM
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Check the bios see if it's set to shutdown if the CPU get's to hot.
Also what PSU do you have?
Old 01 August 2003, 11:13 AM
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Thanx, but it's fine now.
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