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| Thread ID: 39841 | 2003-11-19 08:11:00 | Help! the most horrible of problems... | Stormwarden (388) | Press F1 |
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| 193114 | 2003-11-19 08:11:00 | Just recently (like, the past three days) my computer has begun to randomly reset. It resets at any time - in windows, halfway through booting, in the bios setup screen. The resets started off being fairly infrequent, but the frequency has increased and now I can't get into windows reliably. Every non-essential component has been removed, overclocking has been turned off etc This is a system I built myself from parts - it's had no problems at all up until now, oddly enough, my warranties on the parts are beginning to expire right this month. Specs: (the relevant bits) Leadtek K7ncr18D Nforce2 motherboard w/ athlon 1800 512MB of generic ddr 333 running at 266 to match fsb, dual channel. Maxtor D740X 40GB hdd, and Gainward GF4MX440 Generic ICute 320W power supply Recently the bios has been flashed for the mobo, but the whole machine has been running fine for at least a month after that, and before that for almost exactly a year. I first noticed the problem playing the NeverWinter Nights expansion, but now it seems completely random. Before I pull my computer to pieces and start bugging friends to test the parts, is there ANYBODY who knows what might be causing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I am happy to answer more questions if needed... Sorry about the long post, but I wanted to get all of the usual questions about details out of the way... |
Stormwarden (388) | ||
| 193115 | 2003-11-19 08:15:00 | Are you running win XP or 2000? | stu140103 (137) | ||
| 193116 | 2003-11-19 08:25:00 | xp professional , sp1. But the machine resets anywhere, before or after windows has booted, even in the bios setup screen | Stormwarden (388) | ||
| 193117 | 2003-11-19 08:30:00 | In this sort of situation, there could be a software or a hardware problem, and it's difficult to isolate the causes. On the hardware side faulty RAM, heatsink seating or a wonky power supply can can be to blame. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 193118 | 2003-11-19 08:35:00 | Stormwarden Is XP fully patched? Perhaps it is the Blaster worm? Oxie (Lyn) |
Oxie (1318) | ||
| 193119 | 2003-11-19 08:49:00 | > Stormwarden > > Is XP fully patched? Perhaps it is the Blaster > worm? > > Oxie (Lyn) My thoughts exactly |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 193120 | 2003-11-19 09:37:00 | Powersupply unit. Get a new one. |
metla (154) | ||
| 193121 | 2003-11-19 10:35:00 | $5 dollars on the power supply. $2.50 on faulty ram (if you only have 1 stick) .25 on the SIS bugging your computer |
Barnabas (4562) | ||
| 193122 | 2003-11-19 19:06:00 | Whoa! thanks for the replies, sorry I couldn't get back until now No, my XP isn't fully patched, mainly because it is not connected to the internet, But would the blaster worm affect my computer outside of windows like that? I am going to try my ram & video card in a friends computer today to see what happens there. I am a little panicked because the warranty on my motherboard runs out tomorrow, and if for some reason it was the mobo that was stuffing up it might be difficult to make a claim. |
Stormwarden (388) | ||
| 193123 | 2003-11-19 20:49:00 | Blaster would not affect the PC while in BIOS, neither would any OS software. Its much more fundamental, such as RAM/PSU/Other hardware. |
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