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Old Jul 21, 2010, 10:50 PM   #1
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PC reboots erratically, tested many possibilities
So I just slapped together a 2003-04 era PC with parts I had sitting around.
The PSU is a 350w Antec & I just swapped it out of another PC with similar
specs for one with that 24-pin interface on new boards(forget the name of it)

This psu works very nicely as did the other one I tried on it after it rebooted
itself the first time. (some ol' 300w Allied(?) one. Anyway, so it's not the PSU.
All the fans & heatsinks are spic n' span as I figured it best to clean it all up
before putting it together. CPU reads between 35 & 41C. Mobo reads 35-38.

Checked the GPU as well, fan's fine, heatsink's clean ect...it's just an old
Geforce4 MX 440 (128mb ram, 275MHz gpu) So that eliminates the video...
This PC has an AMD Sempron64 1.62GHz, 1GB 333MHz ram & Windows XP
SP2 32-bit on its ol' Seagate 60gb, 7200rpm hdd. So there's the specs...

Any ideas fellas? This is a fresh XP install & I haven't hooked a network cable
to it yet, so it's not very likely to be a virus either, lol. I'm stumped though.
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Old Jul 21, 2010, 11:36 PM   #2
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Re: PC reboots erratically, tested many possibilities
Does it just reboot or do you get a blue screen?
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Old Jul 21, 2010, 11:47 PM   #3
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Re: PC reboots erratically, tested many possibilities
Couple of things.......

Did you re-seat the CPU in the socket?

Are you sure the mobo isn't shorting on the case somewhere?

Did you check for corrosion on the ram, cards, etc. and their sockets, even the cables?


These are just things I would look at on an old re-build......
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Re: PC reboots erratically, tested many possibilities
I don't see it mentioned so I'll ask, under the system properties did you instruct Windows not to reboot when it gets an error? Usually a system will go to the blue screen, but by default it doesn't show the error it simply reboots. Hardware usually locks the computer up where you have to power it off manually... certainly from my experience.
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I don't see it mentioned so I'll ask, under the system properties did you instruct Windows not to reboot when it gets an error? Usually a system will go to the blue screen, but by default it doesn't show the error it simply reboots. Hardware usually locks the computer up where you have to power it off manually... certainly from my experience.
To add to this I would also take a look at Event Viewer inside Control Panel | Administrative Tools. Pay particular attention to the Application and System sections.
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Re: PC reboots erratically, tested many possibilities
@Takaharu - I think it may have been popping up a bluescreen, then rebooting. Very likely with this ol' heap.
@Tyrsonswood - Have not tried that, pretty sure but it's a possibility, and yessir, all's clear of corrosion.
@craig5320 - Yeah, that's a good point. I'll give that a try as well, as mentioned to Takaharu, it's likely with this ol' bird.
@Tipstaff - Alrighty, I'll give those a twice-over.
Thanks for the replies fellas...I'm going to get to checking out all these things as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, non-PC related life calls today. :P
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