new system reboots on it's own.

**CrackDown** · 22nd September 2002

Upgraded yesterday.
P4 2.53ghz
Asus p4s8x mobo
512 mb pc2700 ram
120gb WD 8mb cache.
geforce 2 ultra (from old machine)
30.82 dets.

nothing seems to be overheating, but when i was copying old files from my old hdd it kept restarting on its own. then when I was playing battlefield 1942, it did it again. If the cpu was overheating it would beep, but it doesnt, and my hdd seems to be quite cool to touch. anyone got any ideas please?
Thanks

**antix** · 22nd September 2002

Well.. replacing PSU will be a good start for troubleshooting the problem.

**pimp80** · 22nd September 2002

could it be ur ram?

**antix** · 22nd September 2002

Originally posted by pimp80
could it be ur ram?

it could be RAM timing, but just incase he overtweaked it in the bios which I doubt he did.

**CrackDown** · 22nd September 2002

I havent tweaked anything. just put it all together, and installed that sp1 version of devilsown winxp
Im gonna re-install windows, the original devilsown. coz last time i got a bluescreen whilst installing it. (sp1 version)

**AntiFragger** · 22nd September 2002

Im leaning towards the weak powersupply... Did you purchase a new tower and p/s when you upgraded??

Fragger...

**cf79** · 22nd September 2002

Since yer running XP, it could be that you are crashing a lot (Might have the BSOD turned off in your settings).

**CrackDown** · 22nd September 2002

i bought a new 400w psu. q-tec, ive never heard of them. you think it might be faulty? It's started rebooting when ive been browsing forums now. and i always seem to get error reports in iexplorer or msn messenger.

**Telemon** · 22nd September 2002

yeah windows XP tends to restart when it crashes most of the time, it sucks cause you can't read what the error is.

**cyber0066** · 23rd September 2002

I have this problem before. I had no idea what it is.
I fixed it by formatting my computer.

**softmicro** · 23rd September 2002

i also had this prob it was my ram :-( .... i just took out my ram put in new ram and it worked hasent restarted on me in months

**CrackDown** · 23rd September 2002

My 120gb hdd is partitioned as C: being 10gb and D: being 101 gig. Whenever my pc reboots i get multiple messages in my system eventviewer saying something like device1\harddisk\d not ready for access. Could it be because the d drive is too large for winxp?

If i partitioned 2 50 gigs, or whatever might it fix the problem?

Thanx

**bigtotoro** · 24th September 2002

So you are using FAT32 partitions or what?
I think the max size of NTFS partition is only 30 gigs or so...

**CrackDown** · 24th September 2002

I've taken my memory down to pc2100 and its stable now. hmmmm. Is there anyway i can run it at 2700 stable?

**Zero-X23** · 24th September 2002

Originally posted by bigtotoro
So you are using FAT32 partitions or what?
I think the max size of NTFS partition is only 30 gigs or so...

My 40 gig HD is formatted NTFS - single partition, so 30 is definitely not the max.

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Crackdown, try installing a ramsink/fan combo on your RAM (thermaltake makes them, I'm sure other companies do too). That might work.
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**CrackDown** · 24th September 2002

I changed my memory setting in bios to 2100 (133mhz) and it was very stable. This morning I set it to manual 2700 (166) and it didnt seem to reboot at all before i went to work. There might be a bug where if i set the memory frequency to auto, it might not recognise it properley. I just hope its still stable when i get home. Many other people using the asus p4s8x mobo have had this problem, and are awaiting asus to get a fix out.