open your mouth and i'll shit down your throat, that should take your mind off your computer woes.

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^^ I threw up a little in my mouth.

you're gross.

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igk is right, the old RAM may also be causing problems. It's doubtless any of the old drives are, but if your system is not built from retail parts, you may have problems.

Try running without the old stick of RAM and see if you still have issues.

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Originally posted by igottaknow open your mouth and i'll shit down your throat, that should take your mind off your computer woes.

That was almost an old Duke Nukem line..

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Originally gnarled by Duke Nukem I'll cut off your head and shit down your neck...

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yep .

it's probably the hardware ..

check your RAM .. or maybe it's your HDD .. the voltage too strong for the HDD, causing your HDD to spaz out ?? happened to me one time with my old HDD .

check your hardware as your first option.
your second option is of course msconfig and regedit.

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Originally posted by chojin thanks for the good advice, i was expecting a lot more replies like kid nyce's life enriching post.

i'm glad i enriched your life with my post!

ok I'll be seri-oso with the topic...

If you're computer is just rebooting then it has to be an out-of-phase signal your psu is sending to your computer. Any "short" in a motherboard (backwards placed internal USB cable) will cause the mobo not to boot so that's out of the question. You are getting power to you mobo but it's not retaining and holding an in-phase signal.

Either problems can be
1-PSU is sending out-of-phase signal to your mobo
2-Mosfets on your mobo are overheating
3-Look at your PWM temps (mosfets and power regulators located next to the cpu slot (small black box with 3 prongs coming out) you need a soft read which is usually supplied with motherboards (ie: uguru by abit) - it'll give you digital temp read outs about your mobo. if your PWM temps are high, that means the circuitry in your mobo is getting hot which will cause a blip in (out-of-phase) signal to your cpu thus causing it to reboot.
4-RAM, nintendo-cartridge style hot-breathe-clean the connectors at the bottom of the RAM, use soft cloth to wipe.

That should take care of all HARDWARE faults.
-note-with the case open, I'd recommend adding some more Artic Silver to your cpu heatsink just for sanity-sakes. (Artic Silver = Thermal paste)

On the soft side
1-Boot to safe, run an AV scan
2-Boot to XP, run an AV scan
3-Check active services/messages running on the computer
4-XP Update
5-DL latest mobo drivers for your mobo


If all else fails, resort to the previous method stated earlier by myself.

ctrl alt del multiple times while humming southern sun...it should do the trick!

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if its overheating, have u try opening the case while its on and turn on a fan blowing into it. Invest in more fans and/or better PSU. Do also what kid nyce said incase u get bored

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Originally posted by FallingMoon ^^ I threw up a little in my mouth. you're gross.

sweet! what did you have for lunch?

I can't take credit for the 'shit down ur throat'. Someone else on the board started it I'm just keep the fad alive. Its also one of those famous lines from A Few Good Men in the 'You can't handle the truth'.

dino: Duke Nukem is the man.

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Originally posted by dinoXpress That was almost an old Duke Nukem line..

I thought the exact same.

You're an inspiration for birth control

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Originally posted by washout its your powersupply.

Pull out your old RAM for starters and give it a go. May not be compatible. Sounds like hardware and maybe the power supply like Washout mentioned, but you shouldn't have to get a new power supply. If you can't figure it out, return it for a refund or exchange under warranty; may have a faulty motherboard.


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Meant to edit my last post, but had to switch names. Had similar probs with RAM before. Old RAM in new computer is bad juju. You might crank it, but get buffer overflows, etc.


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