yes, i think i know what ur problem is, that is exactly what happened to mine, it ended up going off completly and wouldnt switch back on.

i took it to the shop where i baught it from and they said my 'mother board' had gone (dont know what that is) but i replaced it and i dont have any more problems. though when replacing it i was unable to save any of my 3000 mp3's so i had to start from scratch.

this is probably obvious, but if it is the mother board and u decide to replace it, save all ur files on disc!

hope ou fix ur problem!

dreamer

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Ive run into a problem many times with the athlons and that problem. generally what it turns out to be is that the die on the cpu is not getting the proper contact with the heatsink and is thus overheating. The tape that comes ont he retail version of the heatsink can become brittle and can lose some of the contact. It is also possible that the heatsink was placed on a bit of an angle, and that would cause the same issue.

Being that this is a possible scenario, u may consider purchasing some heatsink goop and removing that which is currently there. This cannot worsen the system, it can only help it even if it wasnt the original issue.

I really think it's heat I have a watercooling sytem for my dulie 2200+ MP system and it needs every bit of it.....

XP/MPs run extremely hot...

Now the reason I think this is because it primarily happens when your playing games (a taxing task for it), and I'm willing to guess it'll reboot when you have 2-3 IE windows open, winamp, and a couple other things like notepad...

Both IE 5+ and winamp 2.x+ are taxing as hell to your system...which makes your computer work harder which in turn doesn't give it a chance to cool down... which there's a nice function on some newer motherboards... it'll cut power if the CPU temp gets too high...

Like I said I really thionk it's heat.... try taking the side of the case off and have a regular fan blow into the computer, then get your most graphic intense games and make the computer almost bog down... if your computer shows a significantly less number of reboots then I think it's safe to say it might be heat

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Infected Mushroom - Devil / Spiritual Trance / Bust A Move / BP Empire
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Originally posted by Harri Ive run into a problem many times with the athlons and that problem. generally what it turns out to be is that the die on the cpu is not getting the proper contact with the heatsink and is thus overheating. The tape that comes ont he retail version of the heatsink can become brittle and can lose some of the contact. It is also possible that the heatsink was placed on a bit of an angle, and that would cause the same issue. Being that this is a possible scenario, u may consider purchasing some heatsink goop and removing that which is currently there. This cannot worsen the system, it can only help it even if it wasnt the original issue.

Amen

Great suggesstion

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ShortCuts:
Kai Tracid - Trance & Acid / Destiny's Path [Warmduscher Mix]
BT - Never Gonna Come Back Down
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Music Gets The Best Of Me [Flip n Fill Remix]
Infected Mushroom - Devil / Spiritual Trance / Bust A Move / BP Empire
LongCuts:
System F - Live from Hyperstate '99
Paul Van Dyk - Live from Rosenmontag's Rave (2-11-02)

I think my problem is fixed now. It turned out to be a problem with both power, and driver conflict.

I upgraded to a 500W power supply, and got most recent drivers for Motherboard and graphics card, and now I dont restart anymore at all.