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Old 11-05-2006, 12:56 AM   #1
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XP PRO Possessed

For no reason at all my computer will restart, sometimes I start WM player, sometimes i just move my mouse and sometimes just putting a cd in my external drive does it. Have done the following troubleshooting.
1. Double checked that all firmware and drivers are up to date
2. Ran Virus/Spyware scan using Panda Titanium 2007 (safe mode)
3. Ran AdAware (safe Mode)
have not installed any new software or hardware.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Asset Tag: 123456789000
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.47 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-SLI DELUXE 1.XX
Serial Number: 123456789000
Bus Clock: 206 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 1015 10/21/2005
Drives Memory Modules c,d
300.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
239.26 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

DVDR/RW EX162E-A USB Device [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Generic IC1210 CF USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Generic IC1210 MS USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic IC1210 SM USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic IC1210 MMC/SD USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
WDC WD3000JD-00KLB0 [Hard drive] (300.07 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAMR2354344, rev 08.05J08, SMART Status: Healthy 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' has 512 MB
Slot 'A3' has 512 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 300.07 GB 239.26 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (2x)
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT [Display adapter]
Sylvania F96 [Monitor] (18.3"vis, s/n SPAB0901310, February 2001)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller Creative Game Port
Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices

1394 Net Adapter #2
1394 Net Adapter #3
Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
primary Auto IP Address: 68.8.78.182 / 22
Gateway: 68.8.76.1
Dhcp Server: 172.19.97.25
Physical Address: 00:15:F2:66:95:03
NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1
Physical Address: 00:15:F2:56:9A:8F
RAS Async Adapter

Networking Dns Servers: 68.6.16.25
68.6.16.30
68.2.16.30
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device (3x)
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
HID-Compliant Keyboard
HID-compliant Cordless Mouse
NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device (2x)
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (2x)
pcouffin device for 32 bits systems
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:22 AM   #2
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Disable restart on error and you should be able to get a blue screen with some indication of the problem.


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Old 11-05-2006, 02:47 AM   #3
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That's in control panel, system, advanced, startup and recovery.
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Old 11-06-2006, 07:22 PM   #4
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Weird

Followed instructions "Disabled restart on error", computer still restarts, no blue screen, no error message.
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Old 11-07-2006, 04:49 AM   #5
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You are overclocking. Turn the bus back down to 200, it's at 206 right now.

What are you using for a power supply?
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Old 11-07-2006, 11:37 AM   #6
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Power Supply

500 Watt coolmax xeon/amd64 sli eps

Also, I have overclocked much higher than that (110%) with no problem. Can you tell me why the overclocking would make computer restart?
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Overheating could definitely do that, I have never had a problem with it, so I cant tell you exactly what it would do. What is your CPU temp at?
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