Computer Issue: Random Reboots
I built me a computer a couple of years ago, and yesterday it started acting up. When I am using it, it randomly reboots. This can be whilst playing a game (intensive), or whilst doing nothing. The screens just go black, and it starts to boot up. On occasion, it'll refuse to boot. When it does this it goes "beep.... beep beep beep" which the manual says is a keyboard error. The keyboard however is fine. It continues to do this beeping and not booting for a while. I remove the RAM, put it back in, and sometimes it works again. Whilst it's beeping the motherboard's LED display says "8.7.", which the manual says is "Checking CPU Core Voltage".
The thing is, I have no idea why it's doing it. I thought it might be overheating or something, so I cleaned all the fans and installed the temperature monitor. It then proceeded to do it again, and the temperature didn't read anything abnormal before doing so.
Just to note, I haven't installed any new hardware recently that could be causing it. The motherboard is the "Abit AA8XE Fatal1ty", PSU is "Akasa Paxpower 460W".
Any ideas?
Daryl.
I built me a computer a couple of years ago, and yesterday it started acting up. When I am using it, it randomly reboots. This can be whilst playing a game (intensive), or whilst doing nothing. The screens just go black, and it starts to boot up. On occasion, it'll refuse to boot. When it does this it goes "beep.... beep beep beep" which the manual says is a keyboard error. The keyboard however is fine. It continues to do this beeping and not booting for a while. I remove the RAM, put it back in, and sometimes it works again. Whilst it's beeping the motherboard's LED display says "8.7.", which the manual says is "Checking CPU Core Voltage".
The thing is, I have no idea why it's doing it. I thought it might be overheating or something, so I cleaned all the fans and installed the temperature monitor. It then proceeded to do it again, and the temperature didn't read anything abnormal before doing so.
Just to note, I haven't installed any new hardware recently that could be causing it. The motherboard is the "Abit AA8XE Fatal1ty", PSU is "Akasa Paxpower 460W".
Any ideas?
Daryl.
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