Computer Restarting Randomly

bigmouse64 · 27 Dec 2006 at 00:42

Hello, I've became a recent poster on this board, but I'm having some trouble.

I've just formatted my computer, but instead of installing windows XP Professional, I've opted for Windows XP Home Edition with the latest SP2. I started playing battlefield 2, and it restarted itself, I have no idea why! So I ran the game again and it repeated itself, it does it when I'm actually playing the game, I have no idea why! If there's a sound playing when it restarts, it just repeats again and again!

Also, some additional information, I've just upgraded my memory to 2GB Corsiar. Prior to upgrading, I used 512 of bog-standard memory and sometimes I'd wake up to my computer and it would have a blue error screen, saying something about memory, and it had to close down. :cool:

bigmouse64 · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:19

I just relised that my 120mm wasn't plugged in :confused:

sorry for that, I'll try it now, thanks!

bigmouse64 · 27 Dec 2006 at 04:33

I've just ran prime's torture test 3 times, and got these errors:

CPU-Z Report:

Prime95 Errors:

Systool error:

Running at stock, so I dunno what's up.

Help is veyr much appreciated

I've also used memtest86 3.2 for 45minutes and the memory was fine!

bigmouse64 · 27 Dec 2006 at 10:25

Thanks for that mate, but I tried it and still no luck!

Here's the results from another Prime95 test.

Also, the PSU I'm using is a cheap iCute PSU, so I have no idea if that would be the problem, could it be that? Would/could/should Prime or Systool pick that up as a hardware error?

Thanks again for your input.

Also, here's the temperatures according to Everest:

It's quite worrying, but it could be the PSU, Any idea's?

bigmouse64 · 27 Dec 2006 at 23:29

Bump!

My computer has just 'blue-screened', giving the following error:

bigmouse64 · 27 Dec 2006 at 23:53

I have an ATI x800(but it's flashed to x850XT).

It's the only thing not running at stock, my system goes as follows:

ATI Sapphire A9RX480 MoBo
WD 320 SATA
AMD SD3700+
cheap PSU.

Thanks again lads!

bigmouse64 · 28 Dec 2006 at 00:19

t31os said:
Change the drivers for the card.

I'll give it ago, cheers mate!

bigmouse64 · 28 Dec 2006 at 00:34

Just updated the drivers, ran Prime, and got this:

I did run Prime a few days ago, and it seemed stable for about 25minutes. Then I stopped it.

bigmouse64 · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:14

Just got another blue screen:

This ones a different error

Check the event management and got this:

Thanks for the help again lads!

bigmouse64 · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:41

Yet another error after adding my digital camera to the USB:

bigmouse64 · 28 Dec 2006 at 14:26

I've ran memtest, and the memory is fine, so that seems fine. I'm going into town now to see if I can pick up a decent PSU.

bigmouse64 · 29 Dec 2006 at 22:21

Hello again lads.

I got really bored and decided to test Prime after changing my memory back to 512mb (bog-standard memory), and so far prime is running fine. Prime hasn't reported any errors (touch wood). I know you must think, 'oh it's must be the memory then (2gb Corsair)', well I thought that myself, but then I relised I tested it with memtest and it ran for about 45 minutes, showing no errors etc. I think it might actually be the PSU, maybe it doesn't output enough power? (it's an iCute 350PSU)

Your views will be greatly appreciated, Thanks again.

bigmouse64 · 30 Dec 2006 at 00:48

It's the PSU for sure. After changing back to my old memory, I decided to remove that old stuff and put 1 stick of the new memory in (1x1GB Corsair) and tested each stick indervidually, and both have been stable for an hour each in Prime. Thank god it's only the poxy PSU, I'll treat myself to a Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2.

Thanks for all your views and advice lads!