re: Resolution!!
Saturday, December 25, 2004 at 3:34 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Gareth Jones
(1 messages posted)
Hi guys
Last week I built a computer for my little sisters for today (Christmas) and just
couldn't work out why it was randomly rebooting. It was even doing it while idle
in Windows, and also when booting up. Overheating was not an option as the CPU was
running at 45 degrees C and it would also reboot from a first boot.
I read on some other forums that some people had problems with cables, shorting etc.
so I replaced all of the IDE cables and checked and reconnected all the power cables.
The random reboots then stopped (so far...) but it was still rebooting when running
games in DirectX mode. Super-frustrated I was about to send the mobo back to scan
and ask for a replacement (or actually get an MSI which I have never had any problems
with - this one is an Asus) but I read this forum just before I took the machine
apart.
RAM was a popular reason for the reboots. The machine has 2x 256mb Corsair XMS sticks,
so I was a little doubtful of this being my particular reason. I then checked caching
and shadowing settings and received the same result.
BUT!!!!!.... disabling the precaching of the onboard graphics card has fixed the
problem!!
The board is an Asus A7N8X-VM.
I hope this helps someone else out there like I was helped this morning.
Cheers.
- Written in response to:
- re: Resolution!! (Infinity: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 3:59 am)
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