Computer randomly rebooting

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I am having trouble with my computer rebooting randomly. It is a new
build. Here are the stats.

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13
ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (V5.1) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI

1GB Kingston ValueRAM KVR667D2N5/1G (Don't have memory timings for
this)
GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3
Windows XP Professional
200GB Maxtor Ultra Series
Sony 32x/10x/40x CD Drive
Sony 18x +/-R DVD Drive
700W Rosewill power supply

This is the third MB I've installed. First one was DOA. Second
worked for a week with a different stick of RAM I had purchased.
Purchased this third one and was told I needed the ram listed above.
Now my system works except for the random reboots. Any ideas?
 
oleskool71 said:
I am having trouble with my computer rebooting randomly. It is a new
build. Here are the stats.

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13
ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (V5.1) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI

1GB Kingston ValueRAM KVR667D2N5/1G (Don't have memory timings for
this)
GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3
Windows XP Professional
200GB Maxtor Ultra Series
Sony 32x/10x/40x CD Drive
Sony 18x +/-R DVD Drive
700W Rosewill power supply

This is the third MB I've installed. First one was DOA. Second
worked for a week with a different stick of RAM I had purchased.
Purchased this third one and was told I needed the ram listed above.
Now my system works except for the random reboots. Any ideas?
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700W Rosewill power supply

If I had a dollar for every post like this where someone buys a shit power
supply and then wonders why the system is unstable, I wouldn't have to work
for a living. -Dave

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189014
 
I am having trouble with my computer rebooting randomly. It is a new
build. Here are the stats.
...
This is the third MB I've installed. First one was DOA. Second
worked for a week with a different stick of RAM I had purchased.
Purchased this third one and was told I needed the ram listed above.
Now my system works except for the random reboots. Any ideas?
Click to expand...

Why did you 'know' what was defective? In a parallel example, doors
inside a house were sticking. So the homeowner had all doors planed.
That fixed it. Next week, doors were sticking again. Why did he
automatically assume doors needed fixing? He observed failures. He
did not first ask why. Instead he immediately fixed 'symptoms'.
Supports beneath the building were crumbling. Instead he shotgunned.

Foundation of a computer is its power supply 'system'. No, not just
a power supply. A 'system'. Solution starts by first identifying a
failure or first establishing what is known good. In your case,
integrity of a power supply 'system' is first established. Otherwise
do as so many certified computers assemblers do - shotgun. Keep
replaning doors until doors stop sticking. Keep replacing parts until
something appears to work?

Instead, establish integrity of a power supply 'system'. Two minute
procedure and the resulting numbers provided in "When your computer
dies without warning....." starting 6 Feb 2007 in the newsgroup
alt.windows-xp at:
http://tinyurl.com/yvf9vh

Numbers then posted here so that others can provide more useful
facts from those numbers. Your replies will only be as useful as the
information you provide. That also means numbers.

Once power supply 'system' integrity is established, only then move
on to other suspects - and don't look back. Currently, replacing
parts that may be 100% good because no one first established what is
good and what is bad - complete with reasons why. All that
shotgunning and still everything are known neither good nor bad.
Everything is still unknown. Yes the world is ternary - not
binary. A classic example of why shotgunning takes longer, costs
money, and why some computer repairmen need not learn 'why' something
has failed. More parts 'shotgunned' means more profits.
 
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