Is there someting wrong with my cpu?

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There is something wrong with my cpu. It is an AMD Athlon 2600+ Barto
Cpu with a ABIT KD7A mobo and it keeps on making my pc restart. Wha
is the best setting for this cpu?Now it is set to FSB= 166 Multiply
11 Cpu Voltage= 1.60.

ABIT KD7A Motherboar
AMD Athlon 2600+ Barton Cp
(runing at 1.85ghz
Windows XP Professiona
(2) 512MB Kingston KVR400/512
(1) 512Mb Corsair VS512MB40
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB Hard Driv
PNY GeForce FX5500 AGP 128MB DDR Dual VG
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.
 
There is something wrong with my cpu. It is an AMD Athlon 2600+ Barton
Cpu with a ABIT KD7A mobo and it keeps on making my pc restart. What
is the best setting for this cpu?Now it is set to FSB= 166 Multiply=
11 Cpu Voltage= 1.60.
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It seems to be set right. What temp is the CPU running at? It's possible
that your heatsink is not properly installed and the CPU is overheating. A
more common cause of your problem would be memory. Download Prime95
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm and run the Torture Test for an hour
or so.
 
There is something wrong with my cpu. It is an AMD Athlon 2600+ Barton
Cpu with a ABIT KD7A mobo and it keeps on making my pc restart. What
is the best setting for this cpu?Now it is set to FSB= 166 Multiply=
11 Cpu Voltage= 1.60.

ABIT KD7A Motherboard
AMD Athlon 2600+ Barton Cpu
(runing at 1.85ghz)
Windows XP Professional
(2) 512MB Kingston KVR400/512R
(1) 512Mb Corsair VS512MB400
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB Hard Drive
PNY GeForce FX5500 AGP 128MB DDR Dual VGA
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
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Something is definitely wrong with your computer if it keeps rebooting
itself, though the CPU isn't the first place I would look. Most
common (hardware) causes of reboots are the system board and power
supply.

My first guess, in this case, actually would be your motherboard.
That's board dates from a time that Abit was having MAJOR problems
with low-quality capacitors. Have a look at some of the capacitors on
the board and see if any of them seem to be bulging at the top or
leaking gunk out.

Another option that you might want to test is the memory. Head to
www.memtest.org and download the latest version of Memtest86+. Burn
it to a CD or a floppy and let it run for 12 hours or so. Both
Corsair and Kingston offer lifetime warranties, so if the memory fails
any of these tests, see about returning them.
 
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