problems with new comp

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I've bought the following parts and built a computer with the HD and disk
drives from my old comp.

1. PcChips M848ALU SKT A SIS 748 400 DDR AGPx8 ATA133 6CH Sound/lAN/USB 2.0
Upto a 3.2+ CPU Motherboard in Retail Box
2. AMD Athlon XP2600 333mhz 512 L2 Cache Barton Retail Boxed Inc Heatsin &
fan 3 year warranty-
3. XFX Geforce FX5200 128MB DDR AGP8x TV-Out Low Profile Retail Box
4. Mercedes Style PC-179 ATX Tower Case 350w PSU White
5. Ebuyer 256MB DDR333 PC2700 Extra Value Ram


But i am getting the problem of the machine resetting by itself all the time
within windows, mainly during games, and also returning to windows during
games . I also get a few artifact on games (colin mcray3 and simpsons hit
and run) but this is only in the low resolution in-game menus and start up
screens.

I have tried updating the mother board drivers, apg drivers, ndivia drivers,
sound card drivers.

I have tried pulling out the ram stick to see if they were faulty. And for a
while the problems went away because i move the ram sticks from port 1 and 2
to 1 and 3 but this must have been a coincidence.

I have tried looking for viruses, i found one (lovesan.A) and removed it but
this as not effect on the problems.

Any idea what is going on and what else to i try?


cheers

bosh
 
bosh said:
I've bought the following parts and built a computer with the HD and disk
drives from my old comp.

1. PcChips M848ALU SKT A SIS 748 400 DDR AGPx8 ATA133 6CH Sound/lAN/USB 2.0
Upto a 3.2+ CPU Motherboard in Retail Box
2. AMD Athlon XP2600 333mhz 512 L2 Cache Barton Retail Boxed Inc Heatsin &
fan 3 year warranty-
3. XFX Geforce FX5200 128MB DDR AGP8x TV-Out Low Profile Retail Box
4. Mercedes Style PC-179 ATX Tower Case 350w PSU White
5. Ebuyer 256MB DDR333 PC2700 Extra Value Ram


But i am getting the problem of the machine resetting by itself all the time
within windows, mainly during games, and also returning to windows during
games . I also get a few artifact on games (colin mcray3 and simpsons hit
and run) but this is only in the low resolution in-game menus and start up
screens.

I have tried updating the mother board drivers, apg drivers, ndivia drivers,
sound card drivers.

I have tried pulling out the ram stick to see if they were faulty. And for a
while the problems went away because i move the ram sticks from port 1 and 2
to 1 and 3 but this must have been a coincidence.

I have tried looking for viruses, i found one (lovesan.A) and removed it but
this as not effect on the problems.

Any idea what is going on and what else to i try?
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I once had a PC Chips motherboard that had similar problems
(someone gave it to me free because of the problems)

after I tried everything I could possibly think of...I finally just
underclocked
the unit by maybe 10% or so and after that everything worked fine...

I will never get a PC Chips mobo again
 
I assume you reformatted the harddrive and did a fresh install of Windows.
When using a harddrive with a new motherboard this is a necessity or you get
nasty Registry errors.
 
I assume you reformatted the harddrive and did a fresh install of Windows.
When using a harddrive with a new motherboard this is a necessity or you get
nasty Registry errors.
Click to expand...

That is proven untrue by many of us. This has been mentioned in
previous threads, multiple times. Please stop trying to spread
falsehoods.
 
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