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when i boot my computer its fine and then i log into
windows things are good...but when i go to do anything it
restarts itself. i have no idea why. even restarts
itself when i go to safe mode.
I came on to this news forum with the same problem. I
have a via chipset AD77 mainboard with Athlon.
Originally I had a Geforce card but I switched to an ATI
Radeon hoping to solve the problem. The memtest suite
showed my RAM is good; I have updated the bios on the
mainboard; I have updated the video drivers; removed the
video drivers; removed the sound card drivers; updated
the sound card drivers; tried running without the ATI
smartgart AGP control, and every step of the way Windows
XP wants to reboot at random moments.
It has been this way since I built the machine 8 weeks
ago.
I am thinking that my main board must not support WinXP
as well as it is advertised to be. I have changed most
everything else.
Stuart, sorry that I don't have answers for you.
Generally the best advice I have had on the matter is to
update your sound card drivers, update your video card
drivers, update the main board drivers, run memtest.exe
to check your RAM, and pray that something works to make
it better.
I am considering the expense of buying an intel chip
based board but I am worried that WinXP might lose its
activation if I change it. (?true)
I will probably end reformatting the harddrive for a
fresh install because its cheaper and I think I will run
less risk of the undesired situation of lost activation
and difficult sympathy from the activation help desk.
Your not alone with the issue, some people have found
solutions, many haven't. If I ever get a solution, the
hours that I will have put into it may be very well close
to a three digit number. I think I'm running around 45
right now.
