new to the forum with a strange problem

ad356 · 09-30-2007, 04:06 AM

first about me, i have been building computers since i was in middle school. currently i am running 2 machines one with an athlon 64 x2(socket AM2), 2 gig of ram, geforce 7900 GS pci express video, (2) 250 GB, and (1) 80 GB western digital hard drives, antec 430W power supply. the other is an athlon 64 3000(socket 754), 160 GB seagate, 1 gb of memory, and an ATI x1300 agp video, antec 380W power supply. the issue i have is with the athlon 64 machine. it reboots at random, when ever its in the mood. im not sure what wrong with it. i thought about starting with a re-install of windows, since that would rule out software issues. then im not sure what else could cause the issue. could it be the power supply, video card, motherboard? since i have no method of testing anything, i am at a loss. i run only gigabyte motherboards in both machines, i feel that they are a quality product and i try to build a computer better, stronger, and more reliable than the junk "off the shelf" vendors use. this computer did start doing this until recently i have ran the motherboard, video card, and memory for the last 2-1/2 years without an issue. it was my gaming machine at one time. its now my wifes computer, as she isn't into gaming. other than this issue its a fine machine for daily use applications(collage coarse work she does).

chupacabra · 09-30-2007, 04:20 AM

Could be heat, the memory going bad or the power supply being a Piece of shit

spanky · 09-30-2007, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chupacabra

Could be heat, the memory going bad or the power supply being a Piece of shit

ditto

paratwa · 09-30-2007, 02:51 PM

When was the last time you cleaned all of the dust out of it? After a year or so you can build up a surprising amount of dust inside a case. Get a couple cans of compressed air and clean it out. Dust build up = heat build up. Which can cause random restarts.

09-30-2007, 04:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
ad356 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	new to the forum with a strange problem first about me, i have been building computers since i was in middle school. currently i am running 2 machines one with an athlon 64 x2(socket AM2), 2 gig of ram, geforce 7900 GS pci express video, (2) 250 GB, and (1) 80 GB western digital hard drives, antec 430W power supply. the other is an athlon 64 3000(socket 754), 160 GB seagate, 1 gb of memory, and an ATI x1300 agp video, antec 380W power supply. the issue i have is with the athlon 64 machine. it reboots at random, when ever its in the mood. im not sure what wrong with it. i thought about starting with a re-install of windows, since that would rule out software issues. then im not sure what else could cause the issue. could it be the power supply, video card, motherboard? since i have no method of testing anything, i am at a loss. i run only gigabyte motherboards in both machines, i feel that they are a quality product and i try to build a computer better, stronger, and more reliable than the junk "off the shelf" vendors use. this computer did start doing this until recently i have ran the motherboard, video card, and memory for the last 2-1/2 years without an issue. it was my gaming machine at one time. its now my wifes computer, as she isn't into gaming. other than this issue its a fine machine for daily use applications(collage coarse work she does). Last edited by ad356; 09-30-2007 at 04:08 AM.

09-30-2007, 04:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
chupacabra Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,902	Could be heat, the memory going bad or the power supply being a Piece of shit __________________ My Rig e7200 @ 2.53ghz 4GB G.skill pc6400 Seagate hdd 250gb Gigabyte P35 DS3L Sapphire 4850 Corsair 750 watts Raidmax Smilodon

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09-30-2007, 02:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	When was the last time you cleaned all of the dust out of it? After a year or so you can build up a surprising amount of dust inside a case. Get a couple cans of compressed air and clean it out. Dust build up = heat build up. Which can cause random restarts.