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Wild Reset
I have a pretty basic home made computer. When I am in the internet (its
primary use), it has wild resets. As I am browsing, it resets by itself. I think it happens when it refreshes a screen or open a new window... I am starting to believe that I have a bad video card. I have replaced a few parts to try to identify the problem, but I still have wild resets. The computer is: MSI KT6V motherboard Socket A Sempron 3300+ Socket A (I replaced from an Athlon 2100+) MSI Nvidia AGP Video Card Gforce 2 MXMX 400 64 MB Diablo Power Supply 550W (Replaced from a 300 W PS) 1 GIG DDR Memory (replaced from a 512 DDR) It used to reset just as much with the old parts as well. I was going to replace next the AGP video card. The BIOS has an option to turn off the cpu if the processor overheats: Disable. Any thoughts.... Thanks, mac |
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:46:02 GMT, "mac" wrote:
I have a pretty basic home made computer. When I am in the internet (its primary use), it has wild resets. As I am browsing, it resets by itself. I think it happens when it refreshes a screen or open a new window... I am starting to believe that I have a bad video card. I have replaced a few parts to try to identify the problem, but I still have wild resets. The computer is: MSI KT6V motherboard Socket A Sempron 3300+ Socket A (I replaced from an Athlon 2100+) MSI Nvidia AGP Video Card Gforce 2 MXMX 400 64 MB Diablo Power Supply 550W (Replaced from a 300 W PS) 1 GIG DDR Memory (replaced from a 512 DDR) It used to reset just as much with the old parts as well. I was going to replace next the AGP video card. The BIOS has an option to turn off the cpu if the processor overheats: Disable. Any thoughts.... Thanks, I doubt it is the video card. I'd put money on some sort of software problem (If you have an old hd install windows on it and test) or a bad mainboard. My last athlan board was an MSI and it got pretty weird before I quit using it. |
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"mac" wrote in message .. . I have a pretty basic home made computer. When I am in the internet (its primary use), it has wild resets. As I am browsing, it resets by itself. I think it happens when it refreshes a screen or open a new window... I am starting to believe that I have a bad video card. I have replaced a few parts to try to identify the problem, but I still have wild resets. The computer is: MSI KT6V motherboard Socket A Sempron 3300+ Socket A (I replaced from an Athlon 2100+) MSI Nvidia AGP Video Card Gforce 2 MXMX 400 64 MB Diablo Power Supply 550W (Replaced from a 300 W PS) 1 GIG DDR Memory (replaced from a 512 DDR) It used to reset just as much with the old parts as well. I was going to replace next the AGP video card. The BIOS has an option to turn off the cpu if the processor overheats: Disable. Any thoughts.... Thanks, mac Next time it resets, after it fires up again, check the system log. Control panel, administrative tools, event viewer, system. Look for any errors marked in red icon. If you see an error around the time of the reboot, double-click it, then copy whatever information is there and post it back to this ng. But you might try setting your Internet explorer settings to default to see if that helps. Tools, Internet Options, programs, reset web settings. Then tools, internet options, advanced, restore defaults. Then close all windows and reboot computer. Good luck, -Dave |
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Thanks, I will post the error when it crashes.
I also re-installed all the default motherboard drivers from the MSI motherboard drivers CD.... Let's see if it crashes again. mac "Dave" wrote in message reenews.net... "mac" wrote in message .. . I have a pretty basic home made computer. When I am in the internet (its primary use), it has wild resets. As I am browsing, it resets by itself. I think it happens when it refreshes a screen or open a new window... I am starting to believe that I have a bad video card. I have replaced a few parts to try to identify the problem, but I still have wild resets. The computer is: MSI KT6V motherboard Socket A Sempron 3300+ Socket A (I replaced from an Athlon 2100+) MSI Nvidia AGP Video Card Gforce 2 MXMX 400 64 MB Diablo Power Supply 550W (Replaced from a 300 W PS) 1 GIG DDR Memory (replaced from a 512 DDR) It used to reset just as much with the old parts as well. I was going to replace next the AGP video card. The BIOS has an option to turn off the cpu if the processor overheats: Disable. Any thoughts.... Thanks, mac Next time it resets, after it fires up again, check the system log. Control panel, administrative tools, event viewer, system. Look for any errors marked in red icon. If you see an error around the time of the reboot, double-click it, then copy whatever information is there and post it back to this ng. But you might try setting your Internet explorer settings to default to see if that helps. Tools, Internet Options, programs, reset web settings. Then tools, internet options, advanced, restore defaults. Then close all windows and reboot computer. Good luck, -Dave |
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I found a weird hack that can reset some mobos. Check this out. In Word, create an html file with one word in it. Save it to the desktop, and name it %20% .. or just % %. Go to it and delete the one word, and resave it. If you click on that stinker on some mobos, the system will reset. It was funny as hell for a while, but everybody learned that just a mouse dragover of the same thing embedded in a web page would reset your system, and it became a nightmare. You may have one of those mobos, and you will just have to be careful moving the mouse around the page when browsing. johns |
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The blue screen says WIN32K.sys error...
After goggling the error, I reduced the speed of my ram from 400 Mhz (auto mode for a PC 3200) to 333 Mhz. It seems more stable and hasn't crashed all night so far... Thanks, mac "mac" wrote in message .. . I have a pretty basic home made computer. When I am in the internet (its primary use), it has wild resets. As I am browsing, it resets by itself. I think it happens when it refreshes a screen or open a new window... I am starting to believe that I have a bad video card. I have replaced a few parts to try to identify the problem, but I still have wild resets. The computer is: MSI KT6V motherboard Socket A Sempron 3300+ Socket A (I replaced from an Athlon 2100+) MSI Nvidia AGP Video Card Gforce 2 MXMX 400 64 MB Diablo Power Supply 550W (Replaced from a 300 W PS) 1 GIG DDR Memory (replaced from a 512 DDR) It used to reset just as much with the old parts as well. I was going to replace next the AGP video card. The BIOS has an option to turn off the cpu if the processor overheats: Disable. Any thoughts.... Thanks, mac |
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