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Old August 21st 03, 04:16 AM
Phrederik
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"Me" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys....
I have had an ongoing problem with a computer now for a few

months. The
thing keeps shutting down ( No ... it is not the MSBLAST virus). It

is a
home-built machine. I have an ASUS P4B mainboard and a 1.7 Intel P4
processor. I have so far swapped the power supply and the RAM. The

macine
can run fine for days ... and sometimes it reboots 5 - 6 times a

day.The
temp of the CPU is usually around 40 - 45 Celsius. Is there any way

I can
find out what is causing it to reboot?


It's the mainboard. ASUS calls it a "feature". Most likely you have
bad capacitors on the boards, but it could be a number of other
things.

If you have access to another mainboard, I bet you'd find the system
more stable if you tried it out.


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Old August 23rd 03, 02:33 AM
Shawn Milochik
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Once upon a time (Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:09:56 -0400), Me came seeking
enlightenment from the community, after having tried everything possible
to get it to work by (him|her)self. Failing that, they wrote:

Hi Guys....
I have had an ongoing problem with a computer now for a few months.
The
thing keeps shutting down ( No ... it is not the MSBLAST virus). It is a
home-built machine. I have an ASUS P4B mainboard and a 1.7 Intel P4
processor. I have so far swapped the power supply and the RAM. The
macine can run fine for days ... and sometimes it reboots 5 - 6 times a
day.The temp of the CPU is usually around 40 - 45 Celsius. Is there any
way I can find out what is causing it to reboot?
Thanks in advance


Try downloading Knoppix. Knoppix is a Linux distribution which
runs entirely from the CD. It does not touch your hard drive, although
you will be able to read from it. It will not write to it unless
you manually right-click on the icon for the drive and uncheck the
"read-only" attribute.

Boot it up, and play around. If the computer reboots, then it's
almost definatly hardware. If not, then you may have a software or
OS problem. Boot-from-CD distros are great for troubleshooting and
data recovery.


Knoppix download link:
ftp://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/Mirrors/knop...3-07-26-EN.iso

Also, just out of curiosity, do you have a battery back up and/or
surge protector? Could be a power spike damaged the motherboard?

Shawn
 




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