[H] Reboot Problem

2008-05-15 Thread Gary
Well it was the CPU that caused my BSOD. First time I ever had a bad Intel retail. It would work great for couple hours then poof! Of course I do not have the original box, is there any way to get Intel to replace this E6550? It's supposed to have three year warranty but I've never had to return

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-05-01 Thread Gary
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:23 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Reboot Problem At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on its own (just

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-05-01 Thread Rick Glazier
It is not if they will fail, but WHEN... Did you run any non-distructive diagnostics? Rick Glazier From: Gary clipped Has anyone had a HD that gave no problem installing not only XP but dozens of programs (after two formats) then causing a intermit

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-05-01 Thread j maccraw
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:23 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Reboot Problem At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro

[H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread Gary
OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on its own (just sitting there or not). I've replaced the motherboard; memory; sata cables; cpu fan. Formatted the drive and did clean install. What's my problem?? Could the CPU be bad???

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread Winterlight
At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on its own (just sitting there or not). Assuming you are not over clocking or running hot, then spontaneous reboots are almost always caused by bad RAM. You

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread FORC5
sounds like heat, make sure cpu heat sink is making good contact. sounds like you changed everything but the power supply, could be that also. fp At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, Gary Poked the stick with: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread Gary
Will do... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:23 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Reboot Problem At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 1:37:15 PM, you wrote: Ok these previous suggestions are all good and all but we went from park to overdrive, I think. XP can be set to reboot on BSOD also. This could be software related issue. So, have you checked the logs? -- Regards, joeuser - Still

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread j maccraw
Disable the auto reboot on BSOD thing and while your at it I'd check your PSU for bad caps. This is the kind of trouble I had when that Antec PSU failed. Gary wrote: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on its own (just sitting

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread Joe User
Hello Wayne, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 9:45:37 PM, you wrote: Just one of the many things I turn off when I setup a machine. Me too if I don't forget - what an annoying feature to have on by default. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...