System Reboots

Does it just reboot on its own? If so, you may want to check out your CPU fan... if your computer is getting to warm, it'll reboot itself.

Regards,
Melody

Is it a new system? What wattage is your P.S.? I ask these questions because it you have an older system (2 or more years old) -or- you have a low wattage powersupply, you may be experiencing P.S. problems.

If you have a Hard drive + CD ROM +CDR/CDRW + Sound Card + AGP Video Card + Other PCI Cards you will find that a 200 to 230W P.S. may not be big enough. If you are running an AMD Processor you really need at least (Very Very Minimum) 250w with 300W being what AMD suggests.

It also could be you P.S. is going bad, especially if you have an system that is 2+ years old. I have had new systems that the P.S. did not last past 1 year before going bad.

The easiest way to check it is with another P.S. See if you can borrow onefrom somebody. A meter can be used but because your system runs for a while then reboots you may have an intermittent problem that a meter will not catch unless you just happen to be checking at the right time.

I have seen P.S. problems cause everything from intermittent POST failure to Blue Screen Window errors to Hard Drive data errors to random reboots and windows lockups.

HTH
Gary

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