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ejasim, try booting ur pc, and keep pressing F8 from the moment the PC restarts............U will come up with a screen to allow u to boot in Safe Mode.
If the PC works in the safe mode perfectly, then the problem is with ur hardware or ur drivers.
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Posted: 2002-02-07 13:08:00
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Sounds supiciously like a heat problem. My PC always restarts should the temp get too high. (which is quite often as the motherboard contacts for the CPU fan are crap). Go into your BIOS and check the system temp (usually "Health Check" or similar). It should be around 35 +/- 3 degrees C at max.
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Posted: 2002-02-07 13:30:00
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thanks everyone for your suggestions.
barrypanju: I actually have a tnt2 card!! when urs kept on restaring & crashing, did vertical green lines show up at the top of the screen? did ur problem start as soon as you got ur tnt2 or a few months after?
dmccabe: I have RDRAM on an original intel pentium motherboard. do u think that this might be the problem?
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Posted: 2002-02-07 13:31:00
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Hmmm...all I know about RDRAM is that Intel has been using it in its P3 Xeon processors and more recently in its P4 processors.
If this is the original RAM that came with the board and chipset, then things 'should' be fine as far as that aspect of things go.
Check the frequencies in your BIOS settings to confirm that they all are running at the same speed.
CPU Temperature could be an option as well. (Thanks Cheys_007. I forgot about this.)
Done a bit of research there and found out that core temp should be below 70C. I know its highly unlikey that your chip will be reaching/exceeding this, but check anyway. An 'average' temperature should be around 25-30C Board/case temp, and 35-40C CPU temp.
As far as software problems are concerned, running the machine in 'Safe Mode' wouldn't really point to anything as there are very few active processes running. (Hence 'Safe Mode'). The reason the machine is rebooting is there is a conflict between an active process and the hardware that its trying to access. i.e Software asks hardware to do something. Hardware doesn't like this. Hardware Reboots.
Since you are running WinME, I would suggest this...
From the desftop, click on Start > Run > Type in 'msconfig'
Click on the last tab named 'Startup'
You can then select/deselect any running processes that are launched when windows boots up. This can easily help 'narrow down' any troublesome processes.
Full details of msconfig can be found here:
http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
and here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q281995
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Posted: 2002-02-07 14:10:00
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thank you very much dmccabe. Do you know why any hardware wouldnt like any software to access it? Could Norton antivirus be the problem?
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Posted: 2002-02-07 14:43:00
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LOL. If I knew the answer to that, every software and hardware developer in the world would be trying to employ me.
There are so many variables involved. The most common one is that two pieces of software sometimes try to access the same piece of hardware at the same time. (Very simplified terms here)
The hardware has a hard time trying to decipher which software to give priority to and (ahem) 'fritzes' out.
I'm not going to rule out Norton AntiVirus, as it could be any piece of software, but Norton can take up a lot of resources. Personally, I've never had a problem with it, but Norton Utilities on the other hand...DAMN!!! talk about software that can royally screw up you system.
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Posted: 2002-02-07 14:57:00
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firstly I'd like to thak EVERYONE for their time and effort helping me.
secondly I have just leant that all Pentium 4 computers
need dual fans (1 on the CPU & 1 on the front of the case) & my computer
only has the one (on the CPU). This is most certainly the problem don't you
think?
Regards,
Eamonn
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Posted: 2002-02-07 16:06:00
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Yes, that sure could be the problem... but I've assembled lots of P4 comuters and they doesen't necesarely need extra fans...
At least I don't think so.
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Posted: 2002-02-07 18:42:00
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Have you experienced the same problem while booting up even just once?
It think it is the power supply.
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Posted: 2002-02-07 22:51:00
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whats the difference between a Sleeve Bearing case fan and a Ball Bearing fan?
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Posted: 2002-02-08 06:58:00
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