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comp reset problem

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Specs :

-Athlon xp 2000+ (1.67ghz)
-Allied 400 watts PSU
-Kingston 512 DDR RAM
-Leadtek Geforce 4 Ti 4400
-WD 80 GB HD / 8 mb cache
-windows xp
-Leadtek motherboard (nforce2 w/ onboard audio)

other:

-nothing oc'ed
-no spyware detected (ran both adaware and spybot)


I built this system about a year ago and it ran pretty solid until a few weeks ago when it began restarting randomly also random loss of sound (restarting usually gets sound back but still very annoying). I could be listening to songs, playing games, or even simple browsing and it resets or shuts off the sound for no apparent reason. I checked temps because I thought it may be overheating but I dont believe thats the case because temps dont go over 60C. I dont believe its got anything to do with the electricity because I have two computers and the other one runs fine.



some situations/solutions I have considered:

1. reapply arctic silver
2. purchase a new motherboard
3. reformat hard drive
4. run virus scan (this is a bit difficult due to random resets)
5. reposition hard drive so it is horizontal in relation to the floor (i have a PC60 and use the very bottom hard drive racks which positions it vertically)

well I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me find out the cause/fix for this problem
 
Two most common causes of computer problems/restarts: faulty memory or failing PSUs.

Test the RAM with memtest86 first and and see if it generates any errors.
 
Ok thankfully I dont think its a hardware problem after all.
The error was with a driver for the motherboard. Anyway long story short I'm now trying to get the darn thing reformatted followed by a clean install of win xp. Having some problems getting the thing to reformat. I left the XP cd in the tray and rebooted (comp is set to read CD rom drive first when it boots up), then it takes me to a message 'Press any key to read cd'...blah blah, immediately takes me to the windows xp loading screen instead of the installation menu and then to my desktop WTF?

I also tried opening the cd thru 'MY computer' but this method also proved to be inaffective.

:mad: :eek: :confused:
 
Get the temp down while ya are going through all this work..60c aint running cool.....
 
Yeah 60°C is kind of on the warm side (and that is if your diode is reporting right)
 
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