I bought a new gfx card a few weeks ago, a 9800pro and since then the pc has started restarting without warning. i had a 200w psu so i just upgraded to a 400w psu and im still having the same problem. any ideas? i have a amd 2000xp, 9800pro, 512 ram if thats a help.
What brand/model of PSU did you buy?
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
Originally Posted by mike_w
its a win-power
Never heard of them, so I don't know whether its a good brand or not.
Also, I forgot to ask: what are the temperatures like?
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
the temps seem fine it can do it at any time even y just clicking on steam it did it
If the temperatures are fine (I'd probably say they should be under 60), then try running Memtest and Prime95 for a few hours each.
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
whats your 12v, 5v and 3.3v like?
Are you using Windows 2000 or Windows XP. When either of these systems experiance a blue screen of death they automatically reboot. Do you see any error message once the machine reboots (You do mean reboot, not shut down dont you)
To stop the auto reboot go into Control panel>System properties>advanced>startup and recovery advanced settings> and then untick automatically restart under system failures.
If it is a blue screen of death issue it will show you what has happened (99% of blue screen of deaths are caused by dodgy drivers)
I hope this is taking you down the correct path otherwise it is a hardware issue which are a bit more tricky to figure out
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