right, after all the hassles ive had, heres one more
random power off's / restarts
seems to be when im running a few apps at once, ive had similar troubles on my last setup, but that was resolved by adjusting the ram to run a lil slower
this time the ram doesnt seem to make a difference... it just powers off but the case fans and lights are still going, and earlier the screen went grey with two thick orange lines going vertically down
i dont know wat this could be as im using my old stuff other than mobo + cpu
550w q tec psu (boo)
see my other thread 4 other details
thanx again guys....