Greetings
As of yesterday, my computer starting acting up.. I was in the middle of playing Jedi Knight 2 with some friends online when all of a sudden my computer randomly rebooted on me. Now I'm aware there is an option that can be turned off in XP that will instead give you a blue screen error message with a code as well, however, I wasn't getting any blue screen errors.. These reboots I believe aren't software related but possibly hardware. Either way, the reboots are random and since then I've been able to go into windows administration settings and check the event log for any errors and Windows hasn't logged anything.. So that's what gives me the idea that this problem is hardware related. But once the continous reboots start, the computer gets into this reboot loop, the timing of the reboots appears random, sometimes it'll reboot while in the middle of loading XP, other times it'll reboot right before the computer gets past POST.
Currently right now this is what I have running in my computer:
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
-AMD 2700+ XP
-Chaintech 7NJS-Zenith Motherboard
-30GB Western Digital HD
-40GB Maxtor HD
-Sound Blaster Audigy II
-Sony DRU510A DVD Burner
-Aopen DVD-ROM
-3 88mm Case Fans
And a Power supply which MIGHT be causing the problem.. I'm not sure if this power supply is under an extreme load or not, however, these are the specifications for the PSU.. If you believe this PSU the cause of the random reboots, I'd be much obliged if you tell me up front this thing is junk...
Thermaltake Silent PurePower, 420W ATX power supply.UL, CSA, TUV, CE Approved. Intel Pentium 4 Compliant
Model# TT-420AD(DUAL FAN)
Item # N82E16817153006
Specifications:
Type: ATX
Maximum Power: 420W
PFC: No
Power Good Signal: 100-500ms
Hold-up Time: >16ms at Full Load
Efficiency: >65%
Over Voltage Protection: +5V trip point<+6.8V;+3.3V trip point<+4.5V;+12V trip point<+15.6V
Overload Protection: Not specified
Input Voltage: 115 VAC / 230VAC
Input Frequency Range: 47-63 Hz
Input Current: 10.0A (Measuring 90-132Vrms);5.0A (Measuring 180-264Vrms)
Output: +3.3V@30A;+5V@40A;-5V@0.3A;+12V@18A;-12V@0.8A;+5VSB@2A
As of yesterday, my computer starting acting up.. I was in the middle of playing Jedi Knight 2 with some friends online when all of a sudden my computer randomly rebooted on me. Now I'm aware there is an option that can be turned off in XP that will instead give you a blue screen error message with a code as well, however, I wasn't getting any blue screen errors.. These reboots I believe aren't software related but possibly hardware. Either way, the reboots are random and since then I've been able to go into windows administration settings and check the event log for any errors and Windows hasn't logged anything.. So that's what gives me the idea that this problem is hardware related. But once the continous reboots start, the computer gets into this reboot loop, the timing of the reboots appears random, sometimes it'll reboot while in the middle of loading XP, other times it'll reboot right before the computer gets past POST.
Currently right now this is what I have running in my computer:
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
-AMD 2700+ XP
-Chaintech 7NJS-Zenith Motherboard
-30GB Western Digital HD
-40GB Maxtor HD
-Sound Blaster Audigy II
-Sony DRU510A DVD Burner
-Aopen DVD-ROM
-3 88mm Case Fans
And a Power supply which MIGHT be causing the problem.. I'm not sure if this power supply is under an extreme load or not, however, these are the specifications for the PSU.. If you believe this PSU the cause of the random reboots, I'd be much obliged if you tell me up front this thing is junk...
Thermaltake Silent PurePower, 420W ATX power supply.UL, CSA, TUV, CE Approved. Intel Pentium 4 Compliant
Model# TT-420AD(DUAL FAN)
Item # N82E16817153006
Specifications:
Type: ATX
Maximum Power: 420W
PFC: No
Power Good Signal: 100-500ms
Hold-up Time: >16ms at Full Load
Efficiency: >65%
Over Voltage Protection: +5V trip point<+6.8V;+3.3V trip point<+4.5V;+12V trip point<+15.6V
Overload Protection: Not specified
Input Voltage: 115 VAC / 230VAC
Input Frequency Range: 47-63 Hz
Input Current: 10.0A (Measuring 90-132Vrms);5.0A (Measuring 180-264Vrms)
Output: +3.3V@30A;+5V@40A;-5V@0.3A;+12V@18A;-12V@0.8A;+5VSB@2A