Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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MY PC seems to restart on its own every so often. It's a hardware problem somewhere i think. I'm thinking it's the Hard Drive at the moment as when it restarts the HD makes a clicking noise  BUT saying that i have installed a new graphics card and faster memory in the last few weeks. Anyone else got any ideas what it could be?
BTW, the memory is matched, i sold the old chip and added 2 new 512 DDR 400 chips.
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Chump
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Registered: 1st Feb 04
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what PSU have you got in watts?
list your spec too.....
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Gavin
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^^^^^
lets see wat you working with 
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Andrew
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Shit never thought of that 
AMD Athlon 2000+ XP
1024 DDR 400 RAM
ATI 9600 XT 256 RAM
80 Gig 7200 RPM HD
NEC DVD Writter
LiteON DVD Reader
300 Watt PSU
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Gavin
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does it restart after say a hour or so... or when u play a game??????
or will it restart randomally ???
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Andrew
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I don't really play games.
It seems to be whilist i'm just browsing the web. BUT it's now been running fine since 8:30 this morn
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Chump
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looking at your spec i'd say your PSU needs upgrading quick! I'd say at least a 400w+
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Pablo
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quote:
Originally posted by Peugeot Nut
MY PC seems to restart on its own every so often. It's a hardware problem somewhere i think. I'm thinking it's the Hard Drive at the moment as when it restarts the HD makes a clicking noise BUT saying that i have installed a new graphics card and faster memory in the last few weeks. Anyone else got any ideas what it could be?
BTW, the memory is matched, i sold the old chip and added 2 new 512 DDR 400 chips.
Buy a new one
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by Chump
looking at your spec i'd say your PSU needs upgrading quick! I'd say at least a 400w+
Seen a 550 for £35. I might get that one 
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Chris E
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Registered: 7th Jul 03
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As already said, you'll prob need a bigger power supply.
Restarting PC can also be triggered by bad or not properly installed memory, just check these over by trying one memory module at a time see if it does it again.
If your computer goes into a state of doing nothing before it reboots (with a black screen) or freezes, then the memory is definately a prob.
You getting any error messages if you shutdown windows normally or on start up?
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Andrew
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No errors come up, it just reboots. I'll have a look at the PSU and check the memory tomorrow when the light is better. If i rem rightly -- the PU was a 350 watt but i've never really looked at it. It's just a basic one that come with the case.
What i will do is power the motherboard from another 300 watt PSU i have and see how it runs -- i.e. the motherboard on one PSU and all the other stuff on PSU in the system now. I've got a brand new 250 PSU and a 300 used PSU around somewhere.
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