Recent content by edhowell

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    PLEASE HELP Weird reboots while idle?

    I don't have unsteady rails, according to asus probe and motherboard monitor. I just think I need the extra 70 watts of power. According to the website in one of the above threads it estimated that I am pulling about 459 watts and Im afraid I am too close to the max for my 480 to run steady.
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    PLEASE HELP Weird reboots while idle?

    Thanks guys for all your help!! I think tonight I am going to go get a Antec True Power 550 from a local store and see if it helps.
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    PLEASE HELP Weird reboots while idle?

    Thanks cubanx I have the agp/pci locked at 66.66/33.33 I ran windows memtest, how do you run dos memtest ((not to sound dumb)
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    PLEASE HELP Weird reboots while idle?

    Thanks Phoenix thats a cool website. It says my peak draw is about 459 watts and that doesn't account for the overclocking. Is that a good indication that I need a stronger PSU? If so what would you guys recommend? Also something to consider is when I run dual prime using Large FFT's I have...
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    PLEASE HELP Weird reboots while idle?

    Yes I did and it came up with no viruses.
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    PLEASE HELP Weird reboots while idle?

    For a couple of days now I have been stress testing my CPU at different FSB settings to test stability. I test dual primes for about 30 hours with no problems. However after I end the tests I get intermittent reboots while surfing the net or doing anything that does not take a lot of CPU power...