Can you help!!!!!

[wayne44]

Im running a Athlon AMD (TM) 2100+ 1.7 GHz ...with 512megs 2700 DDR Ram...on a ASUS A7N8X M/Board, ...ASUS GForce4 Ti 4200 Deluxe with 128 DDR ...with both a ASUS Crw 4816A (set as master on number 2 IDE Cable) &... a ASUS DVD Rom E616 (set as Slave on number 1 IDE Cable... with a 80 Gig Hard Drive as Master). ...plus XP home as my OS....

I have 3 problems.....

1) the CRD when inserting a Cd the light flashes but doesnt find the Cd ( I have updated the Bios as i was told to do)

2) My Computer reboots randomly for no reason

3) i am using all of Microsoft office 2000 such as word, access, excel and publisher all the programs work except Publisher.... dont matter if i insert text or pictures everything on the page shows up as light blue but when i print it out on paper everything is the correct colour.

 

[Tired of the Bull]

wayne44,
It sounds like you may have several problems. Without more details it's hard to be positive but my gut says you should just start over and please lay off the BOLD. A few basic thing to check:
Check for updated BIOS for your MB.
Check any jumpers on the MB.
Reset you MB BIOS back to defaults.
Get the latest drivers for everything.
Can the CDRW read a CD?
Have you tried different brands of CDRs?

 

[Tired of the Bull]

Also,

I've found ASUS motherboards to be quite picky about RAM. Some may argue this point but I've used several and it's been true of everyone. (Currently using the A7V333)

Looking at your hardware choices, do you work for ASUS or own stock in them?

 

[Serp86]

I think it's the power supply.

If you upgraded from an older system, check if the PSU has at least 300w. Your components are pretty juice consuming.

 

[The Sauce]

This board is extremely power hungry with all of its built-in features and sometimes the ATX line from a generic PS does not have enough to give it the juice it needs. I have been having Power related problems with this board and an XP 2400+. About to upgrade to an Antec 430W.