Computer randomly restarting

[Shenkoa]

I built a rig for my GF consisting of these parts.

AMD Athlon XP 2700+ T-Bred running at cool temps so thats not it
Shuttle "MN31L" nForce2 IGP motherboard
256X2 MB of Corsair Value CAS 2.5 in Dual Channel
Western Digital WD800JB HDD
Memorex 52X24X53 CD-RW drive

Running Windows XP Pro SP2, this rig will restart out of no where and will restart constantly while playing games. All the drivers are installed, I have no idea whats causing it.

Any idea?

 

[Rhin0]

How bad is the powersupply?

Have you done any other testing with the normal programs? (P95, memtest?)

 

[Ionizer86]

Try this for diagnosis: right click "my computer", hit "properties", go to the "advanced" tab, hit startup and recovery "settings", and uncheck "automatically restart". Next time, when it crashes, you'll hopefully have a diagnostic blue screen that will tell you more.

 

[hoppa]

this is probably not the case as this usually causes a lock up, not a restart, but something in your system could be overheating and your BIOS could be protecting you. next time this happens, (assuming its not a bluescreen which ionizer suggested and it probably is), go into the bios and check all the temps.

if it is a bluescreen, make sure that its logged because thats where youll probably need to get the info from. you can check that the same page you uncheck "automatically restart." if your page file is on a different drive you need to log to that drive. i only learned that yesterday =)

 

[Shenkoa]

The temps are around 40C idle and 47C max, which for a T-bred is perfectly acceptable. No blue screens, just complete restarts. I was thinking that this could be along the lines of a driver related issue, I trust corsair RAM to not go bad only after a few months, I ran P95 to get the max temps and idle temp readings. Case in a cool area and gets good air flow.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Shenkoa
The temps are around 40C idle and 47C max, which for a T-bred is perfectly acceptable. No blue screens, just complete restarts. I was thinking that this could be along the lines of a driver related issue, I trust corsair RAM to not go bad only after a few months, I ran P95 to get the max temps and idle temp readings. Case in a cool area and gets good air flow.

So you did what Ionizer86 said??? Cause you wont ever see a blue screen if that item is checked (which iti s by default)...you have to uncheck to get BSOD's.....

Do you any antivirus software runing in the background?? Try disabling all background apps...

 

[yadda]

I'll add my 2c since I have had this exact same problem this summer. OK it could mother board, memory or PS are the obvious ones. Swap them if possible.

In my case it was my video card. One sure fire way was to bring my box up to the system BIOS settings with no stress and the box would still reboot. (In my case I would also get garbled charatcters)

good luck

Y

 

[seethoe]

i had this prob before and its due to the faulty memory slot...

 

[Shenkoa]

What the hell is a PFN_LIST??, I cant exactly work on her PC cause I am not aloud in her house, any one think the RAM could be bad?

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware/software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware/software manufacturer for windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware/software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options and then select safe mode.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
***STOP: 0X0000004E (0x0000008F, 0x001859B, 0x0001859B, 0x00000000

Beginning dump of physical memory.
Physical Memory dump complete.

Contact system administrator technical support group.

 

[tiap]

Caused by drivers passing bad checks with pagefile and actual ram.
run memtest from a boot disk test 5
check ram voltages, swap modules, try other sticks

Also, If you have intel application accelerator installed remove it and see.

 

[Shenkoa]

My exact plans.

 

[Shenkoa]

Originally posted by: Rhin0
How bad is the powersupply?

Have you done any other testing with the normal programs? (P95, memtest?)

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