Need Some Help With my New Rig It keeps Rebooting

[rambler175]

I just Finished puting to gether my 6th PC. This Time I ran across somthting that keep me awake for 12hrs tring just to install Windows.

I have a P4 1.8, A Geforce 3, 512meg of Rambus or Dram, Plextor 16X DVD 21" View sonic GS790, 2 IBM 60gxp 40gig HD's and A Abit TH7 WIth ATA 100 for a MB the rest of the componets I have not yet tried to install.

I had no trouble geting the PC together to Were it would Boot to Bios.

Once I tried to Install the OS, My screen Would Go Blank after the first srceen of setup. I did this 9 times and had to go to Fdisk and reformat each time scince the instal was only just startedr and would get erors if I did not reformate. each Time I made changes to my system and checked all IDE cabels, Ram, and even swaped out video cards and CD roms. Finaly once I was abel to get threw to ABit Tech Suport I was abel to load the OS by adjusting the Voltage manualy to raise it closer to the CPU's cores Spec which was 1.75 volts I belive. Before It was showing only 1.64-1.66 volts.

I have a ENLITE Case that came with a P-4 approve PS and was rated at 340ws.

Now I can load Windows but Every time I try to load a Program for a CD the Systems crashes and Reboots. I Think that maybe the PSU is Not sufficent for this System If you think that there maybe another reason please let me no before I buy another PSU the only ofter thing I can think of is maybe a Bad MB.

Thanks For helping.

 

[soulm4tter]

What voltage are you using now? I would say try more voltage first.

 

[rambler175]

I am Up to requesting 1.85V but actuly only geting 1.72-1.76 It fluctuats, was Thinking the when the Cdrom started to Spin I puleed to much drain on the PSU.

 

[knutp]

I saw someplace that the abit card had some problems. I really don't remember where.

Abit th7 thread

Somewhere down the page there are some links about some of the problems. Im not that familiar with i850 chipsets and their motherboards, but if I would be getting one it would be ausus p4t.

 

[rambler175]

Ok thanks I will give the Site a loo and see if I need to get a New MB
And Thanks This is One prboblem I have never encountered.

 

[MallowJr]

Great rig man.

 

[rambler175]

Knupt thanks for the Thread, It looks Like I will be paying shiping and handling twice on this MB. It seems Abit kinda admited to problems and was lookng to fix them in Aug some time. I will look at my old friend Asus and some other MB Companys to get this new rig going using my old one now.

Mallow Jr: thanks it will be a Nice rig I hope once I get the Bugs worked out. Have a old HP cdrw 8100 seris, Santa Crus Sond card and Some Klipsch 4.1 to go with it too.