New computer restarting randomly

noh0pe

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Feb 19, 2005
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Hi last night I put together a new AMD 64 3200+ w/ an x800XL. It runs amazing with great benchmarks and performance in HL2, WoW, and the like.

I've run into 1 issue. Once while I was just on AIM and once when I was about 15 minutes into Half Life 2 my computer flashed a blue screen very quickly (it had alot of information on it but it was too fast to read any of it) and then restarted.

My first thought was overheating but I have 2 rear case fans, a side case fan, and one time I was just using AIM :laugh:. Also I experienced no performance issues before the restart so I don't feel like it's overheating (not to mention in my past overheating experiences the computer just shuts down, no restart).

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help!
 

DaiShan

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Jul 5, 2001
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Are you overclocking at all? If so step it back see if you still experience it. I would also make sure you are running the latest drivers for your video card and chipset.