New Pc starting to random reset, shutdown, not start up

madara

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Mar 6, 2000
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After installing xp with my new rig I having issues like every 20mins or so. It seems to randomly shutoff/reset, especially when I put cd into tray and try to install new program or driver. Sometimes it seems to still be on but monitor starts to blink and screen goes black. Then I try to reset pc and go into bios(which sometimes locks up) and it tries to start up for few secs like 6 times in row and never make it to post. First time this happened I think it did 2 short beeps and one long. Later on I once seen blue screen error but it shut off so fast after I could not read it. I have to unplug power cord, turn power switch off for 20mins and then try again. Any clue where I should be focusing my energies?

GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
1 gig 800 DDR Corsair X2
GTS 8800
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
WD Raptor 74 gb
Creative 70SB046A00000 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SHD-16P1S - Retail
 

dalearyous

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make sure auto restart is not checked. it could be blue screening and then restarting but you just don't see it.