Problem with my computer, random reboots

Crescent13

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Okay, when I go under super heavy loads with my computer, it will just restart itself. When it turns back on it will say something about driver error, although I find this highly unlikley because I update onec a week. An example of the heavy loads I put it through is when,

I had Source SDK FacePoser,(yes, I am working on a half-life 2 video which I will show you when it is done), superPI, and the Creative Media source converter converting an mp3 to 24bit192khz wav on my SyncMaster 730B, while I had antivirus scans, windows updates, disk defragmenter, office updates, spyware scans, and nvidia DVD playing Ice Age in 5.1 Surround sound on my HiDef TV running at 1080I for my little sister who was in my room.

Do you think this is a driver problem like windows says, or do you think it is a power supply? I have a (checks inside case) Bestec 300w PSU with 15A on the +12V rail, 30A on the +5V rail, and 28A on the +3.3V rail. My rig specs are in my sig.


EDIT: I had super pi going because I wanted pi for a c++ program I am writing.
 

bfonnes

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how much RAM do you have? post your complete computer specs please, and you will get a lot more replies. having lots of RAM can be a problem if you don't have a good enough PSU. also, make sure your RAM timings aren't set too high... that seems to be the problem in your case AFIK. or it could be a combination of the above.

reboots are either RAM or PSU, IMO.

let me know,
BFonnes