Random Reboots

[chaudx]

When I am using my comp this week, sometimes it randomly reboots. No BSOD, it just cuts all power in the middle of things and reboots. The temps are fine, so I don't know what could be causing this.

 

[Cheetah8799]

low voltages being put out by the power supply can cause this. Check in your bios, it should have a system health menu where you can see these.

Also test your ram with memtest86 and see if that is giving errors.

 

[chaudx]

Tested RAM and no errors already.Will windows reporting of voltages be accurate? If so, all are good, cpu and ram are in the red, and aux is 0. I will check BIOS ones after the election.

 

[WT]

My moneys on the power supply. You haven't mentioned your hardware or the power supply specs (ie: wattage, brand). This would help to determine whether thats the issue.

 

[chaudx]

350 watt, amd athlon xp 2600, 2 HDs, ati radeon 9200se, network card, epox 8rda3+ mobo, floppy drive, cd burner, soundcard and dial up modem in there...and 3 fans

 

[waitman]

What brand of 350 watt psu?

 

[chaudx]

antec

 

[Nurse Jason]

Try this. Disconnect all perephials connected to power supply, and disconnect them from motherboard (i.e. cdrom drives, extra hard drives) and compare the voltage readings in the bios and in windows to that. If the voltages are a lot higher, your psu you may be taking a dump.