Random restart

[theprobbka]

Recently I put together a system with athlon xp 1800+, ak31a mobo, 512 mb ddr, win2k. Every once in a while, for no readily apparent reason, the thing will restart--as if the reset switch has been pressed. It's not running too hot, the temp is fine. I've reinstalled the OS and even tried win xp--to no avail. I even unplugged the reset switch, in case it was being jarred. Anyone have any idea what might be the problem here? I'm plum stumpted.

 

[hopeless879]

It may be the power supply, for that system 350W should be fine. I had the same problem on 2nd machine, Duron 800, abit kt7a, 256 mb. It had a 300W psu in there, but it was extremely cheap, rebooted for no reason, temps were alright. I got an antec 350W and haven't had any problems since.

 

[Bartman39]

Not sure what your memory timings are but lower them to lowest possible and check it then or try some different ram...