wtf is going on?

Gautama2

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New build keeps completely randomly restarting

Background: When I first built this a few weeks ago, then files started going corrupt and so did windows. Couldn't reinstall, just wouldnt work. So I rma'd the hd, just got a new one back. Installed windows, installed drivers,antivirus, and zonealarm and when I reboot i get something along the lines of windows cannot find or the file is corrupt D:\Windows blah blah pci something. So I do a windows repair, during the repair it asked for several things it usual doesn, some amd file, some nvidia bus controller, and it also told me that the drivers it was installing hadnt passed WHQL and what not. This is all during the installing devices part. After that, my screen keeps turning black for a few seconds then back to normal. And eventually it just turns itself off. I turn it on, as soon as windows starts loading (windows logo and loading little loading bar) it restarts in the same fashion.

Whats going on!
 

pkme2

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Check your RAM. If computer keeps resetting itself, you could have a RAM incompatibility problem.
Try one stick.
 

Duvie

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Originally posted by: pkme2
Check your RAM. If computer keeps resetting itself, you could have a RAM incompatibility problem.
Try one stick.

 

Gautama2

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I ran memtest86 for 8 hours a week ago, no errors so i dont think its the mem.
 

Gautama2

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Also like to add, before I had problems the first time and rma'd the hd, it worked fine for a week.
 

Gautama2

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Woah woah woah. I just installed the WHQL 93.71 drivers replaced the 96.89s i had beforehand, PROBLEM VANISHES!