power problem on pc

[garry]

Need your help guys,
My PC keeps resetting. Its been doing it ramdomly for no
reason (dont get an error message like windows has
suffered a critical error or anything) it just resets.
The power just cuts out?

Im running an athlon xp 2000+. I recently upgraded the
mother board processor (from a P3 to the xp) upgraded my
ram graphix case PSU and the only 'original' hardware
still in my machine are the IDE cables and the hard
drives. Could I have a problem with my hard drives that
would be causing this.

I use the PC for DVD creation burning and now its gotten
so bad it cant even 'shrink' a dvd without powering down,
but sometimes when Im downloading itll stay on all night?

Ive got 2 40 gig hd's a dvd drive and writer and a 300w
psu - could I need more juice?

[Alex Perez]

Uhhh, maybe this is some compatibility issue. My first suspect will be the
memory. Try pulling the dimms out and run tests with only one dimm inserted
at a time. Also make sure they are the same speed. Some MB don't like
different kinds of memory. I don't think this is related to the hard drive
since you say you are not getting any messages.

Try the memory first.

Good luck

Alex Perez



"garry" > wrote in message
...
> Need your help guys,
> My PC keeps resetting. Its been doing it ramdomly for no
> reason (dont get an error message like windows has
> suffered a critical error or anything) it just resets.
> The power just cuts out?
>
> Im running an athlon xp 2000+. I recently upgraded the
> mother board processor (from a P3 to the xp) upgraded my
> ram graphix case PSU and the only 'original' hardware
> still in my machine are the IDE cables and the hard
> drives. Could I have a problem with my hard drives that
> would be causing this.
>
> I use the PC for DVD creation burning and now its gotten
> so bad it cant even 'shrink' a dvd without powering down,
> but sometimes when Im downloading itll stay on all night?
>
> Ive got 2 40 gig hd's a dvd drive and writer and a 300w
> psu - could I need more juice?