Jim
December 12th 03, 11:33 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Here's the spec's for my computer: AMD 1800, 256 DDR 2100
>RAM, ATI 7000-64MB Video card, onboard sound, 30 Gig hard
>drive, DVD drive, LG 52x24x52 CD-RW, Diamond Modem, 350
>Watt power supply(Just bought Aug. 28, 2003).
>The problem is that the computer keeps restarting itself
>at different times. I do not have the Blaster worm
either.
>I've updated and checked to make sure. My antivirus is up
>to date and the Windows updates are also current. I've
>replaced the power supply, motherboard, hard drive, video
>card, modem, IDE cables and it's still doing this
>restarting mess. It started about 6-8 weeks ago. I've re-
>installed Windows many times and formatted the hard drive
>each time using the full and quick format option. I even
>tried using NTFS instead of FAT32. Nothing has worked.
>Thanks in advance for the help. This is driving me crazy.
>Mike
>.
>Have you checked for a update for your system BIOS at the
motherboard maker's web site yet ? You install the new
BIOS files onto a floppy disk, and reboot to it and flash
the BIOS. Also I would run a diagnostic test on the RAM,
as your PC may have a bad memory module. And add more RAM
too, as 256 MB is the minimum for XP. Here is a site for a
bootable memory tester; http://www.tufftest.com/ttp01.htm
>Here's the spec's for my computer: AMD 1800, 256 DDR 2100
>RAM, ATI 7000-64MB Video card, onboard sound, 30 Gig hard
>drive, DVD drive, LG 52x24x52 CD-RW, Diamond Modem, 350
>Watt power supply(Just bought Aug. 28, 2003).
>The problem is that the computer keeps restarting itself
>at different times. I do not have the Blaster worm
either.
>I've updated and checked to make sure. My antivirus is up
>to date and the Windows updates are also current. I've
>replaced the power supply, motherboard, hard drive, video
>card, modem, IDE cables and it's still doing this
>restarting mess. It started about 6-8 weeks ago. I've re-
>installed Windows many times and formatted the hard drive
>each time using the full and quick format option. I even
>tried using NTFS instead of FAT32. Nothing has worked.
>Thanks in advance for the help. This is driving me crazy.
>Mike
>.
>Have you checked for a update for your system BIOS at the
motherboard maker's web site yet ? You install the new
BIOS files onto a floppy disk, and reboot to it and flash
the BIOS. Also I would run a diagnostic test on the RAM,
as your PC may have a bad memory module. And add more RAM
too, as 256 MB is the minimum for XP. Here is a site for a
bootable memory tester; http://www.tufftest.com/ttp01.htm