Random restarts

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I've just replaced my motherboard and processor and power supply in my computer, but i didnt reinstall windows XP, i left it be thinking it would work.. as it did
but once in a while it will restart, and i havent found a pattern of what im doing, it's pretty random.

so i reinstalled XP thinking it would fix the problem, and that it's prolly a driver issue.

it restarted itself when i started up CS for the first time after reinstalling it.. so i'm posting to see why a comp might randomly restart.. could it be overheating of something? driver issues? hrm? heheh

[edit] i think it's happening more frequently now.. but i think it happens only when i'm using the internet somehow.. with IE, CS or kazaa but i'm not sure that's it [/edit]
 
i'm not sure what the temps are like, the only thing that gives me temp is my bios and that's just for the cpu..

i have a super flower case with 6 fans, 120mm blowhole and an 80mm blowing on the vid card, GF2 400MX.. i have an xp1900+ with a new Tt fan and i'm pretty sure that's not overheating.. although i did set it up to shutdown if it gets to 175F but i don't think it would restart would it?

[edit] also i have a 520 watt power supply with 3 fans, if it's faulty could that be causing the restarts? [/edit]
 
Yeah, if it's not providing enough power to something that needs it that could cause it. From the sound of your computer I doubt anything is overheating. It would be a pain, but do you have another power source lying around that you could switch to for a bit? Would be worth a try.

Also, I know you reinstalled Windows, but if you change your motherboard, you're always going to want a plan a format. Unless you like your computer a little slower than it should be. :D
 
ok ok i turned off the 'auto restart' feature in system/advanced and i get a BSOD now, it says something happened and you need to restart pretty much, then it gives some sort of address in the stop message.. so is it drivers? bad hardware? whaddayathink?
 
I would guess that would be a memory address... but I've no clue beyond that
 
the latest time the blue screen of death told me that the problem appears to be caused by win32k.sys .. i searched and it's in the system32 folder in the windows folder.. does anyone know what that file does and if i could replace it with one from another comp with XP?


[edit] I downloaded the latest chipset/audio drivers and it ran for a long time.. i thought it was fixed and then it went BSOD lol, it said this time: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

and didnt say anything about any files =P

I looked in the bios and there are no IRQ's in conflict :\ [/edit]
 
I'm getting the same kind of error crash message as you (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL), I posted a topic on it but I forgot the name of it.:)
 
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