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Originally Posted by Valtelino
A couple of random thoughts.
Did you clear Cmos, & load setup defaults after bios flash?
Unlikely to be the prob, coz it was there before flash, but...
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Thanks for the reply! Yes, the CMOS was cleared with jumpers.
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Originally Posted by Valtelino
Check all the capacitors on the mobo for signs of swelling, bulging, leaking, etc. A popped capacitor will cause lockups or reboots.
I've had cpus with similar symptoms after an overclocked cpu was overheated. They'll run at lower settings, but won't handle their full Mhz anymore. Can you substitute a borrowed cpu just for testing?
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I'll see if I can find one - your suggestion did remind me that this chip/MoBo combination are a few years old, and run constantly. Could be that it's just not able to handle the load anymore.
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Originally Posted by Valtelino
go and buy a $2 Pci video card for testing. It's all about process of elimination.
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I'll give this a try right away - the higher end video card was next on my list of suspects (since I gutted the thing taking out everything else!)
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Originally Posted by Valtelino
Random reboots are power related. Why is power being interupted?
Either the psu is faulty, or the mobo, or one of the peripherals is causing power shorts or surges- it can be ram, cpu, or anything that uses power.
I've had it caused by CD, HDD, even a keyboard once.
But, the most common for me (in order) were PSU, mobo (usually popped caps) then ram, then CDRom drives !
Abits are renowned for popped caps.
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Thank you very much - this gives me something to work with! Yay!! I'll look at the Mobo closely, and see about securing a test CPU as you suggested.
Thanks again!
JKCole
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