Reboot Reboot Reboot why does it keep rebooting.

i had a similar problem i resolved it by replacing my ram not all though i would take one out put a new in and so on so on till i found the one that was causing the problem might not help much but it is worth trying out hope this helped cause a bad memory module can do strange things

As stated in the orginal post all the RAM has been replaced and indpendently tested in other machines.

1. Another user had decided to not use any heatsink tape or compound and was writing about what you were writing.

2. Try is with just 1 stick of RAM. Then the other, one at a time.

3. The BIOS must be current.

4. Item #3 must be current.

5. Item #4 has to be correct.

6. Try all the BIOS DEFAULT and SAFEST values. Try the FSB at 100 or 200 instead of 266 or 333... Move the AGP to 1X.

7. The lowest number of parts please.

8. No pests please. Read http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

Bob

All the above replies are wonderful examples of the time and effort so many people have put into solving the same sort of problem they've also encountered. Other than your reference to the programs you were running revealing that you're running MSWindows of some flavor keep in mind it's Windows that's at the heart of your problem. I don't mean to start a flame war over which OS is best but in ten years of running Linux I have never seen the problem you mention unless it was a hardware (definitely not software) problem. I have seen it many times especially since XP came out and most of the replies you've received have at one point or another been the actual solution to that problem. Which one is your solution is hard to say. Just 2 days ago my one and ONLY Windows pc started doing the same thing. Restoring the security, sam ,system and software hives (didn't touch default) got it back on it's feet but you need to be able to get at the filesystem to issue some command line stuff to do it. NTFSdos is the one tool I know of that let's you accomplish this on an NTFS system. XP should come in OEM systems as FAT32 as, for most people, the added security of NTFS is a moot point. One can always convert to NTFS if one wants to but the option of going the other way is not built into Windows and I have had ZERO success with Partition Magic converting NTFS back to FAT32. Good luck.

I gave up trying to solve this type of problem on AMD equipment after going through seven different AMD motherboard and AMD CPU combinations.

My solution is very simple, Buy a genuine INTEL motherboard and an INTEL CPU. In fact Everquest will even work fine with the new INTEL Extreme II onboard graphics on the Bayfield boards. I also recommend going with an INTEL HT CPU and avoiding the Celeron.

If you want to improve graphic performance use DDR400 RAM and minimum 512MB, 1024MB recommended.

I also tend to lean towards the NVIDIA FX range of graphic cards as they tend to be affordable and do not sacrifice image quality for extra frame-rate.

If however you insist on the AMD equipment, I suggest fitting an array of cooling fans on the side of the case ... this worked for two AMD fanatics that join our LAN party. This has still not fully solved their problem however as their machines still lock up and reboot after about three hours of C&C Generals.

I might be prejudiced, but my prejudice comes from personal experience!

I had this same problem about a month ago, What I did is Put a new fan on the hard drive and it stopped doing itCheck out your ventilations some of these hard drives do heat up
Jack

As you noted, you seem to have checked pretty much everything. Your system is running at the AMD recommended temp., so I suspect it's not a problem adding another fan would fix. Since you mentioned your OS and no other software, we can't analyze this. First I would check my CPU temp in the hardware area, and look for virii and parasites in the software area. Good luck. chuck