I have a personally built computer that is somewhat dated(3years or so). First I'll just list all the parts then explain my issue.
Mobo= GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965(rev 3)
CPU= Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
Ram= CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800/CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
(3gbTotal Dual Channel)
PSU= HIPER HPU-4B580-MS 580W ATX12V v2.2
HD= Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST380811AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Gfx= GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3
Also have 2 Samsung combo cd/dvd drives and a Sony floppy drive.
Ok so first let me say my computer did not always do this. It has for some time now but, I had not the time nor the money lately to do anything for myself. Now that I do I'm trying to pinpoint the issue to fix it. I get random restarts in Windows XP.
I don't get any BSOD whatsoever and I have turned off the Automatically Restart on Bsod with no avail. It happens so randomly it could be when I'm playing a game like League of Legends to browsing Firefox,listening to Songbird, or watching a movie. I've looked in the event logs in my computer in all 3 categories System/Application/Security with no signs of a BSOD related event other than the occasional (TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.)Which from what I understand should not be giving me the issue so I do not believe that is the problem.
Recently I got a new game I wanted to try out a free to play MMO called Fantasy Star Zero. Now this is the only thing I have ever done on my computer that could recreate the problem I'm seeing every single time I start the game. I get past log in screen and to character creation and my computer restarts. So now that I found a way to test the problem I got a friend over with some of his parts to test in mine. I tried every single stick of ram separately, different video card, different mouse/keyboard, different PSU as I thought it may be a voltage issue. I've checked temperatures with 3 different programs all say normal temperatures even under load. I've run Ccleaner and other cleaning utilities for my computer. It is not overclocked in anyway shape or form. All drivers are updated though I have not flashed any BIOS firmware or anything like that. Yet every thing I've tried the problem still persists. This problem did not always occur and I have reformatted before with the problem coming back even after that.
I've been racking my brain trying to figure out the problem as have some friends of mine. I've built several computers and never run across an issue I couldn't either figure out on my own or find a solution too online. I've looked everywhere I could think of. If anyone could be of help I would really appreciate it. If you need anymore info please ask and I will reply A.S.A.P
Mobo= GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965(rev 3)
CPU= Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
Ram= CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800/CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
(3gbTotal Dual Channel)
PSU= HIPER HPU-4B580-MS 580W ATX12V v2.2
HD= Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST380811AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Gfx= GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3
Also have 2 Samsung combo cd/dvd drives and a Sony floppy drive.
Ok so first let me say my computer did not always do this. It has for some time now but, I had not the time nor the money lately to do anything for myself. Now that I do I'm trying to pinpoint the issue to fix it. I get random restarts in Windows XP.
I don't get any BSOD whatsoever and I have turned off the Automatically Restart on Bsod with no avail. It happens so randomly it could be when I'm playing a game like League of Legends to browsing Firefox,listening to Songbird, or watching a movie. I've looked in the event logs in my computer in all 3 categories System/Application/Security with no signs of a BSOD related event other than the occasional (TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.)Which from what I understand should not be giving me the issue so I do not believe that is the problem.
Recently I got a new game I wanted to try out a free to play MMO called Fantasy Star Zero. Now this is the only thing I have ever done on my computer that could recreate the problem I'm seeing every single time I start the game. I get past log in screen and to character creation and my computer restarts. So now that I found a way to test the problem I got a friend over with some of his parts to test in mine. I tried every single stick of ram separately, different video card, different mouse/keyboard, different PSU as I thought it may be a voltage issue. I've checked temperatures with 3 different programs all say normal temperatures even under load. I've run Ccleaner and other cleaning utilities for my computer. It is not overclocked in anyway shape or form. All drivers are updated though I have not flashed any BIOS firmware or anything like that. Yet every thing I've tried the problem still persists. This problem did not always occur and I have reformatted before with the problem coming back even after that.
I've been racking my brain trying to figure out the problem as have some friends of mine. I've built several computers and never run across an issue I couldn't either figure out on my own or find a solution too online. I've looked everywhere I could think of. If anyone could be of help I would really appreciate it. If you need anymore info please ask and I will reply A.S.A.P