My computer randomly reboots and does not seem to have a pattern. I have an ASUS P2B with a PII 350 processor. I replaced the power supply yesterday as I was sure that was the problem...but it continues to randomly reboot. I've tried switching outlets with no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

candrews

G'day candrews,
How's Things?

Is it possible for your power supply to be overloaded?
If you are using a cd rom along with a cd/rw and 2 hard disk drives, a floppy drive and additional add-on cards, then as I understand it, you'd probably need at least a 300 watt power supply. I'm sorry but; I'm not really sure on how many watts is enough/not enough.

I've noticed that you've tried switching power outlets, what about the actual cable that runs from the PC to the power source? Just a thought.

Also; I've read somewhere, that the buttons on the front of the tower, can sometimes give you grief ie making contact when there not meant to.

Hope this helps.

Ciao,

Dazzler.

sup, candrews??
obviously check all the fans to make sure they are running, espcically the proccessor-check the temperature inside the case if you can, heat is one of the most common culprits in random restarts--

What OS are you running??
Dilbert

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hello
what o/s are you useing?
have you added any soft ware befor this started happening?
i takeit youve cleaned all the dust from computer.have run a through virus scan? theres viruses out there that cause problems like this. try house call anti virues for free online scan just to rule it out.i had cache man on computer and would get this problem.
anthere program that can do this is extiq if you leave its cache manager enabled on some computers random stopping resaults. just uncheck its dynamic cache program and the rest can still be used just fine.
have a nice day

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resistance is invigorateing lol

Also, make sure you're using at least 64MB of RAM(128MB preferably).

Thanks for all the good suggestions folks. I am running XP and have 640mb of RAM. I just put a new Antec 300 watt power supply in with a new cable. Have done several virus scans with no bad results. Could this be the motherboard/processor going bad? They are quite old and I imagine XP is taxing the processor. Thanks again.

candrews

Do you have all of your drivers updated? When a 32 bit driver crashes, the system will reboot. Try reloading or better yet, updating your drivers.