My comp keeps restarting

[the_music_man]

its raidmax and u know raidmax is one of the best when it comes to reliability/stability

 

[Tittles]

Put your old card in and see if it still does it. I hope u were smart enough to do that since u did say that it might be the problem with the new card.

 

[the_music_man]

ok it hasn't been restarting. im pretty sure its just how i had everything set up in the case. so i straightened and tidied up all the wires and screws and even tried to move the graphics card so it wasn't close to touching or interfering with the fan. or maybe it was the bios update or the drivers? who knows but one of them fixed the problemo

 

[Tittles]

yay good job...glad u got it fixed. I would of went crazy again if my computer restarted like it use to for 3 months. I sware we tried everything and finally we just tried new ram and bam it was fine. U dont know how many copies we made of our xp cds ( of course they were bought but we made copies of them since they were ours) and we would spend hours formatting and all that crap. I was so pissed

 

[the_music_man]

actually im geting tons of more problems . this is really pissing me off. it retarts right before that login window! it shows the windows xp pro (withh the bar loading) then right after that it restarts. and it keeps doing that and restarting and restarting and i can't get into windows! and one time it eveen gave me a blue screen saying some ati23j2.dll driver was messed up (im assuming its a vidoe driver_) ... i reallly don't know what to do. i have tried safe mode, debugging mode, and all sorts of things. one time i got passed it but now i can't.... its relaly confusing b/c i don't know if its hardware or a software issue?

 

[dreamliner77]

run memtest86 and/or try setting bios settings to default

 

[the_music_man]

yeah i put bios to default...i can't run memtest b/c i can't even load windows. ahh i really need help guys. i need a blue screen of death every time i try to get a way around whether its tryin to load windows in safe mode or even when i try to repair with the cd...

 

[the_music_man]

oh and its not my gfx card . i put in my geforce 2 and it did all the same BSOD errors?

 

[AudioSlayer]

His power supply isnt big enough for what he is running. You need to get like a 450 watt power supply. Get a name brand one and not a cheap brand one. Get a nice antec one that should solve your problems.

 

[dreamliner77]

1) you don't need windows to run memtest. It runs from a boot floppy

2) A 300 watt power supply should be fine if it is of good quality.

 

[the_music_man]

i have 420 so i know psu isn't my problem. but audioslayer might be right about the other guy. 300 is not enough for al lthat he is running!