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_ 		22. October 2006 @ 19:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My p.c. has really shit the bed this time. I have had it for 3 months now and i have loved what it has given me for results. It is a custom built pc, with an ASUS p5vdc-x mother board, two used emachine disc drives, and a ATI Radeon x1300 series vid card.

so... problem:
I was playing CS like any other day, when all of a sudden my pc restarted on me. I thought nothing of it. Later that night i tried running winamp, using my loving milkdrop visualizations, it restarted again. i thought, awkward, but this time instead of going back into windows like normal, it just kept restarting. before it kept restarting, i sent an error report and it said "Caused by a device Driver". i had another pc on my LAN that did this, and it claimed to be the vid card... this card is BRAND NEW... someone PPPPLLLLEEEEAAAASSSEEE help me... i miss my computer...

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Windows XP Home SP3
768MB RAM
AMD sempron 3000+ ~2.0GHz
Radeon 9550 250mb APG
2x Monitors
1-80gb Master HD 1-60gb Slave
nForce 2 Sound Card
"Its not the desk that is small just all the trash you leave on it"
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_ 		22. October 2006 @ 19:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
^^ the post above is someone using my account, i let him because he is having serious issues, the pc specs you see are incorrect for that reason.
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Windows XP Home SP3
768MB RAM
AMD sempron 3000+ ~2.0GHz
Radeon 9550 250mb APG
2x Monitors
1-80gb Master HD 1-60gb Slave
nForce 2 Sound Card
"Its not the desk that is small just all the trash you leave on it"
nasayin
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_ 		23. October 2006 @ 07:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try updating your video card drivers. Make sure you do not have any spywares. Run Ad-Aware and Spybot and see if that helps.
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_ 		23. October 2006 @ 11:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it could also be your psu

how many watts does your psu have?
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_ 		23. October 2006 @ 13:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its a 450 W psu, and everytime i try to run Spybot and adaware, it restarts... i will try again and keep you posted.
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Windows XP Home SP3
768MB RAM
AMD sempron 3000+ ~2.0GHz
Radeon 9550 250mb APG
2x Monitors
1-80gb Master HD 1-60gb Slave
nForce 2 Sound Card
"Its not the desk that is small just all the trash you leave on it"
DoubleDwn
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_ 		23. October 2006 @ 13:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Even though you are getting specific errors related to a device driver, would get a program to monitor temps. CPU, GPU, mobo, etc. Make sure you are running cool enough before you go any further. Heat can cause reboots as well, so its worth looking into.


~Rich
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_ 		26. October 2006 @ 08:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well... my pc wont even turn on now... i noticed the voltage fluxuating... and someone told me that its the psu and it is defective... so... any recommendations???

looking for efficient yet kind of on the cheaper side.
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Windows XP Home SP3
768MB RAM
AMD sempron 3000+ ~2.0GHz
Radeon 9550 250mb APG
2x Monitors
1-80gb Master HD 1-60gb Slave
nForce 2 Sound Card
"Its not the desk that is small just all the trash you leave on it"
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_ 		26. October 2006 @ 09:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bad RAM has caused my computer to reboot before when you put any stress on it but I can't relate that to your last post so it could be the PSU.

Dave
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