Spontanious Reboot!

[imatech]

I am currently getting spontaneous reboots at random. Doesn't really matter what I'm running at any given moment. It has happened running a variety of programs... this started AFTER I installed the Pixel View Geforce4 MX440 Vid card. I installed the Nvidia 28.32 drivers.

I need some help here. Anyone have an Idea as to what is going on here?

Current settings:

Multiplier =11
FSB= 140
Card is clocked to:
280,375 respectively

I've tried various settings on the card, but have gotten the same results! Do I have a bad card? This card IS fan cooled.

Need a MIND on this!


Thanks


imatech

[mdzcpa]

Are you running Win XP?

If so, the reboots are caused mostly likley by the NVidia driver. Your crashing the driver and Win XP is just doing it's auto reboot thing. Some call this the "infinite Loop" error.

To cure this, turn down some of the memory settings. The 23.11 and 28.32 can cause trouble with memory a bit on the edge of too aggressive.

If your not running Win XP, or turning down the memory settings does not help, I would think you may have a PSU issue. Perhaps the new card is drawing more power than the system can handle. Under powered system often are plagued by the random reboot syndrome.

[imatech]

Sounds palusible, however I'm running a Future Power 300 watt AMD approved supply. I've unplugged my twin cooling fans in an effort to see if the reboot problem subsists. Time will tell.

Thanks for the input.

imatech

[lsevald]

any new entries in the winxp event log after a crash? if so..it might give you a clue as to what's going on...

[imatech]

Ok, new update... After unplugging my twin coolers, I haven't had a recurrence of the reboot... I guess installing the Video card with the fan pulled just a WEE bit more power than I have available.

BTW, I'm running Win2KPRO Win98SE dual boot... Not WinXP!

Temps have gone up about 8Degrees... I need the coolers!

Need to upgrade to a 400W or higher power supply???


Enermax? Or run a dual power system? Which do you think??


IMATECH

[bldegle2]

running dual PS's here, got to love it for fannage in the box, nothing hooked to the M/B except an RPM sensor and the small vid and chipset fans, they are very low draw, check sig.

and, yes, if you disconnect fannage and the rebooting/freezing stops, it is definately your PS.

replace the PS with one that has POTS, make dailing the volts easy on the 5/12 line, i also, bumped the vio leg (3.3 to 3.6). Sparkle, Antec, both have POTS, varies with model.

There are others to choose from, just do a search for PS's here and you will find more than enough info to keep you busy reading all afternoon.

go for it.

baldy

:cool:

[mdzcpa]

Originally posted by imatech
Need to upgrade to a 400W or higher power supply???

Enermax? Or run a dual power system? Which do you think??



Definitley time for an upgrade...and remember, you get what you pay for in the PSU department, so don't skrimp.

Unless you see your self going to water cooling and plan on using a pelt, there is really no need for a dual PSU set up if you run a high qualiy single PSU. A high quality PSU can provide plenty of juice.

I'm not saying a dual supply is a bad idea...just likely to be overkill. I've yet to have any system (without a pelt ;) ) bring an Enermax EG465 (430w) to it's knees. And one of my current systems has 4 HDs (2 in RAID 0), DVD, CDRW, floppy, 4 120mm fans, 2 80mm fans, DDR fan, chipset fan, water pump, multiple USB devices, a power hungry overclocked Ti 4600, and an XP 2000 overclocked to 1.930ghz. Nary a hiccup and strong, consistent 5v rail power.

Stick with a good PSU like the Antec TruePower series, or the later model Enermax units and you'll do just fine. Get a 430w or better.

[joek71]

I have this model:

http://www.antec-inc.com/p_true480.html

true480 and I love it. I looked into the Anermax but Antec is a little bit cheaper. And it got great reviews on the TruePower series.

[BigBen]

Your computer may reboot for no apparent reason, and without any prior warning.

This is the default behavior when Windows XP encounters a System failure. This behavior can be changed by going to the System applet in Control Panel, select the Advanced tab and click the Settings button under the Startup and Recovery heading. Under System failure, un-check Automatically restart.
To check why your system had a failure, check the Event logs for any error messages. You can find the Event Viewer in the Administrative Tools, or by typing eventvwr in the Open box from the Run command

Regards

[Ian Newson]

Originally posted by BigBen
Your computer may reboot for no apparent reason, and without any prior warning.

This is the default behavior when Windows XP encounters a System failure. This behavior can be changed by going to the System applet in Control Panel, select the Advanced tab and click the Settings button under the Startup and Recovery heading. Under System failure, un-check Automatically restart.
To check why your system had a failure, check the Event logs for any error messages. You can find the Event Viewer in the Administrative Tools, or by typing eventvwr in the Open box from the Run command

Regards

BTW, I'm running Win2KPRO Win98SE dual boot... Not WinXP!

I would also recomend a decent sized PSU 400Watt+ . I personally wouldnt go for anything less .

[BigBen]

OOPS :rolleyes:

Regards