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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:07:51 PDT7
From:	Gary Wong <gary.wong@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Motherboard & case suggestions (was Spontaneous re-boots)

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Steven Levine wrote:

>>How would I know (dumb question) if it's the power supply?
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>Without test equipment, the only available test option is to replace it.
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>>Sometimes it does the re-boot after loading SciTech SNAP (the IBM
>>version); could it be the video card? (an Elsa AGP that Jerry gave me
>>about a year ago)
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>It could be. It also could be RAM/MB/CPU. When the video driver kicks in
>there's a burst of IO activity. This will stress whatever is weak.
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Well, I think it may be the motherboard and/or CPU. It's a MSI 6309
that I got from Jerry about a year ago; I'm not sure how old it is.
It's a P3-800.

I've replaced the power supply with a new Antec 400W, put in a new video
card which is Abit GF4 MX-8x (GeForce4 MX 440 8X, I believe), the floppy
cable and one of the 2 IDE cables, and now it seems to re-boot at least
2 times each time I power the machine up.

There's even been a few times that I fire up Mozilla 1.8a3 and it causes
the machine to black out and then re-boot.

Suggestions on MB/CPU combinations?

Also, will I need a new case (I've heard it may be due to a P4 needing
more airflow)?

Thanks.

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