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Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:35:57 PDT7
From:	Gary Wong <gary.wong@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Spontaneous re-boots

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Ran Memtest; the default tests showed no errors. Should I run ALL
tests, or just the default tests?

How would I know (dumb question) if it's the power supply?

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)

Steven Levine wrote:

>In <41385147.3090004@sbcglobal.net>, on 09/03/04
> at 04:11 AM, Gary Wong said:
>
>
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>>Did that, checked the fans, it re-booted on its' own once sometime after
>>loading the Danis drivers (I walked away for a moment so I don't know
>>the last driver loaded before it re-booted itself). The 2nd time it
>>booted all the way thru.
>>
>>
>
>Humm. This type of failure can be almost anything from a weak power
>supply to a marginal motherboard Have you tried:
>
> http://www.memtest86.com
>
>on the off chance that it is the RAM.
>
>HTH,
>
>Steven
>
>
>

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