[RESOLVED] system restarting on its own

[Miasm]

my system keeps restarting on its own,
it only seems to happen if the machine has meen on for a long time (possibly an overheatin problem)

mainboard s1 via 694x atx a VT6x4
1x 256mb DIMM ecc pc100
pIII 800eb 256k s1 133b
3dfx voodoo 3 3000 pci
Diamondmax+ 40 40.9 Gb udma100
50x cd drive
230w psu

that's it, pretty bare system
I know that the prob is'nt ram related, as a friend has the same mainboard, same problem, but different ram

ne1, please help!

[stevet]

Try a different power supply. Bad power supplies are often the cause of reboot problems, especially when the problem seems heat-related.

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Steve Taylor - Instructional Computing Tech
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

[Percy]

Dude, definitely sounds like an overheating problem. Maybe try keeping the case off for a while and see if the problem persists? If so, there's a plethera of ways to cool it down.

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Perseverance in all matters.

[Zleaper]

one other thing to try or keep in mine is that some new mb have hairline cracks in them and can become a problem upon heating in long "on" periods

when I have a random start up problem i remove the mb from case set it on a insulated substances and run it some time the mb screws can cause shorts too!

[Sowulo]

I see that you are using PC100 RAM with a 133FSB processor...double-check your RAM settings on the motherboard and make sure that you aren't accidently trying to overclock the RAM.