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May 1st, 2001, 07:16 PM
#1
Random reboots?
I have the problems where occasionally the system will just up and reboot. Ususally when in a 3D application/game (even winblows pinball) or sometime just whenever.
I don't think it's a hw problem as it never happened in Win98 or while I was briefly testing WinMe.
Brief synopsys of system:
Athlon 500
256 MB RAM
300W pwr supply
128 PCI Sound Blaster
MSI 6167 Motherboard
56K 3Com sw modem (eww)
32 MB TNT2 card
3Com 3c905 nic
Veni, vidi, quiesco sum.
"We came, We saw, We lazed around"
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May 3rd, 2001, 01:39 PM
#2
Hi,
I can't find any tech spec on your motherboard MS6167 at MSI Web. Whenever I do a research on that product, it's saying that there isn't any such product. Are you sure of your motherboard product id ?
Otherwise, I want to know the ref. of your graphic display so I can help you better.
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May 4th, 2001, 02:30 AM
#3
Senior Member
according to MSI the only two Motherboards for the Athlon 500 (slot A) are the MS-6191 and the K7 pro (Ms-6195)
anyway if the problem didn't happen in other windows I'd suggest you get the latest bios for your board: http://www.msi.com.tw
get the latest driver for the TNT2 : http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenD...LE/TNTW2KE.exe
Get the latest chipset driver for your motherboard :
I'm guessing it's AMD chipset:
AGP - http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/bin/..._522_win2k.exe
IDE - http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/bin/eide_132.exe
also take a look at this : http://support.microsoft.com/support...CH&SPR=WIN2000
if it's based on VIA chipset you can get the latest 4in1 drivers from http://www.viahardware.com
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May 11th, 2001, 03:02 PM
#4
6167 is a valid board
can be found here
I have recently reinstalled the opsys and the problem has been solved. Wondering if the 98 dual boot made it cranky.
oh well ... won't be the last time I reinstall.
Thanks for the assist.
Veni, vidi, quiesco sum.
"We came, We saw, We lazed around"
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May 11th, 2001, 10:42 PM
#5
check the heat sink of your PC if it is working. sometimes .. computer reboots if the CPU is too hot.
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May 12th, 2001, 04:19 AM
#6
Senior Member
I see .. http://www.msicomputer.com/products/...?ProductID=127
I dunno how I missed it..
anywayt it's Irongate chipset with AMD southbridge so MY post is still valid.. just Ignore the VIA stuff.
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May 12th, 2001, 06:52 AM
#7
i had exactly the same prob until i upgraded to the latest driver for my Creative GeForce 2MX.
it solved my prob for about a couple of days, that is until my Win2000 died a complete death, and now just resets with an unreadable error message on the blue screen of death, just before the desktop should load :-/
Win XP Pro, Athlon 1.2ghz, K7S5A mobo, Leadtek 64MB GeForce 4 Ti4200, 384MB Ram, 40gig Maxtor 7200 HD, Soundblaster 128
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