Re: WIndows 2000 Server re-boots every 2 to 3 days

Hi Jeremy
Thats whats driving me crazy, I have done eveything you have said, I have a
500 watts dual fan power supply, a special case with 3 more fans and
ventalation. I have left space between the 2 hard drives, and the cpu
tempature is ok. I have not overclocked the system, I am using it as a
workgroup server, and the video is an ATI 32 meg Radeon card. I have
searched on every news group I can find, and cant find a solation. I have
been through the bios, and turned power saving features on and off and it has
no affect on the problem.

The first time I installed, I also installed all the hardware and
motherboard drivers, so I thought it might be that. SO when I re-installed, I
did not even do this step, and the system still re-boots.

The only thing I can think of now, is to swap the power supply, just in
case, and change the video card, but the vendor has sold many systems with
this configeration, so I cant see the video card being the problem.





"Jeremy Sun" wrote:

> it may be caused by either over heat or under power.
>
> System tends to go unstable when it is over heated.
>
> 1) Your CPU. You sure that the heat sink and the cooling fan are connected
> properly? is the material between the heat sink and CPU melting properly?
> 2) Your CPU. Did you over clock it?
> 3) Your 2 160GB harddisk, did you put them too close to each other? they
> generate a lot of heat. Put them at least one slot away from each other.
> 4) Did you install a real cool 3D graphic card? these cards are hot
> 5) Check the system board temperature with software, if your hardware
> support it. if the temp is always 60'C or more then may be buying a better
> CPU fan / case fan will solve your problem
>
> You also need a good power supply these days if you are connecting all 4
> IDEs (harddisks/cd-writter/dvd) or 3D graphic cards. They eat up a lot of
> power and the normal 300Watt P4 power arn't enough. Get a 350W or even 400W
> power will solve your problem.
>
> Anyway, it looks like a hardware problem to me...
>
> "ThePoet" <ThePoet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ¦b¶l¥ó
> news:3B45ECC1-CAB1-47CB-9C5C-102CD067E539@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ¤¤¼¶¼g...
> > Sorry, I wasnt clear, the system keeps re-booting every 2 to 4 days, and
> > since I did a complete re-install today, it has bebooted twice in the last
> 3
> > hours. Also just to mention, the system has never been connected to
> internet,
> > so can not be virus, and just to make sure I scanned for blaster and it
> was
> > not there.
> >
> > "ThePoet" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a fresh install of windows 2000 SP4, stand alone, not yet
> connected
> > > to internet, or network, and everything seems fine. I had a few event
> id's
> > > but I corrected all of them, the system is an Asus P4V8X-X with 2 160
> gig
> > > drives. I can not figure out at all what can be causing the system to
> re-boot
> > > like this? I have re-installed a few times, just to make sure the
> install was
> > > ok, I tested the hard drives, they pass. I will now test the memory,
> > > although, I can not see it causing this type of problem.
> > >
> > > Also, in both the Bios and in Windows2000 I turned off all power saving
> > > features and options.
> > >
> > > Any ideas, I have been working on this for over a week with no luck!!
>
>
>
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