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The first thing I would suspect is memory. Either bad ram, or the BIOS
settings are wrong. The first thing I would want to do is swap out the
DIMMS one at a time.
Rode
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>I have just build a new workstation. WIndows 2000 Pro is installed on a
>10000 rpm Seagate Cheetah SCSI drive which commands dual 2.2GHz Xeons
>mounted on a SuperMicro P4DC6+ with 512MBs pf Corsair RDRAM. Power is
>supplied by a 475W PCPower and Cooling PS. I have waited quite a while to
>afford this machine, and as you can see, it is top end beast. What has me
>talking to myself is its penchant for spontaneous reboots -- sometimes as
>many as 3 or 4 during an eight hour session. Inital paging size is set to
>768 with max set to 1536. I would suspect the power supply, but as you can
>see, it too is a Lexus-level component -- I realize that anytning piece of
>equipment could be faulty, even components with reputations such as these.
>As you can imagine, I don't relish spending anymore money, but I am
>considering investing in an uninteruptible power supply back up -- in for a
>penny. in for a pound. But does anyone have any suggestions other than or
>including this move?
>
>TIA,
>Glenn Miller
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