I've had this happen to me with bad memory.  No pattern.  Sometimes the
system would go days without a reboot, sometimes it would reboot three times
in an hour.  Find a cheap piece of 128MB RAM and replace the 512MB for a
while.  If the problem goes away, that nails it.  If it doesn't, well, back
to the drawing board.

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "Glenn P. Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:59 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Spontaneous Reboots


> Greetings all,
>
> 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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