HI,

In your literny of replaced items, memory was not mentioned.  One of the
first things, I'd replace.

Try an UPS/Voltage line conditioner between the wall and the computer to
isolate it from a home electrical
problem.  A surge protector alone will not help if there is voltage
/amperage issues.  If they don't want to buy one, maybe a local computer
shop will rent one or a rent a center (legalized theivery) can supply
one.  Also they could try powering the computer from a different,
hopefully dedicated circuit.


Thanks and have a Great Day!

Joe Lore

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A pc of a friends {originally ibm} started to exhibit cyclical restarts.
Over time a service center has replaced the motherboard,cpu, case, power
supply,video card, os from 98 to xp, optical drives{ not oem parts,it is
basically a new machine now} and each time the system is fine for a
time...from only days to several weeks. this has become a major
frustration as you can imagine. I am thinking fluctuations in the house
power possibly? In the last bout with restarts the system was only home
for a few days with nothing loaded but the os until I put netscape on it
and loaded printer drivers.

The system started to reboot the next day and continued to do so back at
the service center. The system had also been reloaded from scratch
several times under both os's and nothing seems to solve the problem or
point to a solid resolution. Any help or suggestions are appreciated
Thank you in advance Bill

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