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Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:06:11 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Motherboard & case suggestions (was Spontaneous re-boots)

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In <417BB939.8060302@sbcglobal.net>, on 10/25/04
at 10:07 AM, Gary Wong said:

>Well, I think it may be the motherboard and/or CPU. It's a MSI 6309 that
>I got from Jerry about a year ago; I'm not sure how old it is. It's a
>P3-800.

With MBs, CPUs and RAM age is never an issue. Either they work forever or
they don't.

>cable and one of the 2 IDE cables, and now it seems to re-boot at least 2
>times each time I power the machine up.

That says what you have done so far did not fix the problem. Have you run
a memory tester such as:

http://www.memtest86.com

>There's even been a few times that I fire up Mozilla 1.8a3 and it causes
>the machine to black out and then re-boot.

Since you probably have a good PS, it's something else.

>Suggestions on MB/CPU combinations?

Almost anything works. Generally, you get the quality you pay for.

>Also, will I need a new case (I've heard it may be due to a P4 needing
>more airflow)?

The current P4s seem to run pretty cool.

The thing you need to decide is how much hand holding you need if you
continue to have problems. That pretty much determines what you should
buy and where you should buy it.

Steven

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