Computer problems, continued
My computer continues to reboot randomly with graphic anomalies and repeating sounds. So far I have tried the following:
- Tested the machine with both the Creative X-Fi installed and not.
- Tested the machine with a different PSU.
- Run memcheck on the machine twice with 4GB RAM installed, and then swapped the 2 pairs and tested several times.
- Tried Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7.
- Replaced the nVidia GTS 8800 (640MB) SLI setup with an ATI Radeon 4890.
- Installed the whole rig into a new case (Coolermaster HAF 932). Quieter and cooler – but still getting the reboots.
I’m stumped. I hope it’s not the motherboard but that been suggested as a possible cause. Any other ideas?
Are you running Time Machine backups?
There is/was a bug when writing time machine backups to a corrupted drive that would cause the client machine to crash – nasty and ugly, but easily fixed by disabling time machine, verifying the drive, then re-enabling.
I’m assuming you replaced the PS with one that was a higher wattage in case you were pulling too much power? Were the windows installs new installs or current?
Also, are you running RAID? Is there a possibility of heat issues affecting other components that could be crashing? I know that office you’re in gets hot.
No RAID, and I tried a different PSU. I turned off automatic rebooting after STOP errors and I am getting 0X1E and 0x7E errors. I think it may be driver errors or the motherboard.
http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&q=0x0000007E gives you 1,480 results. Helpful.