Let me start by saying I am obviously new to this forum. Thanks in advance for reading my post and for any help you may be able to offer...
My System:
600W PS
Abit IS7-E
P4 2.6C - Stock P4 cooler+Speeze fan on top of stock fan.
Generic (Mwave) DDR400 mem/ 2- 512mb sticks (Dual DDR)
FX5900 128meg.
Bios Settings:
Chip manually set = 230x13
Strap = 800
DDR = 5:4
AGP/PCI = locked 66/33
Mem timings set by SPD - 2.5/8/3/3
GAT = Auto
Newest bois vers-16
SATA disabled
Lan disabled
Voltages - CPU 1.625 / mem=2.65 / AGP 1.6
Problem is that my machine will run fine and then just shut down and reboot. I can hear a click inside the case and down it goes. No bells and whistles, no temp warnings. (CPU temp shows to be 48*C average, 56*C high). This may happen 1 minute after I boot it up, or 1 hour after I boot it up, no real cause that I can see. It can be in a game, sitting idle, browsing a web page, etc? Does not seem to matter if anything is under a load or just at idle? Upon reboot, XP gives me the old ?send error report? screen. Sometimes it shows a ?driver error?, but can?t tell me which one, sometimes it shows ?unknown cause?, but it?s not the same each time? (This will happen even at ?stock settings? in Bios)?.
I haven?t seen a lot written on this problem, here.
I?ve run Passmark?s Benchmark software ?BurnInTest Pro ? and it has never failed during testing, never an error. I always liked that program, due to the fact it will test every component at the same time. Processor, mem, video, audio, drives, cd/dvd, etc? All are stressed at the same time. It always passes this testing, whether it runs 15 min, or 15 hour, but the darn thing will just crap out any other time. I do not see any signs of overheat and I would think a ?driver? would be tested out during a benchmark, if it?s a driver issue?
Anyone got any ideas? I would appreciate it?