Ubermouser
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Upon every reinstall of windows I've done, I've had a different set of problems. The only differences I made were from reinstalls 1 and 2, where I changed the drivers which were installed and updated the bios. Can anyone help me with any of the problems this computer is having?
Setup:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (1.35 volts)
OCZ Platinum pc4000 (3-2-3-8, 2.8 volts)
DFI RS482 Infinity (1.2v HT)
ATI x1900xtx GPU (PCIE)
Western Digital Raptor (74gb, sata port 1 - windows)
Western Digital Caviar (320gb, sata port 2 - pagefile)
Install 1: Computer would randomly reboot every ~30 minutes to 8 hours. Completely prime/ memtest / windows diagnostic stable. 1 in 3 times, wouldnt boot up. Windows specified ACPI settings. Later found out I forgot to install chipset drivers.
Install 2(CHANGES: Specified ACPI multiprocessor PC, new bios, all drivers updated) Computer would crash about 30 seconds into windows. The system manager would give errors about ICQ number 0 (the pcie card, assumedly) not responding to calls.
Install 3(CHANGES: Disabled ACPI, installed with standard pc) Computer boots perfectly, except only the first AMD processor is detected. By far the fastest setup. 90+ fps on RTHDRIBL. Horrible slowdowns when installing programs. Required an ATI Sata controller driver, installed via windows update.
Install 4(CHANGES: Allowed Windows to decide BIOS type, ACPI disabled in BIOS. Computer shuts down like an old Windows 95 computer, by saying "it is now safe to turn off thsi computer") Computer takes nearly 120 more seconds to boot. Both AMD processors detected. No USB devices not detected. Otherwise, completely stable. Ran RTHDRIBL all night long, no problems. Speed of some applications a bit slow. Only 65 fps on RTHDRIBL. Hardware Interrupts account for more than 50% of the load on the Install 4 computer.
Install 5(CHANGES: ACPI on, User chooses BIOS Type to ACPI Multiprocessor PC, But all ACPI Options such as suspend modes disabled. CoolnQuiet disabled, but drivers installed. Install on 74gb Raptor, Pagefile on 320gb Caviar. Hopefully the USB devices work this time, and hopefully loading isnt like 3 minutes long. Hopefully its as stable as it was in install 4, but without the slowness.)
Computer boots perfectly, idles well, seems to handle prime95 well.. but suffers from random reboots again.
I really thought I dealt with that problem already..
I suspected it may have been the powersupply as well, but there are some observations that lead me to believe this isnt true: Voltages dont ever dip outside of the 10% zone that Smart Guardian has set, and no errors are ever listed when managing the computer. The computer simply.. restarts.
randomly. I cant even reproduce the results by prime95'ing.
Thanks for any help you might offer in advance - Anything you offer is greatly appreciated.
EDIT** I installed a Watts up monitor to find whether the problem may be my power splitter. 317 watts drain on all equipment I have - Laptop, computer, crt monitor.. etc
Setup:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (1.35 volts)
OCZ Platinum pc4000 (3-2-3-8, 2.8 volts)
DFI RS482 Infinity (1.2v HT)
ATI x1900xtx GPU (PCIE)
Western Digital Raptor (74gb, sata port 1 - windows)
Western Digital Caviar (320gb, sata port 2 - pagefile)
Install 1: Computer would randomly reboot every ~30 minutes to 8 hours. Completely prime/ memtest / windows diagnostic stable. 1 in 3 times, wouldnt boot up. Windows specified ACPI settings. Later found out I forgot to install chipset drivers.
Install 2(CHANGES: Specified ACPI multiprocessor PC, new bios, all drivers updated) Computer would crash about 30 seconds into windows. The system manager would give errors about ICQ number 0 (the pcie card, assumedly) not responding to calls.
Install 3(CHANGES: Disabled ACPI, installed with standard pc) Computer boots perfectly, except only the first AMD processor is detected. By far the fastest setup. 90+ fps on RTHDRIBL. Horrible slowdowns when installing programs. Required an ATI Sata controller driver, installed via windows update.
Install 4(CHANGES: Allowed Windows to decide BIOS type, ACPI disabled in BIOS. Computer shuts down like an old Windows 95 computer, by saying "it is now safe to turn off thsi computer") Computer takes nearly 120 more seconds to boot. Both AMD processors detected. No USB devices not detected. Otherwise, completely stable. Ran RTHDRIBL all night long, no problems. Speed of some applications a bit slow. Only 65 fps on RTHDRIBL. Hardware Interrupts account for more than 50% of the load on the Install 4 computer.
Install 5(CHANGES: ACPI on, User chooses BIOS Type to ACPI Multiprocessor PC, But all ACPI Options such as suspend modes disabled. CoolnQuiet disabled, but drivers installed. Install on 74gb Raptor, Pagefile on 320gb Caviar. Hopefully the USB devices work this time, and hopefully loading isnt like 3 minutes long. Hopefully its as stable as it was in install 4, but without the slowness.)
Computer boots perfectly, idles well, seems to handle prime95 well.. but suffers from random reboots again.

I suspected it may have been the powersupply as well, but there are some observations that lead me to believe this isnt true: Voltages dont ever dip outside of the 10% zone that Smart Guardian has set, and no errors are ever listed when managing the computer. The computer simply.. restarts.

Thanks for any help you might offer in advance - Anything you offer is greatly appreciated.
EDIT** I installed a Watts up monitor to find whether the problem may be my power splitter. 317 watts drain on all equipment I have - Laptop, computer, crt monitor.. etc