alih92

Okay, I recently OC'ed my pc but then brought it back because I didn't have an aftermarket cooler for my cpu. All my settings are at defaults now. Lately I've been noticing that my computer tends to just shut off and restart. Also, when it does shut off, the power led on my monitor goes from green to orange and it doesn't change back to green. I have to press the button a couple of times or disconnect the power supply wire or the monitor wire. I know its not the monitor because I've used for 3 years on the computer that it was working with before.

Also, the computer restarts at random times, I can be playing a game, browsing internet, or just having nothing opened and viewing my desktop. I tried turning off the automatically restart option in the advanced tab of my computer's properties.

I'm on windows xp pro sp2, and the restart usually happens every hour.

My temps are:

Craiga35

Might be a RAM issue run memtest and get back to us. You may not have realized when you OC your CPU you also overclock your RAM, your RAM might not have been able to take it.

Also could be a power supply issue, try another PSU if possible.

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alih92

how do i run memtest, I have a usb flash drive, now what?

Craiga35

Memtest 86+

Copy the files in the ISO, not the ISO itself, to the memory stick and boot from the USB Drive. Or you could just burn it do a CD and you're all set.

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