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    Grin Computer likes to reboot -- directx? drivers?

    The computer's randomly rebooting again. This time the specs are as follows:

    - Desktop PC
    - some Radeon 9200 card
    - random asus mobo/ P4 2.8 chip
    - 2x 3200 ddr 512 ram
    - 1x 2700 ddr 512 ram
    - 3 fans powered by IDE, one by mobo (or it would give me a cpu fan not working error)
    - 400W PSU

    Anyway everything is as it was -- same windows install from before I went to HK. However I couldn't install directX -- it apparently was installed already. In any case, when I run directX related screen savers (like 3D text) or play video games requiring directX (like doom3 or world of warcraft), I will randomly get one of the following:

    - computer freezes
    - hard reboot
    - drawing errors leading to freezing

    Never an error -- just plain freezing.

    Now is this a driver error? I installed the drivers from the cd that came with the card, plus windows updates. I *am* planning on getting a new video card (upgrading from 128 to 256), but like the dvd burner and etc, if it can wait, it can wait.

    So what think you? hardware/software? It's not a virus. :D
    Last edited by Peegee; 08-24-2005 at 02:16 PM.

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