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I recently purchased a Soyo K7VTA Pro Barebones kit and now that I have the system up and running it has been re-booting at will for no apparent reason. I have tried to contact soyo technical support for the last few days and can not get through for help. This has become very annoying. Any ideas :confused:
heat is first thing that comes to mind. There are many things that cause such a condition. Bad reset switch, Bad ram, bad mobo, overheating. YOu will have to run some diagnostics and eliminate things one by one.
I think heat is the number one cause for this type of behaviour.
And in addition to hardware causes it could also be caused by driver/software type issues. Definately need more info.
Control Panel->System->Advanced->Startup & Recovery->Settings->UNCheck Auto Restart
Does this fix the problem or just stop PC from re-booting. I am using the same settings I had with my old MB... Why does it start re-booting now?Quote:
Originally posted by Steve R Jones
Control Panel->System->Advanced->Startup & Recovery->Settings->UNCheck Auto Restart
It won't fix the problem as such, but it will give a Stop error which will indicate where the problem lies. That'll make it much easier to fix the problem.
I did as advised and it re-booted again same as before without any warning....Quote:
Originally posted by SuperSparks
It won't fix the problem as such, but it will give a Stop error which will indicate where the problem lies. That'll make it much easier to fix the problem.
Howdy:
Low system resources is also a big cause of random re-starts..
When this happens, how many programs do you have running once Windows starts and how many do you open and have running at the same time??
Murray
OK if you don't get the Stop error then it's not a Windows or driver problem. Download this nice little utility, and in the Motherboard>Sensor section you will find the temperatures and voltages, report back what you find.
Everest (nee Aida32)
Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type VIA 686 Internal
Sensor Access ISA 6000h
Motherboard Name Soyo K7VTA Series
Temperatures:
Motherboard 38 °C (100 °F)
CPU 45 °C (113 °F)
Aux 23 °C (73 °F)
ST3120026A 48 °C (118 °F)
Cooling Fans:
CPU 5921 RPM
Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.65 V
+2.5 V 2.62 V
+3.3 V 3.31 V
+5 V 5.08 V
+12 V 12.29 V
Debug Info 81 A3 B1 8A DC D0 CD CD
Well it doesn't look like a heat or voltage issue then. Try testing the RAM next. You can run these utilities from a floppy disk:
Memtest86
Windows Memory Diagnostic
I tried everything without any success so I made a last attempt to contact MB manufacture. I was given an okay to replace the MB at there expense. Hopefully this will fix the problem. Thanks all for your support :)