Mystery Re-Boot

[bojovan]

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

[J A L]

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.

[DrMDJ]

And in addition to hardware causes it could also be caused by driver/software type issues. Definately need more info.

[Steve R Jones]

Control Panel->System->Advanced->Startup & Recovery->Settings->UNCheck Auto Restart

[bojovan]

Originally posted by Steve R Jones
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?

[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.

[bojovan]

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.

I did as advised and it re-booted again same as before without any warning....

[Murray S.]

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

[SuperSparks]

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)

[bojovan]

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

[SuperSparks]

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

[bojovan]

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