Re: PC unstable when first booting - PSU failing?

Having suffered with a very similar situation before I would say that your
suggestion is correct. Have you added any drives or a new graphics card
recently?

That was my problem, too much power was being drawn from a new video card at
boot and the old psu couldn't hack it.


"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My main machine (A64 3500+ , 1GB RAM , Asus MB) is becoming increasingly
> tetchy first thing in the morning.
> It will get part way through booting and then restart , sometimes once ,
> sometimes multiple times. Occasionally if it boots first time then when
> you open a program for the first time and the hard drive spins up it will
> reboot. Once up and running it's perfectly stable.
>
> I suspect that the power supply is misbehaving when cold , though I
> realise that it could be just about anything else. It's a decent branded
> 400w PSU and is about 2.5 years old
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Alex
>
> Hermes: "We can't afford that! Especially not Zoidberg!"
> Zoidberg: "They took away my credit cards!"
>
> www.drzoidberg.co.uk
> www.ebayfaq.co.uk
>


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