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Computer Restarts- Please Help!


Jeff Feldman 1040149
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Jeff Feldman 1040149
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Hey Guys,

I just finished my computer build yesterday...and no problems until now. I have been trying to install FS9, and whenever I open/close the CD drive the computer just restarts out of nowhere. Any ideas? I have a 750W Corsair power supply, and a Sony CD/DVD drive.

 

Jeff

 

By the way, this computer is only a day old...and I had no trouble installing Windows 7, but now, problems have begun to arose.

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Gary Morris 1090995
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Hmmm... hardware wise I guess you are running SATA yes?

 

Software wise, i suppose it could be a driver conflict with another device, but that is highly unlikely. Do you have another CD/DVD drive you can plug in and test?

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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a restart/shutdown when opening the CD drive tends to indicate a possible lack of power from the PSU, you said you have 750w tho, should be plenty, maybe a short somewhere? or a fail safe in the system, could indicate something else

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Ray Dotulung
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You might wanna check your bios.. Maybe you need to bump your VCore a bit.

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Jeff Feldman 1040149
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I ended up changing the SATA cable and all is fine now...!

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Erhan Atesoglu 1050499
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That's just what I was about to suggest... sounds like a faulty cable, just did the same last week.

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