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**Poreponko** · 10-23-2008, 03:56 AM

Got a decision to make.

Over the past few months I've been getting a lot of spontaneous reboots. No BSOD, no advance warning, no nothing. My CPU (Prescott 3.2 GHz now clocked to 3.28 GHz) is stable at 51C idle/65C load, my water cooling rig is working nominally, and I've done swept the hard drive and registry for culprits. Thought it was iTunes 8 (always seemed to happen about 30 seconds into Zebra's "Who's behind the door?

) but after going in and uninstalling (and removing all the hooks left in the registry) and then reinstalling, I've been getting the same spontaneous reboots. After testing I know that I have two dead USB headers on the mobo (Intel D865PERL) but both of my SATA headers are good. I've ordered two SATA cables from performance-pcs.com (should be here tomorrow) and will test that theory out, but I suspect that my mobo is toast.

Now, I've been looking at upgrading to a socket 775 mobo, but that'll mean a new CPU, new memory, and a new video card. Total cost there should be around $600. Would rather nurse this baby along some. Any advice?

10-23-2008, 03:56 AM	#1
Poreponko Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 486 Senior Member	Spontaneous reboots Got a decision to make. Over the past few months I've been getting a lot of spontaneous reboots. No BSOD, no advance warning, no nothing. My CPU (Prescott 3.2 GHz now clocked to 3.28 GHz) is stable at 51C idle/65C load, my water cooling rig is working nominally, and I've done swept the hard drive and registry for culprits. Thought it was iTunes 8 (always seemed to happen about 30 seconds into Zebra's "Who's behind the door? ) but after going in and uninstalling (and removing all the hooks left in the registry) and then reinstalling, I've been getting the same spontaneous reboots. After testing I know that I have two dead USB headers on the mobo (Intel D865PERL) but both of my SATA headers are good. I've ordered two SATA cables from performance-pcs.com (should be here tomorrow) and will test that theory out, but I suspect that my mobo is toast. Now, I've been looking at upgrading to a socket 775 mobo, but that'll mean a new CPU, new memory, and a new video card. Total cost there should be around $600. Would rather nurse this baby along some. Any advice?
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