CPU: AMD 64 3200+
MB: Asus KV8 Deluxe
Ram: 1 GB (512x2) Kingston DDR PC- 3200
PSU: POWMAX 450 Watts
Video: Leadtek A400 TDH
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
The system will reboot everytime I play a game. Runs fine under "normal loads". I've been tackling this issue with my KV8 (not SE) Deluxe for about a year. I used to have a Sapphire 9600XT when this first occured and I attacked the problem from the point of it being a video card issue. I lowered the AGP to 4x, turned cool'n'quiet off, then on, set bios to default, ran memtest (successfully), moved memory to slots 1/2 & 1/3, swapped them around, replaced my PSU, I loaded the lastest video drivers (or back rev'd them), updated DirectX and checked cooling.
I then bought a Leadtek 6800. Same thing, reboots. So I'm thinking its a MB issue now. I've unchecked the auto restart in Windows XP SP2 Start and Recovery to see if I'd get a blue screen. I didn't get one. Each crash does write to the minidump file. Unfortunately I don't know how to decypher them.
I never upgraded the bios from 1003 because I don't like messing with the bios unless it specifically address a pertinent problem. If I am required to update the bios I will need specific instructions as ASUS's instructions suck.
What am I missing?
TIA
MB: Asus KV8 Deluxe
Ram: 1 GB (512x2) Kingston DDR PC- 3200
PSU: POWMAX 450 Watts
Video: Leadtek A400 TDH
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
The system will reboot everytime I play a game. Runs fine under "normal loads". I've been tackling this issue with my KV8 (not SE) Deluxe for about a year. I used to have a Sapphire 9600XT when this first occured and I attacked the problem from the point of it being a video card issue. I lowered the AGP to 4x, turned cool'n'quiet off, then on, set bios to default, ran memtest (successfully), moved memory to slots 1/2 & 1/3, swapped them around, replaced my PSU, I loaded the lastest video drivers (or back rev'd them), updated DirectX and checked cooling.
I then bought a Leadtek 6800. Same thing, reboots. So I'm thinking its a MB issue now. I've unchecked the auto restart in Windows XP SP2 Start and Recovery to see if I'd get a blue screen. I didn't get one. Each crash does write to the minidump file. Unfortunately I don't know how to decypher them.
I never upgraded the bios from 1003 because I don't like messing with the bios unless it specifically address a pertinent problem. If I am required to update the bios I will need specific instructions as ASUS's instructions suck.
What am I missing?
TIA