That's interesting.

I know I got air flow I got a dual fan system in the top dock, a fan board at the bottom and once I get my powersupply fan fixed. I'll have that

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-982100.html

how much you wanting to spend, and how much are you willing to spend?

thanks for the responses!

weaksid - took it apart, reseated everything, no symptoms so far - whatta ya know

kthxbye - cpu temp is 41 deg C seems cool enough - but i did move it from under the desk to the printer cart

Thanks

Cavanaugh: A lot of spontaneous reboots and things like that are cause by video drivers. I had problems when I first installed XP, but when I updated the drivers to the Catalyst 3 set, they all went away.

" A lot of spontaneous reboots and things like that are cause by video drivers."

Well, one of the causes of them! ^_~ the other things mentioned will all cause the same symptoms - but yes! I didn't even think of video drivers - those could be a possibility too.

You're right Cavanaugh - 41C isn't too bad - and I'd think it would probably be better with it on the cart rather than under the desk.

If it isn't video - what about your memory? Are you using aggresive timings? That usually doesn't cause /shutdowns/ - but I've seen it cause odd problems and STOP errors.

If it is shutdowns, and not reboots, I'd be inclined to rule out video - but it never hurts. Check the temperature monitor in your BIOS settings too - sometimes those are set ridiculously conservative. There's just so many things it could be: Power supply, cooling, drivers, memory timings, other BIOS settings, CPU going flaky on you...

Cavanaugh: Have you checked your events viewer to see if there is any indication of what is happening?

I get what you mean kthxbye sorry took so long to reply been real busy... but you are right about the drivers... I have a geforce 2 and it was hard to get everything to work properly with Window Fx...

make sure you have at least the distance of one dirve between all drives if possible and also the mounting bracket below the bottom drive or above the top drive.

heat can cause some real issues because it changes the resistance in the electronics of the drive.

just an after thought

here are a few links to some god sites...

Computer Power User Magazine
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/

Hardware Central
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/

Daily Tech News
http://www.dailytechnews.com/

The Tech-Zone
http://www.thetechzone.com/

lol... good sites taht is
God owns a Mac

It must have been a temperature problem or something unseated cuz i followed weaksid's advice and redid the cabling and moved the whole box up off the floor onto the printer cart and no problems since! I love you guys!

'God owns a Mac'?

Good heavens, does he go to sleazy cinemas and watch porn too?
Gee....I might have been sitting next to God!....




Um.........

LMAOROTF... Jafo, your very mean

go stark i got the same exact laptop , but am currently building a new system, piece by piece, and im goin do it for under 100$, i wanna prove it can be done. buy a barebones system and just start adding parts, ill i need is my video card and i got a new system

Under a hundred? My god, I spent that on the power supply alone!

Jafo

ship/board creep and dust are a killer

ship=chip

no doubt, my 450 ps cost a knot

dont worry im crazy, already got a working p4 power supply almost done

As I was thinking. For you to build a system under $100, you'll need connections and alot of free stuff. Or trade like the black market.