Random reboots on neo-fsr

before i say anything, here's the specs:
athlon 64 3000+ @2001mhz (default speed/voltage)
stock cooler w/ artic silver 5
MSI K8T NEO-FSR
1 gig ocz pc3200 reversion2 2-3-3-6 (default speed/voltage)
radeon 9800pro (default speed/voltage)
lite on cdrw/dvd combo
western digital 120gb S.E. IDE
bios i *believe* it's V1.1 released on 4/2/01 (came on the board) never updated it because it was rock solid and since the newcastle temp issue still isn't quite fixed
enermax 460W psu
+3.3v - 35A
+5v - 35A
+12V - 33A
temps
idle
50C cpu
41C case
taken with corecenter
i followed some advice here (especially the psu debate) and built this march fourth, and it has been rock solid till about 2 or 3 weeks ago. i was playing the farcry demo and the system reboots. it happened again today while surfing and i'm kinda baffled as to why. in both cases the electricity didn't go out, and my ups didn't beep. it simply makes the sound it always does when it powers off and instantaneously comes back on. (there seems to be no delay) as you can see my psu has more than enough amps and wattage to run the little that i am. no case lights just 2 120mm fans. i ran memtest 86+ when i assembled it in march and no errors after many passes. so i have absolutly no idea what is going on.
anyone have any ideas? i'd rather not flash the bios if i don't have to, as it seems it's the luck of the draw if it works or not on a fsr
thanks in advance.

ok i thought i had it figured out but it just happened again. i was using the radeon drivers from hell (cat. 4.6, the one that hosed a lotta boxes) so i downgraded to 4.4 (i'm on dialup, so i get every other driver release) and i had no reboot issues for weeks, but it just happened again. i checked out a number of things, including my u.p.s and think that it is either my mobo or psu.
has anyone had any problems with capacitors on their amd64 board? i'm thinking it's possible the psu is resetting because it's getting a false power off signal from the board. possibly due to the caps not haviing quite the right capacitance (electrolyte not quite right) it's not a "soft" reset because the you can hear the psu switching. so mabie it's an over-voltage / wrong signal issue?
has anyone had problems with their enermax psu? i know a few of you have them here because i took your suggestions when the big debate 6 months ago was about which psu to get. any voltage drops/spikes/other abnormalities that have caused any problems?
and as always, thanks
here's the specs again, gotta get them in my sig
athlon 64 3000+ @2001mhz (default speed/voltage)
stock cooler w/ artic silver 5
MSI K8T NEO-FSR
1 gig ocz pc3200 reversion2 2-3-3-6 (default speed/voltage. stable for months)
radeon 9800pro (default speed/voltage)
lite on cdrw/dvd combo
western digital 120gb S.E. IDE
bios i *believe* it's V1.1 released on 4/2/01 (came on the board) never updated it because it was rock solid
enermax 460W psu
+3.3v - 35A
+5v - 35A
+12V - 33A
temps
idle
50C cpu
41C case
taken with corecenter

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in reverse order:-
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