Posted on 08/17/2004 4:00:25 PM PDT by sushiman
I'm running Windows XP . I've been having this problem for about three months now and I'm REALLY fed up... Basically my computer restarts itself... RANDOMLY , sometimes 2-3 times a week . I don't believe it is overheating as it can happen just minutes after I turn the computer on in the morning . My wife checked the computer system a month or so ago and it was clean with no worms/viruses . Does anyone have a clue why my computer automatically re-boots itself ?
Give me an L . . .give me an I . . .give me an N . . .give me a U . . . give me an X
Get a Macintosh!
I was wondering what this switch does.
I believe there was a virus of some sort running around a few weeks ago that would shut down Windows.
Do you have up-to-date virus software on your computer and have you run a virus scan lately?
If the computer stays up long enough, go into Control Panels, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer and The the System Tab, look for any Red/White X's and Tell us what it says
Check the cooling fan on your processor. Processors can overheat very quickly (especially AMD processors) if the fan unit isn't properly mounted, or isn't working at all. Also, check your BIOS settings to see if some other threshold isn't being exceeded.
Most likely it is blue-screening due to a hardware conflict but you have it set up to reboot instead of showing the error. Think back on any hardware you may have added. Also do a Winodws update and a BIOS update to be sure you have the latest drivers.
If you are administrator, go into the following:
Start --> Administrative Tools --> Events. Find the events in red and then go to this website to try and resolve:
http://www.eventid.net/
My husband is a computer genious! And when that happenned to me he installed every anti virus fire wall etc available.
The real problem? Overheated! All the upgrading of hardware had outgrown the fan.
Best, Sarah
Not enough info to diagnose--have you considered reformatting and reinstalling Windows?
Your wife might be giving you an editorial comment, virus wise.
Desktop or laptop? How old? If a desktop, is there a chance your RAM has become unseated?
Here's another vote for overheating. Had the problem a few months back.
Change keyboards if crud is present, it could cause this problem.
Look at your event viewer. It might give you a clue.
Maybe your Beeber is stuned.
Your problem sounds just like when my power supply went a few months ago.
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