My PC keeps rebooting randomly

johnny · 07-12-2004, 08:08 AM

Over the past two days it happened off and on, sometimes when i'm browsing the internet, sometimes when i'm playing a game.

I've done the works, run a viruscheck, searched for trojans, etc.... nothing out of the ordinary came up. Anyone know what can be the cause of this ?

JrKASperov · 07-12-2004, 08:16 AM

Sounds like that virus thing that came upon a month ago or something. Updated the virusscanner?

philip · 07-12-2004, 08:16 AM

Did you add new hardware or changed something to the setup and what's your windows version and specs?

johnny · 07-12-2004, 08:21 AM

Windows XP home edition, and no, i didn't add any new hardware lately. It started happening two days ago, out of the blue, it never happened before.

Desuma Malevois · 07-12-2004, 08:37 AM

I've also had this problem recently. While it could be a sign of the Sasser virus, it could also be a bad motherboard.

Bungleau · 07-12-2004, 08:39 AM

I've had that problem from a bad power supply. But have you gone to trendmicro.com for an on-line scan? That should eliminate any virus possibilities...

johnny · 07-12-2004, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bungleau:
I've had that problem from a bad power supply. But have you gone to trendmicro.com for an on-line scan? That should eliminate any virus possibilities...

I'll do that right away.

Arvon · 07-12-2004, 09:43 AM

If you're using a power strip or bckup battery system, these may be a cause. I just recently replaced my power strip 'cause of that.

Animal · 07-12-2004, 11:10 AM

Right click the "My Computer" icon and select properties.

On the "Advanced" tab choose the start up and recovery settings and uncheck the "Automatically Restart" box.

Next time it encounters a critical error it won't reboot, it will flash to a blue screen that will give you a stop error at the top. Write down the entire error code, go over to the MS Knowledge Base and plug the error code into their search engine. That will tell you why it's doing it.

If that doesn't work, go make yourself some blue eggs, grab a beer and relax.

Jorath Calar · 07-12-2004, 11:22 AM

Yet another solution... [img]smile.gif[/img]
I had a similar problem, specially when playing games or watching movie files, the computer would restart.
the Graphics drivers (Nvidia) had been corrupted and the problem went away when I installed new ones...

07-12-2004, 08:08 AM	#1
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	Over the past two days it happened off and on, sometimes when i'm browsing the internet, sometimes when i'm playing a game. I've done the works, run a viruscheck, searched for trojans, etc.... nothing out of the ordinary came up. Anyone know what can be the cause of this ? __________________

07-12-2004, 08:16 AM	#2
JrKASperov Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 16, 2003 Location: Wa\'eni\'n Age: 38 Posts: 1,701	Sounds like that virus thing that came upon a month ago or something. Updated the virusscanner? __________________ God is in the rain.

07-12-2004, 08:21 AM	#4
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	Windows XP home edition, and no, i didn't add any new hardware lately. It started happening two days ago, out of the blue, it never happened before. __________________

07-12-2004, 08:37 AM	#5
Desuma Malevois Emerald Dragon Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Age: 64 Posts: 967	I've also had this problem recently. While it could be a sign of the Sasser virus, it could also be a bad motherboard. __________________ Guerilla gourmet, and proprieter of the KFA.<br /><br />\"It\'s all part of the master plan.\"

07-12-2004, 08:39 AM	#6
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	I've had that problem from a bad power supply. But have you gone to trendmicro.com for an on-line scan? That should eliminate any virus possibilities... __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

07-12-2004, 08:16 AM	#3
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Did you add new hardware or changed something to the setup and what's your windows version and specs?

07-12-2004, 09:43 AM	#8
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	If you're using a power strip or bckup battery system, these may be a cause. I just recently replaced my power strip 'cause of that. __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

07-12-2004, 11:10 AM	#9
Animal Gold Dragon Join Date: March 29, 2002 Location: Canada Age: 51 Posts: 2,534	Right click the "My Computer" icon and select properties. On the "Advanced" tab choose the start up and recovery settings and uncheck the "Automatically Restart" box. Next time it encounters a critical error it won't reboot, it will flash to a blue screen that will give you a stop error at the top. Write down the entire error code, go over to the MS Knowledge Base and plug the error code into their search engine. That will tell you why it's doing it. If that doesn't work, go make yourself some blue eggs, grab a beer and relax. __________________ It\'s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye...then it becomes a sport.<br /> [img]\"http://members.shaw.ca/mtholdings/bsmeter.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-12-2004, 11:22 AM	#10
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	Yet another solution... [img]smile.gif[/img] I had a similar problem, specially when playing games or watching movie files, the computer would restart. the Graphics drivers (Nvidia) had been corrupted and the problem went away when I installed new ones...

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