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    Random Restarts

    My computer running Windows XP has been doing random restarts since I reformatted it yesterday (well only started today). Someone told me this is memory, so I ran Memtest86+, which is highly recommended. Ran it 3 times, the memory passed all 3 times. Unless I'm doing something wrong, I'm fairly sure it's right. My memory, I guess, is okay. So now what can it be? Power supply? Fans? I know the fans are very dusty... could that be it?
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    Could be the power supply...

    I would also scan for viruses, as many trojans can restart computers.

    Good luck
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    It could be the memory, power supply, or your bios is set to shutdown when the cpu reaches a certain temperature. If your memory seems fine then more then likely its your power supply. Also make sure you are update with your drivers and service packs.

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    The computer might be overheating. I know I had the exact same problem you have, and I resolved it by cleaning out all of the dust and getting a better heatsink and fan.

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    I would bet on the over heating issue as well.

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    Just realized I missed what I always reply to these threads. WinXP by default restarts rather than get a blue-screen. I set it to give me bluescreens, so if it does it again, we'll see why. Anyways, I found this device in the device manager that had a flag, so I disabled it. We'll see what happens.
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    It could be powersupply.
    Did you do any mods to your pc?
    If so, something could be shorting.
    Check your bios, if you set it to reboot if it runs above a certain threshold.
    Thats about all that comes to mind.

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