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04-07-2004, 10:52 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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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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04-07-2004, 10:54 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Could be the power supply...
I would also scan for viruses, as many trojans can restart computers.
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04-07-2004, 11:55 PM #3Newbie
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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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04-08-2004, 12:07 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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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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04-08-2004, 12:30 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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I would bet on the over heating issue as well.
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04-08-2004, 12:31 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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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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04-08-2004, 12:43 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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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.
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