PC Randomly Reboots
22 December 2005, 12:38 PM
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PC Randomly Reboots
Hi,
Been having problems with my PC recently. Just seems to reboot for no aparent reason.
Could this be caused by virus etc.. or is it more likely a hardware problem. Was thinking of trying a new HD!.
Cheers for your help.
Been having problems with my PC recently. Just seems to reboot for no aparent reason.
Could this be caused by virus etc.. or is it more likely a hardware problem. Was thinking of trying a new HD!.
Cheers for your help.
22 December 2005, 12:46 PM
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Could be a hardware thing. I've seen this cause by a dodgy power supply, dodgy ram chips, and overheating. never seen it caused by a hard disc failure, but I suppose it's possible if it's getting bad sectors in the swap file...
22 December 2005, 12:53 PM
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Does it give you a message along the lines of "the PC will restart in..." & a countdown ? Or does it just do it, no warning nothing.
If its the former then I suspect a virus, there was a nasty one doing the rounds that infected my PC, but was easily removed.
If its the former then I suspect a virus, there was a nasty one doing the rounds that infected my PC, but was easily removed.
22 December 2005, 01:43 PM
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It just reboots without warning. Could be overheating as the base unit is in a desk cupboard.
Will try to let it breathe a bit easier for a while and see if that helps.
Cheers
Will try to let it breathe a bit easier for a while and see if that helps.
Cheers
22 December 2005, 02:34 PM
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Will be power supply related if you have usb devices plugged in with a low end power supply. Used to do it on my pc when I first got adsl and used the alcatel modem. Upgraded my psu which I found out was ridiculously low power.
Also check to see if your motherboard has any monitoring software for it. Mine sounds an alarm if the temp gets too high, fans get near to maxing out etc and flashes up warnings. At least this would tell you whats causing it.
Also check to see if your motherboard has any monitoring software for it. Mine sounds an alarm if the temp gets too high, fans get near to maxing out etc and flashes up warnings. At least this would tell you whats causing it.
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Mine did the same a little while back, turned out the fan on the GFX card was shafted (Radeon 9800Pro). Stuck on a new one and jobs a good'un 
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22 December 2005, 08:38 PM
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If you have WinXP do teh below and let us know what error code you get:
1. Control Panel -> System
2. Advanced
3. Startup and Recovery
4. and uncheck Automaically Reboot.
1. Control Panel -> System
2. Advanced
3. Startup and Recovery
4. and uncheck Automaically Reboot.
23 December 2005, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ryn004
If you have WinXP do teh below and let us know what error code you get:
1. Control Panel -> System
2. Advanced
3. Startup and Recovery
4. and uncheck Automaically Reboot.
1. Control Panel -> System
2. Advanced
3. Startup and Recovery
4. and uncheck Automaically Reboot.
Will do this when I get home later cheers.
I do have a few USB devices like Printer, wireless card, dj console and ipod dock so maybe it is a power supply issue although I have 6 USB sockets on the PC.
Cheers for all the advise.
23 December 2005, 09:25 AM
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Check your processor has not "creeped" upwards out of its socket. Early Dells used to do this, and a good shove, making sure you were pressing against something and not about to crack the motherboard, used to fix things!
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Originally Posted by FlightMan
Check your processor has not "creeped" upwards out of its socket. Early Dells used to do this, and a good shove, making sure you were pressing against something and not about to crack the motherboard, used to fix things!
Cheers, I will check this but mine is a Sony Vaio PC.
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