Until recently I have had troubled with a blue screen of death. I fixed that by downloading the latest updates for the mother board but now this is happening . It's becoming a right pain in the arse when I need to leave a Neopets program running or another online game I play only to find it has closed everything down when I get home from work.
Computer randomly restarting
#1
Posted 19 January 2009 - 10:37 AM
Until recently I have had troubled with a blue screen of death. I fixed that by downloading the latest updates for the mother board but now this is happening . It's becoming a right pain in the arse when I need to leave a Neopets program running or another online game I play only to find it has closed everything down when I get home from work.
#2
Posted 19 January 2009 - 11:45 AM
#3
Posted 19 January 2009 - 12:14 PM
That's what I was thinking. Open your pc and clean out as much dust as you can, especially from the fans.
#4
Posted 19 January 2009 - 01:28 PM
I hate that. Or when the counter reaches 0 just as you look back.
#5
Posted 19 January 2009 - 02:14 PM
That only happens once a month though. My guess would be a heat issue if it happens when the computer has been on for a while.
#6
Posted 19 January 2009 - 04:41 PM
Could also be a faulty PSU.
#7
Posted 19 January 2009 - 05:56 PM
I run Spybot everyday so I'm pretty sure it can't be a virus or something. I'll clean the fan tomorrow and see if that helps. It has been a while since I last did it actually.
#8
Posted 19 January 2009 - 06:25 PM
#9
Posted 19 January 2009 - 06:37 PM
GPU - 46 C
Seagate ST3320620A6 - 37 C
#10
Posted 19 January 2009 - 07:23 PM
#11
Posted 20 January 2009 - 06:28 AM
Is it possible for a program to make a computer react like that? I mean if it was a third party thing I could understand it possibly happening due to a virus or something....but I got the program with the phone .
#12
Posted 20 January 2009 - 06:37 AM
That's not high...at all. That's really cool.
Is it possible for a program to make a computer react like that? I mean if it was a third party thing I could understand it possibly happening due to a virus or something....but I got the program with the phone .
It could have just been an incomparability with that software and some of your hardware, or with another piece of software you're running. I'm assuming that phone software was designated to run on boot up? I bet if you removed it from the boot sequence and just ran it when you needed it then it'd fix the problem.
#13
Posted 20 January 2009 - 06:46 AM
It could have just been an incomparability with that software and some of your hardware, or with another piece of software you're running. I'm assuming that phone software was designated to run on boot up? I bet if you removed it from the boot sequence and just ran it when you needed it then it'd fix the problem.
So just turn it off in msconfig > start up?
#14
Posted 20 January 2009 - 07:11 AM
Yah.
#15
Posted 20 January 2009 - 07:50 AM
#16
Posted 20 January 2009 - 08:49 PM
That was my first thought...
#17
Posted 21 January 2009 - 08:15 AM
The weird thing is that it apparantly did not restart once for the repair guy...yet it is working fine now. He thinks it could be my hard drive that is heading for the grave.
#18
Posted 21 January 2009 - 08:46 AM
The weird thing is that it apparantly did not restart once for the repair guy...yet it is working fine now. He thinks it could be my hard drive that is heading for the grave.
Sounds even more like overheating now. If it was constantly restarting for you it was probably because it was already hot. By the time you got it to him it would have cooled down. Mine used to do the same thing, restart once, then again, then eventually every 2 seconds. Open your case, check all of your fans and airways for dust and clean it all out. Also, double to check your PSU is sending the correct voltage across individual rails that your graphics card needs.
#19
Posted 21 January 2009 - 12:48 PM
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287\
Maybe run prime 95/ati tool to stress test your video card/cpu and monitor the temperatures. And memtest
#20
Posted 22 January 2009 - 09:49 AM
I just hope the repair guy hasn't removed any of the upgrades I had inside the computer. Should have taken note of exactly what was in there.
#21
Posted 22 January 2009 - 10:59 AM
#22
Posted 22 January 2009 - 02:47 PM
....yeah I thought it would be a good idea considering I didn't know what was wrong with it and needed it back asap.
#23
Posted 22 January 2009 - 03:27 PM
supercool, actually
yes
incompatibility can occur with the mobo / etc
certain programs can access different parts of the CPU and motherboard and make it work in different ways
seeing as it was a mobile phone app, it was probrabl a driver compatibility issue
#24
Posted 22 January 2009 - 03:38 PM
I win
#25
Posted 22 January 2009 - 04:30 PM
yes
incompatibility can occur with the mobo / etc
certain programs can access different parts of the CPU and motherboard and make it work in different ways
seeing as it was a mobile phone app, it was probrabl a driver compatibility issue
Well high compared to my unoverclocked idle temps.
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