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random (ish) reboots by stoshrocket on 03-19-2006 at 05:03 PM
ok, i have got a new comp lately, and its been running perfectly fine. One of the first things i did was install a seperate firewall to replace the windows one, install AVG anti-virus and install Ad-Aware SE Personal; i do regular scans with both. Yet sometimes, about every two days when i click on a link (on any site, none in particular and when i revisit it seems fine) and the content is displayed after a second or two my computer just reboots. This only seems to happen when browsing the internet though and doesnt really happen on any particular page, it seems random. I cant find anything with AVG or Ad-Aware, and dont know if it will be a hardware or software problem. Any ideas? cheers,
btw, im using mozilla firefox v1.5, windows xp home sp2
RE: random (ish) reboots by Mike on 03-19-2006 at 05:11 PM
Did you check the event log?
Start -> Control Panel -> Adminstrative Tools -> Event Log
Also, you might try disabling automatic reboot when a BSOD shows up: Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Uncheck "Automaticlly Restart"
If this happens again and a BSOD pops up, you should tell us what error it says 
RE: random (ish) reboots by Voldemort on 03-19-2006 at 05:30 PM
Tried internet Explorer?
RE: random (ish) reboots by Wabz on 03-19-2006 at 06:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by bto
Tried internet Explorer?
Tried what? If you mean a problem I don't really think Internet Explorer would cause a reboot this often especially on a new machine.
I'm curious when you say new machine do you mean self built, from shop , or 2nd hand perhaps this may shed some light on the subject
RE: random (ish) reboots by stoshrocket on 03-19-2006 at 06:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Also, you might try disabling automatic reboot when a BSOD shows up: Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Uncheck "Automaticlly Restart"
done
quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Did you check the event log?
Start -> Control Panel -> Adminstrative Tools -> Event Log
hmm... would this show what happened before it rebooted itself though?? ive only glanced at it atm, just trying to google an answer for the past hour...
quote:
Originally posted by Mike
If this happens again and a BSOD pops up, you should tell us what error it says
not had a BSOD on this machine, ever, but if it does pop up and i think its related to the prob, ill post the result
quote:
Originally posted by Wabz
Tried what? If you mean a problem I don't really think Internet Explorer would cause a reboot this often especially on a new machine.
I'm curious when you say new machine do you mean self built, from shop , or 2nd hand perhaps this may shed some light on the subject
its never happened in IE but i never use IE anyway, ill browse with IE for a few days to see if it reboots with IE as well and its not some freak thing with FF. As for where my machine came from, i built it myself, but had alot of help from my dad who has been building them for years....
RE: random (ish) reboots by Killers2 on 03-19-2006 at 06:43 PM
my old pc did that once when i had old driver instaled into my pc
RE: random (ish) reboots by YourNeibour on 03-19-2006 at 07:10 PM
Your PC may be overheating wich is causing the reboots.
RE: random (ish) reboots by stoshrocket on 03-19-2006 at 07:30 PM
quote:tbh i dont think so, although it could be, i thought i had more than enough cooling within my PC, two large stock fans in the case plus the regular ones on all of the components needed (CPU, PSU, Gfx Card)...
Originally posted by YourNeibour
Your PC may be overheating wich is causing the reboots.
RE: random (ish) reboots by Reaper on 03-19-2006 at 08:08 PM
get CPUCool, to check the temperature of your PC
RE: random (ish) reboots by stoshrocket on 03-19-2006 at 08:13 PM
ive already got a guru panel connected to my pc monitoring all of my temps; ive just tested my cpu at 100% for 10 mins (using sandra) and the temp is 25/26
and the sys is 34....
RE: random (ish) reboots by Reaper on 03-19-2006 at 08:26 PM
ok so that rules out the temperature idea. have you tried a system restore to maybe as far back as before installing Ad-Aware, etc.
RE: random (ish) reboots by stoshrocket on 03-19-2006 at 08:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Reaper
ok so that rules out the temperature idea. have you tried a system restore to maybe as far back as before installing Ad-Aware, etc.
thats just what im trying to avoid
ive already built my computer back up with my pref progs... but if i cant figure it out then i'll prob just do a clean install and start fresh... <sigh> thanks for helping anyway guys! ill keep my comp as it is for a few days, if it does it again a couple of times, im gonna just do the fresh. Thanks!