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  1. Jun 30th, 2004, 07:15 PM #1
    Narfy
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    Random restarts

    It started to happen two days ago, my computer sometimes randomly restarts on its own, sometimes during startup.

    Any way to fix this?
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  2. Jul 1st, 2004, 01:46 AM #2
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    Processor fan not working properly?
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  3. Jul 1st, 2004, 02:00 AM #3
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    I'm sure I heard some hardware person always say,
    "random restarts = faulty power supply"
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  4. Jul 1st, 2004, 02:12 AM #4
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    I also often hear them say "An arm and a leg..."
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  6. Jul 1st, 2004, 05:51 PM #5
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    It might be my processor fan, its kinda old, but im possitive its not my power supply, its only 3 months old.
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  7. Jul 1st, 2004, 06:01 PM #6
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    If your CPU is overheating, your system will reboot.

    A bad PSU would more likely lead to crashes... and possible hardware failure.

    Could also be MSBlast... or various other malware.
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    Originally posted by DiGiTalErRoR
    If your CPU is overheating, your system will reboot.

    A bad PSU would more likely lead to crashes... and possible hardware failure.

    Could also be MSBlast... or various other malware.
    Those don't usually run during startup? Only Windows startup...
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  9. Jul 2nd, 2004, 01:41 AM #8
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    Overclocking maybe.
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  11. Jul 2nd, 2004, 02:23 PM #9
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    nothing in my computer is overclocked, so I think im going to buy a new cpu fan and see if that fixes it
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  12. Jul 21st, 2004, 12:28 AM #10
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    ok, I didn't go buy a new fan because the restarts went away for about a day, so I thought everything was good, and now the restarts are so frequent that I cant even start up my computer without a restart, and they arnt random anymore, I have win2k and right after it says "loading personal settings..." or something like that, right after that box disappears, it restarts, sometimes it restarts right before the box disappears. What could it be? Please help.

    I can go into BIOS settings and monitor my comps' temp, my CPU is around 45-47*C and CHA is around 30-35*C
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  13. Jul 29th, 2004, 01:02 AM #11
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    I'm not "professionally trained" or anything but I mess with computers a lot. It sounds to me like your RAM is bad because I've run into the same situation before. In my case, I was able to use some RAM from another computer without having to buy RAM to see if that was the problem. It fixed the restart problem, so I was able to purchase some additional RAM knowing that it would resolve the problem. If you don't have "extra" RAM lying around, it's a tough expense if you don't know for sure that it will solve the problem but I suggest trying it.
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    Try reinstalling the OS ( or boot from a CD ) to see if it is hardware or software related.
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