Blue Screens and Restarts

Johnnyboy0056 · 10-06-2005, 06:03 PM

hey guys.

ok, my problem is when i start my computer in the morning, this has happened twice now, i startt he computer, the post comes up, then the screen to see if i want to boot form disk, then the windows xp logo with the little blue bar going across the bottom as windows loads. it does this about 15 secs, and then the computer suddenly resets, or restarts itself. it will do this over and over until i try to boot into safe mode, where it comes to the screen in dos with all the commands covering the screen, and then it will restart there too, then start windows normally after that.

other issue, which i feel is related, is that twice i have recieved blue screens and my comp complaining about a hardware issue. one time was with a game, farcry, and another time was burning a cd. this leads me to believe that my dvd rom is "broken".

what ties these two in is that when my computer starts normally, as soon as the windows loading screen goes away, the dvd rom starts spinning at a very high rpm, as i can hear it. it sounds like as if it was burning a disk because it is spinning so fast. on the times the computer resets itself, it is not starting the dvd rom spinning.

i guess my question in a nutshell is, does this sound like a defective dvd rom?

its an Aopen DUW 1616. u have been to the site and dloaded all the drivers. do i need to replace this drive?

Jiffyman · 10-06-2005, 07:10 PM

Have you tried taking the dvd rom drive off and then starting up. This way we can tell if the dvd rom drive is causing this or not. Try it and see what happens. Then well worry about how the problem should be fixed.

Johnnyboy0056 · 10-06-2005, 08:28 PM

yea, i figured ill try that. prob is its gonna be acouple days to find out b/c it doesnt happen every time. thx.

20gig · 10-07-2005, 02:18 AM

maybe it might be the power supply

Johnnyboy0056 · 10-07-2005, 03:58 AM

what makes u think it could be the power supply?

Vampiric Rouge · 10-07-2005, 04:11 AM

It can't be the powersupply... Because it reboots. Do you have more then one optical drive or is you dvd rom the only one? If it's not the only one you could try to live with just the one except for when you need it you could plug it in(would be a pain in the butt though). This problem doesn't happen every time just every now and then? Strange..

Johnnyboy0056 · 10-07-2005, 04:28 AM

yea, strange is what i said. i have another dvdrom, a sony dru-800a. i LOVE that drive. i think im gonna ommit the "defective" drive all together and get a fan controller or something else to mount in the soon-to-be-available slot. (maybe that cup holder/cigarette lighter-even though i dont smoke

) thx again guys.

Vampiric Rouge · 10-07-2005, 04:29 AM

Sure sorry we Couldn't be more helpful. That is a strange problem, I don't think i would give up yet if i were you.

spamdos · 10-08-2005, 12:59 AM

its usually a hardware problem isnt it? so u should check the last piece of hardware

spamdos · 10-08-2005, 01:03 AM

sorry ill finish that now, so check the last piece of hardware that u installed before u got the blue screen of death and make sure it is in working order, i had a modem once and i kept getting the blue screen whenever it was plugged in. it could just be coincidence though

10-06-2005, 06:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	Blue Screens and Restarts hey guys. ok, my problem is when i start my computer in the morning, this has happened twice now, i startt he computer, the post comes up, then the screen to see if i want to boot form disk, then the windows xp logo with the little blue bar going across the bottom as windows loads. it does this about 15 secs, and then the computer suddenly resets, or restarts itself. it will do this over and over until i try to boot into safe mode, where it comes to the screen in dos with all the commands covering the screen, and then it will restart there too, then start windows normally after that. other issue, which i feel is related, is that twice i have recieved blue screens and my comp complaining about a hardware issue. one time was with a game, farcry, and another time was burning a cd. this leads me to believe that my dvd rom is "broken". what ties these two in is that when my computer starts normally, as soon as the windows loading screen goes away, the dvd rom starts spinning at a very high rpm, as i can hear it. it sounds like as if it was burning a disk because it is spinning so fast. on the times the computer resets itself, it is not starting the dvd rom spinning. i guess my question in a nutshell is, does this sound like a defective dvd rom? its an Aopen DUW 1616. u have been to the site and dloaded all the drivers. do i need to replace this drive? __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

10-06-2005, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jiffyman Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 678	Have you tried taking the dvd rom drive off and then starting up. This way we can tell if the dvd rom drive is causing this or not. Try it and see what happens. Then well worry about how the problem should be fixed. __________________ Mother board: Gigabyte S-series GA-MA69GM-S2H Additional Specs Down There: http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/M...ProductID=2579 Processor: AMD A64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core RAM: 2gig DDR2 800mhz

10-06-2005, 08:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	yea, i figured ill try that. prob is its gonna be acouple days to find out b/c it doesnt happen every time. thx. __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

10-07-2005, 02:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
20gig Bronze Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 93	maybe it might be the power supply __________________ 3500+ PROCESSOR AMD64 939 A8N SLI M/B 1 GIG RAM DUAL CHANNEL 6600GT 128MB LEDS! 3 MOUSES! MX1000, MICROSOFT NORMAL OPTICAL AND ANOTHER MICROSOFT NORMAL OPTICAL ! Logitech 5300e 5.1 speakers and creative audigy 2zs sound card :D

10-07-2005, 03:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	what makes u think it could be the power supply? __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

10-07-2005, 04:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
Vampiric Rouge Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Age: 21 Posts: 624	It can't be the powersupply... Because it reboots. Do you have more then one optical drive or is you dvd rom the only one? If it's not the only one you could try to live with just the one except for when you need it you could plug it in(would be a pain in the butt though). This problem doesn't happen every time just every now and then? Strange.. __________________ MAIN PC: Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard\ Intel Core 2 Quad E6700\4gigs of samsung ddr2 ram @ 667\Antec neo 480watt power supply\Nvidia GeForce 7950 gt\400 gigs of Seagate Barracuda 7200, 750 gigs of Western Digital Caviar and 320 gigs of Maxtor\Benq FP202W 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD\ RAZOR copperhead\ flexglow gaming mousepad Laptop:ASUS Eee PC 8G - Galaxy Black

10-07-2005, 04:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	yea, strange is what i said. i have another dvdrom, a sony dru-800a. i LOVE that drive. i think im gonna ommit the "defective" drive all together and get a fan controller or something else to mount in the soon-to-be-available slot. (maybe that cup holder/cigarette lighter-even though i dont smoke ) thx again guys. __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

10-07-2005, 04:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
Vampiric Rouge Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Age: 21 Posts: 624	Sure sorry we Couldn't be more helpful. That is a strange problem, I don't think i would give up yet if i were you. __________________ MAIN PC: Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard\ Intel Core 2 Quad E6700\4gigs of samsung ddr2 ram @ 667\Antec neo 480watt power supply\Nvidia GeForce 7950 gt\400 gigs of Seagate Barracuda 7200, 750 gigs of Western Digital Caviar and 320 gigs of Maxtor\Benq FP202W 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD\ RAZOR copperhead\ flexglow gaming mousepad Laptop:ASUS Eee PC 8G - Galaxy Black

10-08-2005, 12:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
spamdos Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canberra Australia Age: 19 Posts: 1,107	its usually a hardware problem isnt it? so u should check the last piece of hardware __________________ "Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum" Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe. Australia will rule the world one day.

10-08-2005, 01:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
spamdos Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canberra Australia Age: 19 Posts: 1,107	sorry ill finish that now, so check the last piece of hardware that u installed before u got the blue screen of death and make sure it is in working order, i had a modem once and i kept getting the blue screen whenever it was plugged in. it could just be coincidence though __________________ "Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum" Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe. Australia will rule the world one day.

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