Big problem (restart)

sunny2088 · 09-12-2006, 02:34 AM

I dont know if I am in right section. I am using my computer scince last 3 year everything was fine but yesterday a new problem started, my computer started to get restarted automatily. Sometime its after an hour or some time just after a minute. sometimes it restart while loading windows.

pl help

Ps:When ever i try to put anything on usb (like printer, usb hub, etc) it also get restarted.

Bobo · 09-12-2006, 02:42 AM

Run a scan with Avast
Run a scan with Spybot and Adaware SE
Post a HijackThis log

Do you ever get any error messages? Any beeps? Blue screens?

**DCIScouts** · 09-12-2006, 05:21 AM

If you can run those things, and nothing comes up, your motherboard could be toast...

SirKenin · 09-12-2006, 05:28 AM

Actually an overheating CPU can do that too... I'd be checking temps and fans.

bball4life · 09-12-2006, 06:39 AM

Have you made any hardware changes, my computer started doing that when I added an extra two sticks of ram. Could be a psu problem as well.

**The_Other_One** · 09-12-2006, 07:02 AM

It could be lots of things. My first thought was the power supply. RAM could cause such problems too, as mentioned. I have seen sticks just go bad after working for a while...

bball4life · 09-12-2006, 07:05 AM

Well Ram and PSU problems are the most common causes for random reboots. What are your system specs though?

chrisalviola · 09-12-2006, 07:48 AM

hard to tell where the problem is on that. but if you have a 3 yr old computer that can be unstable.

chrisalviola · 09-12-2006, 07:49 AM

anyone here still use a computer more than 3 year old?

Bobo · 09-12-2006, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisalviola

anyone here still use a computer more than 3 year old?

Lots of people do, but why?

09-12-2006, 02:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
sunny2088 New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3	Big problem (restart) I dont know if I am in right section. I am using my computer scince last 3 year everything was fine but yesterday a new problem started, my computer started to get restarted automatily. Sometime its after an hour or some time just after a minute. sometimes it restart while loading windows. pl help Ps:When ever i try to put anything on usb (like printer, usb hub, etc) it also get restarted.

09-12-2006, 05:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,106	If you can run those things, and nothing comes up, your motherboard could be toast... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

09-12-2006, 06:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
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09-12-2006, 07:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	It could be lots of things. My first thought was the power supply. RAM could cause such problems too, as mentioned. I have seen sticks just go bad after working for a while... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

09-12-2006, 07:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
bball4life Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere.... Posts: 1,423	Well Ram and PSU problems are the most common causes for random reboots. What are your system specs though? __________________ Fold To Cure Team 12912 AMD 3700+ San Diego (@2.75) I A8N SLI premium I 1 GB OCZ Gold PC3200 (@460 2-2-2-5) I 160GB Seagate HDD I EVGA 7900GT KO (@550/1800) I Seasonic S12 600W SLI PSU I Audigy 2ZS I MX3100 Mouse/Keyboard I Logitech x5300 I Dell E193FP 19" LCD I Black Aspire X-Cruiser Macbook I 2.0GHz Yonah I 1GB RAM I 80GB HDD

09-12-2006, 02:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	Run a scan with Avast Run a scan with Spybot and Adaware SE Post a HijackThis log Do you ever get any error messages? Any beeps? Blue screens?

09-12-2006, 05:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Actually an overheating CPU can do that too... I'd be checking temps and fans.

09-12-2006, 07:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
chrisalviola Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 866	hard to tell where the problem is on that. but if you have a 3 yr old computer that can be unstable.

09-12-2006, 07:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
chrisalviola Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 866	anyone here still use a computer more than 3 year old?

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