Friends PC just RESTARTS all the time.

SlothX311

SlothX311

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yeah my friend had an antec PS which eventually took out his motherboard


id start with checking the power supply
 
murphy0207

murphy0207

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SBLiveFordFE said:
Anyone know what would cause a sudden sparatic restart?

Nash
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could be caused by dump files, computer starts normally as soon as the desktop appears the pc reboots, excessive dump files , just happend to a friend you could reinstall windows but if it is the dump files you will need your windows disk.............
 
Adam Warren

Adam Warren

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Could be many things

good be a virus or spywear. try running avast and/or norton on the computer. if that dosent work, it is something to do with the power source, thats guess anyways.
 
Leopold Porkstacker

Leopold Porkstacker

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There was (is?) a virus that did this a few months back. There was a patch available through Microsoft’s website… the only problem was that you had to have a really really fast computer to be able to boot up, go to their website, find the patch, download the patch, and install it, otherwise if you weren’t quick enough the virus would reboot the computer.
 
Praetor

Praetor

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There was (is?) a virus that did this a few months back. There was a patch available through Microsoft’s website
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Look up KB823980 and KB835732

the only problem was that you had to have a really really fast computer to be able to boot up, go to their website, find the patch, download the patch, and install it, otherwise if you weren’t quick enough the virus would reboot the computer.
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Not really, you can always run "shutdown -a" or even disable the service ;)

Anyone know what would cause a sudden sparatic restart?
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Ya lots of things.
1. virii
2. user hitting case/power/cable
3. bad PSU
4. temperature
Are just a few of the common ones
 
Lax

Lax

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Does it restart when in windows or just when it's booting? If it's doing it in windows then it might be just what everyone else has said. If it's been doing it when windows is first restarting then it might be because of a bad MBR.
 
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