Random Re Booting - Page File?

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Otekki

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My computer randomly re boots every few hours. Afterwards it says your system has recovered from a serious error, except one time it said something about my page file?
I have:

512MB Ram
AMD 3500+
160GB Hard Drive -with files on
80GB - With winxp and programmes on
Sapphie x1650 pro
450W PSU

Any ideas?
 
System temps as well as cpu temps can be a concern at times. When was the last time you used a can of compressed air to blow out fans and the case tiself? Dust and dirt buildup, fans running slow or possibly failed are two things there to consider. If you are seeing this even without being in the middle of a game or some application that points more at temps then a shaky power supply.

When running a large app or gaming a supply without good regualtion would be another concern. High temps can be even more of a problem when the system resources are drawn more heavily. The cpu on the last build cooked when an aftermarket cooler's 92mm fan quit without warning.
 
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thank you. It re boots even when no programmes are running, usually after a few hours. The inside was cleaned not long ago and the power supply is pretty new. Any other ideas?
 
are you overclocking? are your video card and mobo compatiable? (i had a ATI rage fury pro just restart my compy. turns out the card was 4x and the mobo was 2x) the RAM may be bad?
 
If the supply does have a problem or some hardware is heating up other then the cpu it could be pulling power to ground after a period of time goes by. You may not spot a high temp for it in the hardware monitor on the board as well as using something like SpeedFan to look over cpu, board, and drive temps. Besides hardware incompatibility being possible drivers are another to look at.

A 4x card however should be a 4x/2x card backward compatible if the card itself is not seeing a problem. An 8x card is generally an 8x/4x card for use on older AGP boards. A look at the overheat protection options seen in the bios will show if the shutdown or restart temps are set too low? That would usually see or sound an alarm with a beep code.

A defective or weak battery will also see problems with sudden restarts. If you have been running the case for over a year's time the Lithium battery found on the board itself may be starting to go on you being too weak. One day it may simply not start up due to that. A $2 watch battery can trip you up as well as some other failure.
 
This sounds a LOT like my problem that I had with my old computer, it turned out to be multiple ATI drivers intalled, it was something like ATIcaQ2.dll or something.

Un-install all of the video drivers, use something like driver cleaner and then install them again :)
 
That brings up a good point there about it being a software problem of some type like drivers clashing due to some type of incompatibility. The wrong version of video drivers will cause problems especially since the latest Catalysts have Vista in mind there.
 
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