Computer just went apesh!t...

[Jeff7181]

Was listing an item on eBay, on AIM, Yahoo, had Photoshop open, and was running Prime 95... I opened Outlook Express, nothin happened, then the Windows XP interface left, and it went back to the Win9x/2k style desktop... ?!?! Then I moved the mouse and got a BSOD that I couldn't read before it rebooted. Hard drive spun down and everything... WEIRD! Wonder if my Barton has finally had enough at 2.2 Ghz =)

 

[Bleep]

Well you may have a corrupted hard drive from the overclock. I would back it down to stock speed and do a surface scan, (may take a long time)
Bleep

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Bleep
Well you may have a corrupted hard drive from the overclock. I would back it down to stock speed and do a surface scan, (may take a long time)
Bleep

PCI bus is locked, and I'm using NTFS.

 

[CelticDemolition]

well corrupted HDs happen incredibly often for me when i OC... just run the scandisk and see if you have any bad sectors. one time after i fixed the disk my comp was a good 25% slower until i reinstalled windows.. that sucked. you may try running a repair installation too.

 

[mechBgon]

Win9x interface? Maybe a rip in the space-time continuum or something? 😛

 

[J1600B]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Win9x interface? Maybe a rip in the space-time continuum or something? 😛

LOL, space-time continuim!

Best bet right now is disable auto-reboot on error and see what it says when/if it happens again. Then go from there. Control panel->system->Advanced->Startup and Recovery-Settings->Uncheck Restart Automatically under System Failure.

 

[Viper96720]

What does event viewer report if anything? Check system and application for any errors.