Hi guys, hope someone can help me out. I read some of the post regarding random restarts, though some of the symptoms are related to mine, but the solutions given does not apply.
I first experienced the random start during a game of War Craft 3. When all of a sudden game shut off with an error popped on and closed by itself before I could read it. Then comp immediately restarted by itself.
The symptom: Similar behavior repeated itself again and again whether I was trying to open up a game, running bit-torrent, or in the middle of a restart even (wth?). Eventually when I tried to start a game now, the game wouldnt even start. It says that the game could not initialize directx 8.1, when directx 9.03c was installed on my comp.
I also received another error from windows when it first loaded saying a driver has failed. The error msg also included that windows could not pin point the specific error.
Solutions I have tried:
1. I first suspected it was a boot sector virus. -downloaded the latest virus definition, scanned = nothing
2. I thought it might be a hardware issue, so I started trouble shooting my RAM. I had 3 slabs of ram installed. 2 x 256 pc3500 (GEIL) and 1 x 512 pc3500 (GEIL). Since having 3 slabs I didnt think I could possibly bust all 3 at the same time. So i interchanged each ram from my m/b. Unless all 3 are busted, the symtoms reoccured each time.
3. Thought it maybe a HDD issue. Scan disk = nothing.
4. Thought it could have been a video issue, changed the performance from full to none (from display -> settings tab -> advanced button -> troubleshoot tab). I read a windows tech support page where it suggested trying this as a poosible solution.
5. Gave up, decided to reformat my PC. Same error msg just came back when windows first started. Hasnt restarted since though, but i havent tried anythng with heavy proccessing.
So what's the deal?
I realized that most of the time when it reboots on its own is when heavy proccessing is being done. Could this mean a busted CPU or M/B? But the system also rebooted constantly in the middle of reboots, creating a constant cycle of reboots untill I unplugged the power cord. I could never figure that out and it sounds kinda funny.
I know this had been a long and tedious post, but I am running out of ideas on what could be the issue and solutions. Any1 share some light? I'd appreciate it.
I first experienced the random start during a game of War Craft 3. When all of a sudden game shut off with an error popped on and closed by itself before I could read it. Then comp immediately restarted by itself.
The symptom: Similar behavior repeated itself again and again whether I was trying to open up a game, running bit-torrent, or in the middle of a restart even (wth?). Eventually when I tried to start a game now, the game wouldnt even start. It says that the game could not initialize directx 8.1, when directx 9.03c was installed on my comp.
I also received another error from windows when it first loaded saying a driver has failed. The error msg also included that windows could not pin point the specific error.
Solutions I have tried:
1. I first suspected it was a boot sector virus. -downloaded the latest virus definition, scanned = nothing
2. I thought it might be a hardware issue, so I started trouble shooting my RAM. I had 3 slabs of ram installed. 2 x 256 pc3500 (GEIL) and 1 x 512 pc3500 (GEIL). Since having 3 slabs I didnt think I could possibly bust all 3 at the same time. So i interchanged each ram from my m/b. Unless all 3 are busted, the symtoms reoccured each time.
3. Thought it maybe a HDD issue. Scan disk = nothing.
4. Thought it could have been a video issue, changed the performance from full to none (from display -> settings tab -> advanced button -> troubleshoot tab). I read a windows tech support page where it suggested trying this as a poosible solution.
5. Gave up, decided to reformat my PC. Same error msg just came back when windows first started. Hasnt restarted since though, but i havent tried anythng with heavy proccessing.
So what's the deal?
I realized that most of the time when it reboots on its own is when heavy proccessing is being done. Could this mean a busted CPU or M/B? But the system also rebooted constantly in the middle of reboots, creating a constant cycle of reboots untill I unplugged the power cord. I could never figure that out and it sounds kinda funny.
I know this had been a long and tedious post, but I am running out of ideas on what could be the issue and solutions. Any1 share some light? I'd appreciate it.
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