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My computer reboots spontaneously...

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BruinEd03

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...so...how do I stop it? I"ll be working on something...and it'll just reboot by itself. It's happening more frequently almost once a day or every few days. Do i need a new mb or something? Originally there were problems with the mb + tv tuner...but the tv tuner came out with new drivers and the tv tuner works now. Oh and it reboots regardless of whether the tv tuner is on or not. 🙁

System specs:

AMD T-bird 1.4 Ghz
Asus A7A266 (POS m/b IMO waaaay overpriced and it doesn't play nice with my tv tuner)
1 gig of Kingston Valueram (SDRAM)
Radeon LE 32MB
Creative soundblaster 5.1
Pinnacle tv tuner
WD 60 gig hd
*edit* 400 wat Enermax power supply
*edit* Oh yeah also running W2k pro

Event viewer says this:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000c5 (0x00009629, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x8046abe3). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini020203-01.dmp.

-Ed
 
no my roommate and i get along just fine. we've been roomies since frosh year (my senior year now).
/=P

-Ed
 
Depending on the Operating System, the computer will 'reboot' itself automatically when it has a catastrophic failure that it cannot recover from. If you're running one of the NT/2K based OS, you might wanna look in the event viewer to see what happened.

 
Originally posted by: guyver01
Depending on the Operating System, the computer will 'reboot' itself automatically when it has a catastrophic failure that it cannot recover from. If you're running one of the NT/2K based OS, you might wanna look in the event viewer to see what happened.
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dude catastrophes happening everyday? I thought win2k pro was more stable than that.

-Ed
 
Originally posted by: BruinEd03
Originally posted by: guyver01
Depending on the Operating System, the computer will 'reboot' itself automatically when it has a catastrophic failure that it cannot recover from. If you're running one of the NT/2K based OS, you might wanna look in the event viewer to see what happened.
Click to expand...

dude catastrophes happening everyday? I thought win2k pro was more stable than that.

-Ed
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It has been very stable for me. I did have an issue with it on one computer, but I think it was the hard drive.

 
Originally posted by: LyNx01
Originally posted by: BruinEd03
Originally posted by: guyver01
Depending on the Operating System, the computer will 'reboot' itself automatically when it has a catastrophic failure that it cannot recover from. If you're running one of the NT/2K based OS, you might wanna look in the event viewer to see what happened.
Click to expand...

dude catastrophes happening everyday? I thought win2k pro was more stable than that.

-Ed
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It has been very stable for me. I did have an issue with it on one computer, but I think it was the hard drive.
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Yeah well AFAIK W2k is supposed to be very stable...sooo...what's wrong with my comp? 😵

-Ed
 
I'm having the exact same problem.
I've so far replaced the motherboard and memory.
I'm also running an antec 480W PS.

I have no clue what the problem is and my event viewer is empty.
 
Originally posted by: Gatsby
I'm having the exact same problem.
I've so far replaced the motherboard and memory.
I'm also running an antec 480W PS.

I have no clue what the problem is and my event viewer is empty.
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what're the rest of the specs for ur comp?

-Ed
 
STOP Error 0x000000c5 is also DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL. MS Knowledge Base article on it is here. Try updating your drivers for stuff. Also, run Memtest86 on your box overnight to make sure your RAM is good.
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
YOUR CPU IS OVERHEATING!!!! I REPEAT, YOUR CPU IS OVERHEATING!!!
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I had this exact thing happen to me with an old AMD K6-2

Sure enough it was overheating.

Can you monitor the Temp?

If you can, do it.
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
go into your bios after a little bit of use and check the temp, if it is over 60, i think thats your problem
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oh oh...looks like ur right...I rebooted and the Bios says 59.5 Celsius for CPU Temp :Q I was using the stock HS and I replaced the tiny fan with a bigger fan. Any good HSF suggestions?

-Ed
 
Ok well I ordered the Thermalright SK-7 HS + YS-Tech adjustable fan. Hope that fixes things...if not...it's on to the Ram 🙁

-Ed
 
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