random reboot

argoldst

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Jan 17, 2005
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Hey guys, I am getting (about 1 time every two days) a system crash. Basically, I see a quick blue screen (impossible to read because it lasts for about 1/10th of a second) and then the puter reboots.

When it gets back to windows, it says "windows crashed because of driver" blah blah with no real further explanation.

Normally, I would remove hardware to attempt to find the problem but since this is not happening frequently enough, that idea is no good.

I have tried stressing system parts using sandra but everything I tried passed.

I am 100% sure it is not software because I had this problem and did complete reformat and reinstallation of windows (its pretty bare bones right now).

Any ideas how how I can trace the problem?

I greatly appreciate any ideas.
 

stevty2889

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Right click on my computer, go to advance, starup and recovery, and uncheck automaticly reeboot. This will allow you to see what the blue screen is. Also, if you think it's hardware related..it might help to list your hardware..
 

argoldst

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avey

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You may also want to take a quick look in your event viewer after a crash. You can sometimes see several errors leading upto the crash. It could also be an out of date driver. Check and see if a new chipset driver is available.