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Random restarting...??

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TorinoGT24

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Aside from my spyware problems, I am having another problem with my computer. Every so often, it decides to restart itself. I figured it was because the cheap power supply was going out, so I bought an antec 350watt power supply. It does the exact same thing. I figured then that it might be the overclocking. I turned everything back to default settings. Now I am lost. It still restarts itself. What could be causing this? I thought those were the only things that could make a computer restart itself. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

-Collin-
 
Do you have up-to-date antivirus protection and a hardware and/or software firewall? Done an exhaustive antivirus scan recently (meaning within the last day or two)? Also check in Windows' Event Viewer > System log to see what it might have to say about it. 🙂
 
OK, I'll run memtest...if I can even get it without restarting.

Temps are fine....always below 40 celcius...but I'll keep looking.

Anything else?

-Collin-
 
How are your power rails? Have you tried another motherboard? My guess is it is a motherboard issue if your RAM turns out with no errors in Memtest.
 
Originally posted by: TorinoGT24
Anything else?
-Collin-
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How about the antivirus and firewall? 🙂 If you need free ones, the Resources page from the link in my signature has links to ZoneAlarm and Grisoft AVG Free Edition. By the way, Memtest86 runs from a bootable floppy or CD-R, so if your system has no problems staying running in those situations, that could indicate a Windows/software problem. Good luck!
 
I would take a good look at your mobo and look for swelling capacitors. 99% of the time if it is a bad mobo it is because of this. Should be easy to spot.



chucu
 
Well, I forgot to mention that this started happening with the new motherboard and processor. I just figured it was eating more power, so I needed a new power supply.

I have up to date virus protection and firewall...but here is my question with that...

If it were shutting down due to software, wouldn't it go through a soft shut down? Wouldn't windows save the settings, then restart? I just get a reset all of a sudden, as if I hit the reset button. No warning or anything.

It looks like I could have gotten a bad motherboard.

Memory has always been fine, no issues.

Thanks so much for the ideas guys.

-Collin-
 
I have never experienced a really bad crash in XP, so I don't know what it's emergency restart procedure is. But try turning off automatic restarts in Control Panel>System>Advanced>Startup and Recovery.
 
where can I find the system logs?

I'm starting to wonder if this spyware/adware issue is related to the restarting...

-Collin-
 
In Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer and choose the System logs, or whatever is analagous to that on your WinXP system (I've got Win2000 Pro).
 
HOLY *insert bad word here*!!!!

I just downloaded ad-aware 6.0. Removed 542 adware programs and registries!!!!

That's gotta be some kind of record!!!

Anyway, I thought I was safe with just antivirus. I had never dealt with this crap before....

The computer is fixed as far as I know....thanks for the help!
 
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