spontaneous reboot

virtuosity

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My computer spontaneously reboots itself periodically a few times a day. I ran a virus scan on my hard drive but I found nothing suspicious. I'm thinking of reinstalling Windows98 on my computer to prevent this from happening again. Any suggestions as to what is causing this and what course of action I should take?

Thanks,
virtuosity
 

AC

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does it reset? probably something in the computer is loose (eg RAM); try reseating your components.

does it shut down windows then restart? not running NT or someother OS that allows remote administration? bad virus or something. :frown:
 

Smurfwow

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There (should) be an option in your bios which lets you decide what to if an error occurs. The default is "Restart machine".

if your sure there is nothing broken, you should set it to "ignor"
 

Chillin1

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Change the power supply. I had a computer do that to me before. Bad power supplies cause little surges. The Motherboard don't like that so it reboots it's self at any fluctuation. (I can't spell, its late)

Try out an old PS before you buy a new one, if you can. But I'm 99% sure that's the problem.

I hope this helps.
 

virtuosity2

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For some reason I couldn't log in under my original name so I'm now virtuosity2 instead of virtuosity. Anyways, where exactly do I find that option in the bios Smurfwow? I can't seem to locate it.

Thanks again.
 

Supergax

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I've never seen that before Smurfwow, what motherboards have you seen that on. If an error occurs it causes system instability, you can't just pick up where you left off if Windows takes a dump on you. As for this problem, it usually is the power supply, but I've seen odd things. For example, we have a customer (I work for an ISP), and whenever that person dials into a certain number their computer reboots. Weirdest thing.
 

Chillin1

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The only real way is to unplug your current PS and plug in a different one. Do you have a spare computer you can use?
 

Chillin1

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I've also heard of incompatible RAM causing spontaneous reboots. search these forums with keywork "restart". But most likely its the PS.
 

mommi

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I had the same problem once, as it turned out it was the Slot1 to socket smth adapter, never would have figured that one out by myself.