XP ReBoots

[BeHeMOTH]

I'm having this issue and I'm wondering if anyone else is also or knows a fix.

My issue is that when I surf the web or just play a game my PC reboots for no reason, it might be 5 minutes to an hour, it has even rebooted twice. I can almost guarantee a reboot just can't pick when.

I have a:
AMD XP 1900+
Soyo Dragon + with a sk-6 cooler if I remember rights loud fan with latest bios.
512 Crucial ddr ram
geforce3 ti200
maxtor 20 gb drive

As far as I can tell everything is fine, nothing overclocked all stock with windows xp signed drivers, everything worked fine before the upgrade guess I was the pretty box got me. Unless I can fix it back to 98se.

 

[Maggotry]

This has been asked so many times I've lost count. Go to System Properties > Advanced > Startup > Settings and tell XP to not reboot. Then you'll be able to see the BSoD to get info about your problem.

Edit: Yeah, this may not be the ultimate fix, but there's a very good chance you'll get some useful information.

 

[Tripleshot]

It could have nothing to do at all with the OS. You are running a CPU that runs hot as hell normally. Be sure your fans are working up to snuff and cooling properly. I have found that and poor power supplies to exhibit the same phenonoma many times.

 

[DaiShan]

do what maggotry said to catch any bsod's, but what temps are you running? if it keeps on rebooting w/o bsod like this even after following what maggotry said, I would suspect the psu.

 

[BeHeMOTH]

Well I expected the heat and maybe PS due to the fact that is happened at random, but it ran fine with 98se and wasn't till XP that I've encounted this issue, thanks for the replys.

I'll just monitor the fans and see maybe 1 isn't as strong as it use to be.

 

[BKR]

I have the same problem I narrowed it to the fixes here, except I believe my cpu is running fine at 40C. I have disabled the random reboots in the control panel but that did not solve my problem. It still happens, any suggestions?

 

[BeHeMOTH]

BKR, I'm in the same boat my Xp 1900+ stays well in to the higher 30's 38 to 39C. I still get reboots and mini-dumps. If you find out anything let me know please.