Random Restarts

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Name: Boogyman
Date: August 12, 2005 at 10:25:20 Pacific
Subject: Random Restarts
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ / 512

Comment:

What does it mean if your PC randomly restarts? I need all possibilitys if someone has the time to lay them out, thanks.
AMD Athlon 64 3300+
512 MB DDR SDRAM
ATI RADEON 9700 Pro
Samsung 160GB HDD
Windows XP Home Edition

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Response Number 1

Name: ccfrank
Date: August 12, 2005 at 10:53:13 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

generally frequent restarts are caused by bad RAM, Bad power supply or bad MOBO

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Response Number 2

Name: ham30
Date: August 12, 2005 at 10:54:57 Pacific

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To have XP display the error message instead of rebooting:
1. Click Start, and then right-click My Computer.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
4. Under System failure, click to clear the Automatically restart check box.
5. Click OK, and then click OK.

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Response Number 3

Name: Boogyman
Date: August 12, 2005 at 11:39:57 Pacific

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Well, the I don't think its the mobo, the power supply is fairly new. This leaves one thing...the RAM which I think it is. Reason being is I just put in another stick of 128MB. Here is my RAM arrangement.
DIMM1: Kingston PC100 128MB SDRAM
DIMM2: Smart Modular PC133 128MB SDRAM(Factory Stick)
Is there any conflictions here? Should I remove the Smart Modular and get another Kingston 128? Thanks for the help.
AMD Athlon 64 3300+
512 MB DDR SDRAM
ATI RADEON 9700 Pro
Samsung 160GB HDD
Windows XP Home Edition

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Response Number 4

Name: ham30
Date: August 12, 2005 at 11:54:11 Pacific

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Don't assume that it's a hardware failure. Software problems can cause restarts.

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