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Reboot by itself - Why?
Name: Ali Date: November 19, 2003 at 12:02:09 Pacific OS: DOS CPU/Ram: AMD-K6-2/500:32MB Ram
Comment:
Help! For some reason my DOS computer likes to reboot by itself. It started after I had the harddrive and power supply replaced. After it reboots by itself it would freeze at "Starting MD-DOS". I would have to turn the computer off, wait about five minutes, and turn it back on for it to boot normally. At first I thought it might have been the Power Management control in the BIOS that was causing the problem so I disabled it, but that didn't resolve the problem. Has this ever happened to anyone? Any ideas on how I can fix it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Name: Free Weasel Date: November 19, 2003 at 12:32:30 Pacific
Reply:
My computer did that after I changed a CD-Rom against a DVD burner. In my case it's been the power supply because I had 8 ide devices running on a 300W psu. I replaced it and that was it!
As the psu is new, it maybe faulty. A bad harddrive is also possible or it can be a badly connecting power cable!
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Response Number 2
Name: wawadave Date: November 20, 2003 at 13:52:26 Pacific
Reply:
hello reseat all conections this could be causeing it allso.
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