spontaneous reboot

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hairmetal4ever July 11, 2005 at 06:04:19 Pacific
Specs: XP, P4 1.8 256 MB

I will be in the middle of something then - FLASH! - computer reboots itself. It does it much faster than if I had rebooted myself, it just flickers and it's restarting itself. It seems to do it randomly regardless of what program I use. Ideas?

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indigian July 11, 2005 at 06:12:50 Pacific

Could be a few things?More details of your system would help.
Check the temps 1st.

Tt Lanfire
MSI K8N Diamond
AMD64 3000+'Winnie'
1gb pc4400
OCZ Powerstream 520w
6600GT
WDCaviar 160gb sata
WDCaviar 160gb sata
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Dragon306 July 11, 2005 at 06:40:15 Pacific

either it's overheating or your PSU is screwed up. it could also be bad RAM, but i doubt it.

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ham30 July 11, 2005 at 09:53:08 Pacific

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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