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    My pc restarts with no advice

    About 7 months ago my computer started to restart automatically. It happened when I was using Skipe or Youtube after 20 minutes and then more often. Now it happens also when I'm watching a movie or browsing the wev, but in these cases are every many hours.
    When my pc starts again, it does it in a normal way, no critical failure message, just normal. Its not a virus because I reinstall windows.
    Somebody knows the possible problem?
    My Pc:
    P4 2.8HT
    Intel motherboard
    1G ram PC3400
    Gforce FX5600 250mb
    Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum XS
    Ethernet Card
    160G harddrive
    PSU 230v.
    3 years and a half old.
    Windows XP Pro

    Thanks.

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    Is it overheating?


    When was last time you cleaned the inside of the case?

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    Could be overheating, although I would be slightly more suspicious of the PSU.
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    Could be a whole number of things .....first thing I'd start with is a memory healthcheck.
    Have a look at this website, download and burn to bootable CD then leave for a bit to see if you get any errors. If you do, then pull one of your memory sticks out then try again.

    Remove the dodgy stick once found, and buy a new one.

    If the memory is OK, move on to the hard drive - download manufacturer diagnostics and run that.

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    Inside my commputer it is clean.
    The estrange thing is that sometimes I spend about 8 hours designing in photoshop or with Premier Pro, puting the computer to the limits, and nothing happends, runs perfectly.
    So I thought it was something related with video in internet...

    I will try with the memory healthcheck.

    thanks!!!

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    windows now reboots instead of giving diagnostic information, so errors look like power glitches

    remove "reboot automatically" from control panel/system/startup and recovery

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    Thanks, unableling the "reboot automatically" fixed the problem.
    But I dont know the origin of it. If its not a problem of wondows, becasue I reinstall it, myght be hardware problem,... I dont underestand...
    If it is a hardware problem, why my pc works perfectly for hours with no problem?

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    Still go ahead and run the memory tests I pointed you to and report back here the results.......
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    Quote Originally Posted by machinist View Post
    Still go ahead and run the memory tests I pointed you to and report back here the results.......
    Ok, next week I will do it.
    thanks

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    I have exactly the same problem and have no Memtest errors or HDD problems. Case is clean and tidy. Cooling doesn't seem to be the issue. Only similar hardware is the P4. Weird. I shall report back if i get a new error message as i have now stopped the automatic reboot.

    Only pattern i can see is when i'm in Word (especially on critical documents) and i use the clipboard.
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