 *help* My Computer Is Restarting Its Self |
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  Mar 25 2006, 10:30 AM
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Sorry for not being active, Uni :(  Group: Members Posts: 933 Joined: 24-August 04 From: South Wales, UK Member No.: 892  |
Ok here is the problem. My computer is restarting by its self. I have run many many different virus scanners and spyware, nothing.
It only restarts in two situations: 1) Right after startup, when the network connection status icon apperas in the task bar 2) Whenever a network connection is establushed, so If i restart my router, my pc restarts too, also when connection to Hamachi, VPN software.. This is getting very annoying, My pc needs to be on 24/7 because of certain things, but It lokes to restart itself I have an AMD Athlon XP 2300+ 2GB RAM nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT 256MB 120GB and 300GB hard drives on-board LAN I have established that It is not my RAID card, my 300GB hard drive or my wireless network card taht is causeing it to restart, nor is it my RAM... Any ideas? Thanks, Craig |
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Mar 25 2006, 12:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 24-March 06 Member No.: 20,639 |
Check few things more:
1. the temperature of your cpu, from the description about network card the cpu is not a probem probably butit is a good idea to eliminate this reason. 2. have you tried to switch the network card to another pci? If this network card is integrated in mainboard, have you tried to install seperate one and not use integrated one? 3. In case of onboard lan: google a little bit searching for your mainboard model and network problems, maybe the bios update will solve the problem? |
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Mar 25 2006, 12:35 PM
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Sorry for not being active, Uni :( Group: Members Posts: 933 Joined: 24-August 04 From: South Wales, UK Member No.: 892 |
Ive tried two seporate network cards, sameproble, it does it with a virtual network too... and my CPU is about 60*C but that normal for me...
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Mar 25 2006, 01:20 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 24-March 06 Member No.: 20,637 |
Maybe, this doesn't help, but download a Linux live CD like UBUNTU and run it in your computer, if it's stable (it is supposed to recognize your network card and your internet connection and automatically connect to it) you will know that is not the hardware the problem. 75% of the cases where computers restart by themselves is because Windows has a problem. And not because of the hardware, so why don't you try this?
Thanks for reading, and hope it helps 
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Mar 25 2006, 01:50 PM
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Sorry for not being active, Uni :( Group: Members Posts: 933 Joined: 24-August 04 From: South Wales, UK Member No.: 892 |
Im a gamer, Linux and games, a no no...
I live Linux and all, but I require Windows, Well, Looks like a clean reinstall it is... |
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Mar 25 2006, 01:55 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 24-March 06 Member No.: 20,637 |
Yes, but I was telling you for testing purposes only, my idea was for you to enter Linux to check that your computer hardware really works, and if it works, you will be sure that you would have to reinstall Windows because that was the problem, and not like other ones said, the hardware. Sorry for the misunderstanding
Best Regards, Wasser |
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Mar 25 2006, 01:57 PM
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Sorry for not being active, Uni :( Group: Members Posts: 933 Joined: 24-August 04 From: South Wales, UK Member No.: 892 |
Hm.. Im confused, is UBUNTU Linux that runs off a cd or something, or does it run ontop of windows or what...?
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Mar 25 2006, 02:11 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 24-March 06 Member No.: 20,637 |
Ubuntu Linux has three options, one of the options is to install it on your HDD and share space with windows and you choose what system you want to start, another is to install it deleting windows and the third one is NOT to install it and run it from the CD, without touching the HDD, so it won't mess your files, it won't even touch them, it will load all the system files on your RAM memory. It's free to use and download, enter the website and check it out ;D
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Mar 25 2006, 02:13 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 258 Joined: 13-November 05 Member No.: 14,234 |
I may be stupid being answering this , but , have you checked your ram ??? sometimes , something goes wrong with RAM and it keeps on restarting computer very often , if u have more than 1 memory stick in ur cpu , then u can check by putting only one stick and taking off others.. check them one by one...even some problem in one ram can cause that..
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