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4th Sep 2009, 21:08
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| Hello, Two days ago my computer restarted on its own, and then it happened again tonight. The only specifics I can give thus far is that the system freezes for 1 second, then restarts. No blue screen. I only notice it freezes because my music keeps repeating the last note for 1 second, then, boom, restart. What might it be, or how might I start narrowing down the issue? Thanks, Andrew |
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4th Sep 2009, 23:58
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| Overheat, PSU, bad overclock, bad memory.
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"I loved the P182 so much that, when my wife's system was all noisy and needed all sorts of cleaning, I bought her one. Then, when I wanted a cat, I bought a P182. The P182 is not a cat per se, but it's still an excellent buy." My System: 日夏子
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5th Sep 2009, 08:40
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| Well, I haven't changed anything in years, so does that suggest which of those things it might be? |
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5th Sep 2009, 09:02
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| Clean your CPU fan of dust, sounds like overheating as Carbon said.
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5th Sep 2009, 14:18
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| I actually got a BSOD for the first time just now, and snapped a photo of it with my digital camera: http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c.../100_5754-.jpg Any clues from that? I also carefully vacuumed the inside of the computer tower using one of those long, thin extension heads. |
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5th Sep 2009, 15:26
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| If the cleaning didn't help, try removing a stick of Ram (assuming more than one is fitted), running with just one .... if no better swap them over
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I assume you have already tried booting to "Last Known Good Configuration" in Safe Mode ? Might be worth trying a "System Restore, back to before this started. Some Microsoft suggestions (including XP Repair) here My System: Home Build
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5th Sep 2009, 20:18
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| The RAM sticks haven't been changed in over a year, so I assume that would mean it isn't that? I haven't had to use Safe Mode, and I can boot just fine, I just got an unwanted restart twice, and a BSOD once, so far. Should I try a System Restore, maybe, for about 1 week ago? |
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#8
6th Sep 2009, 03:22
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| Ram can go bad at any time, so the fact that it workded ok yesterday, doesn't exclude it . Try a System Restore first though and see if that helps. |
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6th Sep 2009, 08:24
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| Okay, I made a new restore point and then chose to restore to 2 weeks ago. I'll let you know if the problems continue. |
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6th Sep 2009, 10:56
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| I actually got the same BSOD upon restarting the system for restoring the system to 2 weeks ago. And then when the system rebooted correctly, a message told me that it couldn't restore it to 2 weeks ago because there weren't any changes made. I'm assuming that's not the proper path to follow then? |
