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| 326515 | 2005-02-19 20:07:00 | I have just built a new system - P4 3.2 Gigabyte GA-8I915P Duo Pro M/B 1Mb Ram XP Pro SP2 Jetstream ADSL etc. Computer shuts down unexpectedly, and then restarts. This can happen anywhere in Windows, IE, Firefox, etc and even though I have disabled automatically restart in Control Panel, the computer does restart automatically. No error messages or blue screens are seen. I have tried writing the event to the system log, but there are no error messages recorded there when the system shuts down. This can happen at any time at infrequent intervals, system cooling is OK and running at around 42degrees, all fans OK. Have also searched Microsoft database but no clues there. Can anyone help please? Thank you! |
rnm (7375) | ||
| 326516 | 2005-02-19 20:14:00 | Sounds like a hardware issue if the machine is newly built. Have you checked to make sure the RAM is fully seated? What sort of PSU do you have? You have ruled out viruses? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 326517 | 2005-02-19 20:15:00 | Hi there and welcome to PF1 First check you dont have the blaster. Ctrl-Alt-Del, check the running processors for blaster.exe, if it's there you have got a very common worm. Check the FAQ (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 16) of this site and make sure you are clean. ie Full virus scan, and scan for spyware with Spybot and adware. After we know your clean, and you are still having the same problem we can go into what is running at startup then check the hardware. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 326518 | 2005-02-19 20:16:00 | What type of RAM do you have? And what is your power supply? | Zygar (29) | ||
| 326519 | 2005-02-19 20:26:00 | have you double checked your cabling? are there any screws loose? this may cause a short. how long until the first restart? take everything out of the case and put it back in one by and then you can rule out any faulty pci or agp cards, or ram |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 326520 | 2005-02-19 22:41:00 | Hi Have just checked cabling, and seating of RAM, Cards etc and all feels OK. Usually 15-30 mins before first restart, then at random intervals, sometimes as close a 1 min, other times it may be 1 hr before it happens again. I am connecting to jetstream through my DLink modem's Ethernet cable, and early on had a system event error message saying the gigabit ethernet is down and to check my network cable is properly connected? Done this and looks OK. The other system warning generated in event viewer that I see is that my computer has automatically generated the IP address for the network card. Following this through to the Help & Support Centre I see that the DHCP Client service did not receive a response within a time limit thus making my computers IP address invalid. I'm getting out of my depth with this - any ideas? Thanks |
rnm (7375) | ||
| 326521 | 2005-02-19 22:43:00 | Hi, Full scan - no viruses, Spybot and AdAware show clear. Ram is GeIL 1024Mb PSU is Coolermaster 350w. Thanks |
rnm (7375) | ||
| 326522 | 2005-02-19 22:57:00 | Nah it wont be blaster, since SP2 is installed. I would check and see if the motherboard isnt shorting out somewhere, and make sure the spacers / screws for the mobo are OK. I've had this prob before and it fried the videocard! The only other thing I can think of, is the main power supply is screwed. (the power point is shorting out). I've had this prob before too. I found this out by accident one day. I brushed my arm along the case one day and felt power. Not enough to kill you, BUT it was enough to kill 1/2 the CPU. Since it made the case active, and also shorted out the video, when u plugged the monitor cable in. So, it wasnt only making the PC case active, it was also shorting out the mobo via the monitor connection, to the videocard! And altho the system still worked. It was similar to your prob, frequent reboots, when it felt like rebooting. I had to send the CPU back to Malaysia to get it replaced (lucky it was under warranty). And the replacement is still in at the mo. And working fine. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 326523 | 2005-02-20 01:35:00 | in the bois, what is the shut down temp set at? press del while booting up to enter bios |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 326524 | 2005-02-20 01:44:00 | Never heard of a BIOS having a setting for a temp for the CPU to shut down . Most P4's its by design and builtin to the processor, to shut down at a certain temperature . If it goes too high |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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