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| Thread ID: 41313 | 2004-01-06 23:44:00 | PC Keeps Rebooting | Term_X (560) | Press F1 |
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| 205748 | 2004-01-06 23:44:00 | Hi folks ;-) Just recently my adsl modem was playing up .. it wouldnt connect to the xtra jetstart network.. so thought to try the latest driver for it.. so installed that and no difference at all.. "network adapter cable is unplugged".. u know that message u get when ur modem doesnt connect to the network.. and when u try and connect u get the "line is busy" message.. so thought ill put the modem in a different slot.. and see if that works, same thing.. didnt connect and then the modem back in its original pci slot and it then it started to work again.. how i dont know.. it still now and again says cable unplugged but not like before where it could be discon for 2 days and then just all of sudden connect ..but nowwww th pc keeps rebooting.. either randomly online or.. it would always reboot when i tried to check the 56k modem properties .. so ok.. i took out the 56k modem and thought everything might be sweet.. but the pc is still rebooting.. its only when im online though.. any ideass! system = p3 800 windows xp pro with sp1 256 megs of ram, system up to date with the latest xp patches etc.. |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 205749 | 2004-01-06 23:48:00 | do you get any error messes before the computer Reboots? | stu140103 (137) | ||
| 205750 | 2004-01-06 23:55:00 | no error msgs, just reboots as if id pressed the reset button on the front of the tower | Term_X (560) | ||
| 205751 | 2004-01-07 02:01:00 | Navigate to System Properties and select the "Advanced" tab. Near the bottom is a "settings" button under the heading "Startup and recovery", click that. Untick the "Automatically restart" box. This will reveal a "BSOD" with info on it that can be used to narrow down the cause. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 205752 | 2004-01-07 03:23:00 | thanks for that, ive done that unticked the "automatically restart" box.. whats the BSOD and where do i find it?.. or is it a msg that pops up when it wouldve rebooted?.. thanks for the help ;-) |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 205753 | 2004-01-07 03:36:00 | Not so much a pop-up but an error msg just the same,when it happens you will understand. | metla (154) | ||
| 205754 | 2004-01-07 05:06:00 | In the days of Win95/98/ME, you could get an error which brings up a blue screen with a whole lot of numbers and letters on it. This could indicate the area that was causing the problem. It was nicknamed the Blue_Screen_Of_Death, hence BSOD. MicroSoft, didn't want XP to be seen as having problems like the previous versions, so instead of the BSOD, they cause a restart. By noteing the info from the BSOD, you can still sometimes narrow which area the fault is in XP as well. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 205755 | 2004-01-07 05:30:00 | Hi TermX You can also try Start > Administrative Tools > Event viewer and have a look through the logs. Start with the System Log and errors will be highlighted in red. If you have the same error happening many times then it helps to track down the cause. I use this on a regular basis to give me an idea where to start looking on other peoples computers for the underlying cause of problems. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 205756 | 2004-01-07 05:38:00 | thanks evryone for the help, ive been online for a little while now without a reboot so that seems ok.. although i havent had a msg popup.. and the other thing ive just remembered.. is the times the pc rebooted was always when a web page was loading up.. ahh the bsod the blue screen of death.. sorry i didnt click.. i used to have windows 98 also ;-).. thanks also elephant, ill have a look in the logs .. cheers again all ;-) |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 205757 | 2004-01-07 05:48:00 | okayy think ive found the error.. this error shows up often in the log Source ACPI AMLI:ACPI BIOS is attemtping to write an illegal IO port address (0x4d1) which lies in the 0x4d0-0x4d1 protected address range. This could lead to system instability . Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. okay..so what does this mean? |
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