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| Thread ID: 68919 | 2006-05-15 16:28:00 | computer wont stop restarting itself | joee (10411) | Press F1 |
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| 455083 | 2006-05-15 16:28:00 | i havea compaq presario 2.53 ghz 512 ram and almost everything hasbeen replacedbut the harddrive and mothr boardso itsdown to those two things .. idk y but forsome reason ill be doing whatever im doing and itll be running fineand out of nowhere it will reboot then while it its rebooting itll restartagain usally i just turn it off and leave it off fo a hour and turn it on and its good again but just wanted to see what u thought .. the computer runs fine fast as hell had it maybe 2 3 years still runs tip top shape except this restarting prblem now .. | joee (10411) | ||
| 455084 | 2006-05-15 16:43:00 | First off, Welcome to PCWorld Forums... You said you replaced most of the parts - have you replaced the PSU? Check the Power Supply Unit of the case, if it is 350W there is your problem - if it's less - I don't even know how it got past POST! :P But this is more than likely a PSU problem, easy fix. One warning, though - if you spend more than 50 bucks on a new PSU - you are being overcharged...I may have gotten lucky with my resent purchase of 480W for $24.95, but Best Buy next door was charging $149.99 for the same thing - make sure you don't get screwed over with it - it's cheaper than an MMX processor :P Good Luck |
TiJay (6055) | ||
| 455085 | 2006-05-15 22:31:00 | <cough> TiJay, we aren't exactly sure of joee's country of residence but as this is a NZ forum we assume most members are NZers therefore your prices for PSUs won't exactly apply to us here. ;) :p joee go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings and remove the tick from "Automatically restart". Hopefully you will then get an error message that you can post here for interpretation. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 455086 | 2006-05-16 16:49:00 | ill def cehck that out.. but i also read that something with the fan .. when they get to clogged might cause ur comp to restart or shutoff cause it gets to hot ... so i took off the fan and pull out giant clumps or dust and dog hair .. very thick dog hair .. since i did that two days ago the computer hasnt restarted once could that have just been the problem all along ..? |
joee (10411) | ||
| 455087 | 2006-05-16 17:12:00 | ill def cehck that out.. but i also read that something with the fan .. when they get to clogged might cause ur comp to restart or shutoff cause it gets to hot ... so i took off the fan and pull out giant clumps or dust and dog hair .. very thick dog hair .. since i did that two days ago the computer hasnt restarted once could that have just been the problem all along ..?I think you found the problem Einstein. :rolleyes: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 455088 | 2006-05-16 21:58:00 | so i took off the fan and pull out giant clumps or dust and dog hair .. very thick dog hair .. since i did that two days ago the computer hasnt restarted once could that have just been the problem all along ..? Yes, most definitely. :stare: :waughh: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 455089 | 2006-05-16 23:00:00 | To joee's benefit, he/she did at least post a follow up post with the solution. More than a lot of new forum members do. | kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 455090 | 2006-05-16 23:24:00 | To joee's benefit, he/she did at least post a follow up post with the solution. More than a lot of new forum members do. Indeed. :thumbs: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 455091 | 2006-05-16 23:37:00 | I would query however the PSU wattage thing.... TiJay.. in my own experiences, a reasonably crappy (PC Company) 250W PSU will boot a P4 2.66 Northwood, with 2 optical drives and 2 Seagate harddrives (total 120GB) with no problems whatsoever. The ONLY reason it was replaced was the noise factor (I wanted a quieter computer). The issue may have come down to the PSU (which in this case it didnt) but I dont believe that anything under 350W should be labeled as no good just coz its under 350W What do other members think? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 455092 | 2006-05-17 01:14:00 | well, i have had issues with 350W PSU's and 400W PSU's also, some hardware just plays funny tricks and take more power than they should. The hardware in question was a new (not high spec) AGP board for my sister's pc, it just happened to drag a whole lot of watt's :P | muzzle (10342) | ||
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