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12th July 2006, 08:50 AM #1
Computer Woes
Hey
My PC has a mind of its own. Every now and then why working away it just decides to reboot itself.:mad:
He is running windows XP and normally behaves 'imself.
Its too big to throw through the window so he may have to stay a little longer. I thought he may have been gettting hot but this is tassie after all and i chip the ice off the keyboard anyway. I cleaned the dust from inside the finned thing and fan with low pressure compressed air.
A loooooong shot...........would this be a software or hardware problem.
Cliff????
Anyone
cheers
dazzler
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12th July 2006, 08:59 AM #2
Do you get a message saying it's rebooting or does it just turn off ?
If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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12th July 2006, 09:03 AM #3
Had a similar problem, tried just about everything, changed the power supply, reloaded XP, etc etc.
In the end it was the hard drive itself, had to replace it.
It would just reboot itself at random intervals.
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12th July 2006, 09:27 AM #4
do you get a little pop up window telling you that the system is going to shut down in 60 seconds to save your work??? if so mate you have the "sasser worm". i hope it's some thing else simple
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12th July 2006, 09:50 AM #5Originally Posted by dazzler
Frustrating piles of junk that they are, I hate 'em, I hope you can get it sorted.
Mick the luddite"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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12th July 2006, 09:57 AM #6
If it's just rebooting at random then it's probably hardware.
First suspect is a dead cooling fan, PC probably has at least 3. Run it with the covers off and ensure they are all working, especially the one in the power supply.
If all looks OK there you are really down to a process of elimination. A faulty power supply would be the next suspect, around this time you need an organ donor PC and start swapping out parts. Hard disk / ram / motherboard or CPU are also remote possibilities. But check the fans and power supply first. It will be fixable, but it may be a process of elimination, starting with the most likely suspects.
Cheers
Ian
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12th July 2006, 10:06 AM #7
Hardware, suspect M/Board, how old is it & what brand of M/Board?
We are having a VERY high number of Gigabyte motherboards in the 1 to 2 year old range failing at present.
You may be lucky as it could just be a crook power supply.
You should be able to get an ATX PSU for about $40, try that first.Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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12th July 2006, 10:15 AM #8
I find they make great anchors lol
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12th July 2006, 10:19 AM #9
"thanks, it just goes click and then restarts as if nothing is wrong. Its a pentium 1100 with a 20gig HD with windows xp and another 20gig for storage.
Its ummmmm 4.5 yrs old which is what, 110 in dog years, "
Maybe he needs a rocking chair and a rest perhaps"
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12th July 2006, 10:44 AM #10We are having a VERY high number of Gigabyte motherboards in the 1 to 2 year old range failing at present.
Have a look at the power capacitors on the board, around the CPU socket. If there is gunge leaking out of them.. the board is on it's way out
Ian
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12th July 2006, 10:47 AM #11Originally Posted by dazzler
A new hard drive will give you better speed and more space and not be to costly. I have been down the motherboard RAM power supply road, getting more and more pussed off. Borrow another hard drive, or change to your other 20G and your worries may dissappear.
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12th July 2006, 10:54 AM #12
Just take it to your local PC repair shop and have a long chat with the sorcerer behind the counter. If it's obvious, he'll fix it in a jiff. If it's not, you'll need his resources to fix it anyway.
And remember, in this day and age, sometimes just trading it on a new box is sometimes the quickest and best fix. Computers these days are more disposable than many razor blades (no, I don't think that's good ... unless you're selling the rotten things)
Richard
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12th July 2006, 11:01 AM #13GOLD MEMBER
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Would this be a good time to say "I love my Mac?"
Sorry to hear of your woes
Bob
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12th July 2006, 01:50 PM #14Originally Posted by bennylaird
A faulty HDD causes things to go slow & speed up & go slow & then certain aps will close with an error.
Reboots without warning are usually the M/B or the PSU.Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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12th July 2006, 02:17 PM #15
Possibly overheating?
Although I think it may tend to freeze rather then reboot.
You could download a CPU temperature clock - small and free.
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