Computer Restarts Itself - Comments Page 14

I just downloaded two demo games: Lego Star Wars II and Lego Indiana Jones. I've also just installed a new graphics card: geforce 6200 (neither demo would work with the old graphics card... we plan to buy the games for my son's b-day.)

The Star Wars demo now works fine... however, while playing the Lego Indiana Jones demo, the PC will restart after @30 minutes of play. I changed some of the graphics and video settings which seemed to help some, but it still restarts. Could the graphics card be overheating? I've already updated the graphics card driver, as well. This is the only application I've run that has caused the PC to restart like this. So, it seems to be linked to this game.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, an overheating condition is likely, although it could be the video card or the CPU.

My computer restarts, after i starrt a game or a video...
Im tired of this.. Now the game dont start at all i reboot my computer 10 times a day, ant they still dont work..

EDITOR'S NOTE: So... hopefully you've read the article and all the comments. Given that info, what specifically have you done to diagnose the problem?

I recently upgraded the CPU and RAM in my PC and flashed the BIOS (in order to recognise the CPU). I also reformatted my HD and re-installed Windows XP (as the file \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM had got corrupted).

Unfortunately, my PC now randomly restarts itself, even when I'm doing no more than writing an email. I don't think the CPU is overheating as I put some nice new thermal paste on and I've got the side cover off and the motherboard probe says the chip is running at 40-44C. I've even switched back to the old RAM and it's still happening.

Could it be a faulty CPU (would the PC even startup if that was the case?) or bad HD? Any ideas?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, it *could* be any of those things. Could also be a power supply or motherboard issue. The only way to diagnose these tricky overheating problems is to isolate and swap one component at a time.

Hi, I've been having this problem for more than a year now; my computer often just restarts randomly, but mostly when I'm playing a game or trying to install one. But sometimes it even does it while I'm just using Word with some other program(s) like Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player...
I hear it click softly, screen goes black and then it just runs through the entire booting process... I've already tried to take out all dust on a regular basis to avoid overheating, but it doesn't fix the problem...

Are there any other factors I can check to make sure overheating isn't the problem (like the fact that my pc is in a small cabinet or close to a wall or something like that) or do you think it's more likely to be something else?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ventilation and room temp can make a difference. But I'd run SpeedFan to make sure that the CPU is not overheating.

Hi I just converted this to NFS as before it was FAT 32 System and as I converted it bk to NFS I thought it would solve the promblem but no it some how restarting it self for no reason but I only have 512MB memory would you recommend that I should wipe the drive out and install it again would that solve the problem or upgrading to a better RAM?

EDITOR'S NOTE: I don't think reformatting is likely to help. Start with the RAM.

I am having the same problem with computer restarting. I cleaned inside computer, replaced heatsink. It will work fine for a few days or even weeks then it starts doing it again. I will be on line for 10 min. and it restarts. Any ideas on what I can check next? Thanks

EDITOR'S NOTE: Does cleaning it again give you another few days of no restarts? How about the fans inside the case? They can go bad, too. SpeedFan is a good diagnostic tool for these problems.

After a certain gap if I am restarting my computer it restarts itself with no specific reason for the first time. But after that it works well. The win XP generates an error report
(System has recovered a fatal error)after wards, saying some problem with the Local- setting/temp folder two files.
Again I would like to mention sometimes my keyboard does not work and the lights on it constantly blinks.Please tell me the recovery..

Cleaning does not seem to do anything. I replaced the heatsink and fan. Speed fan only detects 1 fan, with the temps being fan 1 50c next 83c hdd 33c.

EDITOR'S NOTE: 83c is very high, if that's the CPU (processor).

I don't know if this is the cpu temp. The temp of 83c is next to the fan that has 0RPM. Could this be the power supply?

EDITOR'S NOTE: The CPU temp should be clearly labelled. Fans do not have a temperature, only the things they're trying to cool. At any rate, 83C is VERY hot for ANY component. That's 181 degrees Fahrenheit.

I have changed the mother board and power supply also but still restarts itself so can you please kindly solve this problem, I don't know what is wrong with this.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Please read the entire article, and all the comments. There are SO many other factors that can cause the restart problem.