Computer Restarts Itself - Comments Page 16

Computer retstarts or says hardware stopped working **contact harware vendor**** This was after installing Zonealarm firewall - could it be related?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Not likely... time to check the components one by one.

Hey BOB.i really have gained many useful information from your site.
My problem that my computer restarts on its own only when i'm playing games that requires high specifications like pes2009.I have my computer for 3 years now and this problem only appeared a week ago.
My spec:intel p4 3ghz 2mb cache, 2x512mb DDRII ,gigabyte 915 mb ,geforce 6200 xfx vga card and my computer runs on windows xp.
I tested my rams and they are good.My processor is running at 82C.My hdd fittness and perfromance from speed fan are 94% and 96% respectively.My gpu temp is 52C,temp1 is -55c,temp2 is -2c,temp3 is 53c,hd0 is 39c and core temp is 48c.
This data appeared in BSOD:
***Stop:0x000000D1 (0x65684354,0x00000002,0x00000000,0xF44D1BA5)
***tcpip.sys-Address F44D1BA5 base at F44CE000,datestamp 485b8a36
Beginnig dump of physcial memory

EDITOR'S NOTE: 82C is *VERY* hot... take cover, she's gonna blow!

Hey BOB.Yes,it is me again with the schoking cpu temp of 82C. My processor fan in running at 2600rpm and my cpu temperature which i attained from easy tunes-a program which is equipped with gigabyte motherboards to monitor the hardware-is shocking (93C)! The fan and the heat sink is mounted corectly on the cpu and there is no dust on it.
I have the feelings that my computer is slower than before.CAN THIS BE FROM THE CPU HIGH TEMPERATURE???? and WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM PERMANENTLY???

EDITOR'S NOTE: First, check your motherboard and CPU documentation to see what the normal temperature is. It's possible that some newer models run hotter, but that seems very high. If it's not a dust problem (did you spray around the heat sink with compressed air?) then it's probably a faulty component.

Hey BOB.I know that i'm a so annoying person :D.
I have solved the problem with the cpu temperature and it didn't restart again until now.
I only bought a new heat sink paste and applied it after removing the old one which soldified on top of the processor.
I can run any game and any program now without disturbing and the cpu temperature is only 35C!!!
Anyway,I'm so glad that i have known your site and really i appreciate your help.Thanks a lot again.

I;ve been doing all that thingS....but in speedfan..my "temperature 2" reached 64C until 65C whILE i'm watching videos or downloading...and i cleaned the heat sink...i removed it from my PC...im sure that all is cleaned..i used a old toothbrust and i removed all the dust as u mentioned...but the temperature doesn't change,,,,and also RAm..i did it...but...nothing. worthless...when i tried to reinstall ,my WINDOWS>..IT USUALLY RESTARTS WHN THE WINDOWS ARE IN SET UP....WTF HAPPENED TO MY PC??...ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO SOLVE THIS "RESTARTS" PROBLEM??

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's possible your heat sink is not drawing enough heat from the CPU. Cleaning and re-applying the paste may help.

paste is so expensive here!!....can i get another paste from the HEAT SINK of my classmate?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You mean scrape off the old paste and re-use it? No, I don't think that will work.

my computer restarts by itself when i leave it for more or less 5 minutes. what should i do?.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Read the article and the comments, then try each of the suggestions until something works.

Hi, I have one year old computer and during this period random restarts occurred about 5-6 times. What happens during one is that I can hear the fans working continuously (no interruption) but can also hear the hard disk winding down and then starting up, which is not the case if I restart purposely by pressing button. Since day one CPU runs at around 44C idle and can go up to 65C (especially lately) but I cant see relation between restarts and temperature. Hard Disk is Maxtor and works quite audible. To mention that since day one I have CPU load error every time I boot and avoid it with F1. Also, lately the computer is randomly going slow for a while and has command delays and Mozilla frequently crashes. Any advice? Thanks

hi, i am having problem with my pc. the pc reboots and goes to the windows xp loading screen and then restarts the machine itself. tried swapping the RAM, disconnected the cd-rom. still it would restart. tried the recovery procedue as well. still it didnt work.

how can i resolve it without deleting everyting and doing a complete fresh installation. i do need to make copy of the hard drive...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Have you tried booting into Safe Mode and running some disk diagnostics?

My brothers pc i built him is suffering this problem. Ive ruled out overheating...has a new CPU with Thermalright heatsink, Memory, 550w antec PSU, and HDD's and MB asrock dualsata II(old) has no noticable bad caps. Sometimes it doesnt even make it to windows...sometimes in windows for hours before reboot. In windows it will actually go through the shutdown process not just a instant powerdown.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Something is triggering the OS to shutdown... have you tried disabling the "Automatically Restart on System failure" feature?