Computer Restarts Itself - Comments Page 8

FOUND SOMETHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM! I noticed that i couldnt download....etc. because my computer would restart. well i went to google and found a free online scan. with no downloading necessary. its called Trend Micro house call. it worked on my computer. I had multiple infections, which are all now gone. Thanks for your help Bob!

My PC also restarts after 30-60 seconds of being rebooted. Like Charly I had 2 PCs networked in my household with the same copy of XP. Having lots of spare parts I was able to replace everything in the PC. As soon as I accessed the Internet the problem started again. I proceeded to buy a new copy of XP and this did not help. Unfortunately, Microsoft XP, during activation, looks at every component in you PC and records serial numbers of those parts. If they suspect that you've used the same copy of XP on multiple PCs they may very well have a diagnostic that targets a particular system file to force a reboot. For those of you who experience reboots only when "plugged-in" to the internet, try uplugging the ethernet cable, reboot and see if the problem goes away. If it does, there's a good chance that you've acquired a virus or Microsoft is punishing you for using the same copy of XP multiple times.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Virus, maybe. Microsoft punishment, no.

I'm having the same problem but mine is, whenever you run/open/execute a program it automatically restarts. But if you leave it on standby, it stays on. I've already scanned and deleted all possible viruses, check the RAM, battery, etc. Also the CPU fan speed is ok i've checked it thru the bios settings, yet i cannot install speedfan, because everytime i run the installer it restarts. I can't even use safemode, it restarts too.What could be the problem?

I'm having a problem again where the computer monitor will shut off anywhere from 1 second to 5 minutes while playing ANY game. Following the monitor shutdown the pc restarts. No BSOD comes up. I can still hear the game music in the background before the restart. Half the time after the restart my resolution has gone back to 800x600.

Whats confusing here is I had this problem a few months back and it went away for about a month and now is back at it again. Aside from that everything else still works on the computer, web browsing windows media player music and etc.

EDITOR'S NOTE: My guess is that the monitor is not at fault. The computer is getting a shutdown signal, and the monitor is responding a little quicker than the rest of the system.

my compter restarts and i am running windows xp sp2 it restarts randomlty and it is not over heating when i got a hardware upgrade a few months ago. it has been doing this after then i got a new ram put in and a new hard drive and video card. Do you think it is the ram?

EDITOR'S NOTE: The only way to know for sure is to remove one component at a time and see if the problem remains.

Hello I just built my new rig, q6600, 1 gb ram, x1950pro, and whenever i play counter strike source for 1 hour or so, the computer restarts. I checked the CPU temperature and its 32C (Dont believe that though because when I Start my PC up and go to BIOS it says 55 C, and thats on startup!). I have tried another stick of ram and it worked fine. What could be the problem?

Starting yestaurday, my computer has been constantly restarting at random times. sometimes 10 minutes, sometimes an hour, sometimes 3 hours. I've kept my comp in good condition for the past 4 years, and the last time i replaced anything was 6 months ago and that was a new graphics card. Now all of a sudden my comp decides to go on a shutdown spree. I disabled automatic restart, and now BSOD pops up with some information on some device and what not ill post it next.

my computer says Temp1-3 at 127C and then HD at 42c and another temp 1 at 40C. it makes no sense

Hi Bob,my PC is Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.6GHZ, 512MB of RAM and using Windows XP. It has been restarting itself especially during 1st 10min interval. Sometimes, when it restart or I switch on, the PC gets "stuck" and fail to continue, eg "peep", "peep".
I pressed the reset button a number of times, and luckily, it is able to restart with warning 1st message: "The PC has to check the hard disk for consistency".. so I let it check OR 2nd message: "DRAM timing is too tight, need to change the CMOS setting"... so I go to CMOS setting and set it to default. I had speedfan and temperature is not the problem here. Please help.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like the RAM is acting up when you power on. I leave my computers turned on 24/7, give that a try, or replace the RAM.

Hello I just bought a refurbished pc from hp and as soon as i got it. it started throwing up stop errors some are 0x00000008 some are 0x0000000a some are alot differnt it also restarts it self when i put a strain on the system like when i tried to instal a game i put the disc in the cd tray and as soon as i hit install it will restart it self help please,

EDITOR'S NOTE: Since you just bought it from HP, why not ask them to replace it with one that works? Sounds like you have bad RAM.