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For some reason, my PC has started rebooting itself at seemingly random times.
I will be working on something, or simply open 1 program (like winamp) while running Photoshop, and suddenly the computer just drops. No warnings appear, no blue screen, no alert boxes, no warning sounds, one moment everything is fine, the next everything freezes for about 1 second before the screen goes black and the boot sequence kicks in.
At one point things got so bad that the computer would barely begin to load the desktop before it was back to a black screen.
Games are absolutely a no-go. Even the simplest and processor-unintensive games seem to provoke the machine to crash.
I took a friend's advice and disabled the option that tells XP to restart when it encounters an issue...which seemed like the problem. However, now when I am working on my machine, programs will suddenly start dropping, rather than the OS just restarting. Eventually, the OS restarts anyways.
Here's what I've done to combat the issue:
-cleaned all spyware
-defragged disks and checked for errors
-removed questionable items from startup
-updated all software and XP security
-unplugged an extraneous HDD and a CD-ROM drive in case it is a power/heating issue
-etc etc...
Regardless, it still happens.
Here is what I am running:
P4 2.8e - ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo
1Gb DDR RAM
200 Gb HDD (partitioned 3 ways)
GeForce 5900 VC (fan on board)
Thermaltake 480W PS (2 built-in fans)
1 case fan
2 CD/DVD drives
I realize that this is likely a heat issue, but it's still confusing as I had no problems with this setup until just recently, and have been running it for nearly 6 months. All the fans also seem to be running fine and, when the system does crash, don't seem to be throwing out much more heat than usual.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated, thanks,
-Darcy
I will be working on something, or simply open 1 program (like winamp) while running Photoshop, and suddenly the computer just drops. No warnings appear, no blue screen, no alert boxes, no warning sounds, one moment everything is fine, the next everything freezes for about 1 second before the screen goes black and the boot sequence kicks in.
At one point things got so bad that the computer would barely begin to load the desktop before it was back to a black screen.
Games are absolutely a no-go. Even the simplest and processor-unintensive games seem to provoke the machine to crash.
I took a friend's advice and disabled the option that tells XP to restart when it encounters an issue...which seemed like the problem. However, now when I am working on my machine, programs will suddenly start dropping, rather than the OS just restarting. Eventually, the OS restarts anyways.
Here's what I've done to combat the issue:
-cleaned all spyware
-defragged disks and checked for errors
-removed questionable items from startup
-updated all software and XP security
-unplugged an extraneous HDD and a CD-ROM drive in case it is a power/heating issue
-etc etc...
Regardless, it still happens.
Here is what I am running:
P4 2.8e - ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo
1Gb DDR RAM
200 Gb HDD (partitioned 3 ways)
GeForce 5900 VC (fan on board)
Thermaltake 480W PS (2 built-in fans)
1 case fan
2 CD/DVD drives
I realize that this is likely a heat issue, but it's still confusing as I had no problems with this setup until just recently, and have been running it for nearly 6 months. All the fans also seem to be running fine and, when the system does crash, don't seem to be throwing out much more heat than usual.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated, thanks,
-Darcy