Computer restarting

[xhironakamurax]

Hey, my computer is restarting can anyone help?

It just restarts randomly, even when I'm not on it.
I just got it formatted, there's nothing wrong with it, that I know of.
Also when someone on the other cpu goes on to my shared drive it restarts my computer.
thanks.

[jeff3]

The other computer may have a virus that reboots you. The "rebooting viruses" are pretty common. It could also be a hardware conflict with the other computer. I'm not a pro, but I bet someone can help, more info may be needed though, like, when did it start, is that why you reformatted, is the other computer rebooting too,have you been connected to the internet since you reformatted, what operating system you running, what web browser, firewall?, anti-virus?, what hardware?

[Dan.Linehan]

Sounds like a power supply replacement would fix it.

[silicon toad2000]

It could be a dust build up in the heatsink cooling the cpu.
If dust builds up under the fan on the cpu heatsink, the cpu will heat up. Once the CPU gets too hot, most computers will shut down to save the cpu.
If you have access to an air compressor, take the sides off and disconnect everything and blow compressed air through the heatsink and while you're there aim the nozzle all over the place.
You can get cans of compressed air which will also work.
I guess a word of warning, don't touch the chips inside the box without first grounding yourself to the computer chassis and when you're blowing compressed air through the heatsink, try not to let the fan spin to fast as a result, it could over rev the fan and in exteeme cases damage the fan.

[themaster]

These answers don't make any sense.. except maybe the over-heating one.. but only kinda.. (over-heating doesn't cause BSOD's it causes system shutdowns) but neither does your problem..

Here's my first suggestion..

First go into System (in Control Panel) go Advanced (if vista open Advanced System Settings) click settings for Startup and Recovery and disable "Automatic Restart" with a check..

Next time it happens report error message and or Google the error message

You can try these things if you want but since your system randomly restarts the above is the best thing to do..

Option1 try running your computer a few days without a NIC if you can meaning.. turn off the net and/or turn of the ability to share this drive..

Option 2
If you have a another NIC (that's network interface card or Local Area Connection in windows) try using it instead of your main one..

If I had to make a educated guess with no error message (which is what I recommended you do above to get one) I would guess bad ram.. you can confirm this by using memtest86+ or giving vista's new memory tester a spin..

[Indy107]

You definitely want to turn off Restart as mentioned above so you can see the Blue Screen error. Then google it. Could be lots of things. Video driver, virus, power supply, RAM, just depends. If it happens accessing a shared drive, it would lead me to believe a possible drive, controller problem, maybe a sharing violation, or NIC. Like I said, could be anything. Dust and overheating is a possibility too. If you see a gunked up CPU fan, blow it out. Probably needs it anyways, can't ever hurt. Dust is bad.

Anyways, start the with error and go from there. I did this for a living for 5 years, remember, Google is your friend.

[mark7]

i had the same problem on one of my home pc's running an SDK version of XP pro,
try this before buying a new psu,
swap your ram around!,
well im presuming you have 2 cards of ram in your machine
if so, switch off your machine and unplug it,
take card one and two out and put them back in, in opposite slots from the ones they were originally in.
worked for me

[vladimirsan]

Hey I had the SAME problem last year...I used this check it out...

For me..it was a heat problem x_X

[Gene]

Originally Posted by vladimirsan

Hey I had the SAME problem last year...I used this check it out...

For me..it was a heat problem x_X

I've used speed fan as well and find it helpful.