System just restarts out of clear blue?!
This is a discussion about System just restarts out of clear blue?! in the Windows Software category; Anybody else having this problem? Without warning, my system has just shut down and restarted maybe 3 times now. Just like that! One minute up and running, the next minute BEEP! I dunno. ********************************************** -Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Anybody else having this problem?
Without warning, my system has just shut down and restarted maybe 3 times now. Just like that! One minute up and running, the next minute BEEP!
I dunno.
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Pentium II 450@504 4.5X112
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Seagate 13.6 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Western Digital 13.4 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Quantum 8.3 Gig
36X Acer CD Rom
Viewsonic PS790 19" Sweet as Heck Monitor
3Com NIC
Lexmark 5700 Printer
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Without warning, my system has just shut down and restarted maybe 3 times now. Just like that! One minute up and running, the next minute BEEP!
I dunno.
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**********************************************
---Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.---
**********************************************
Pentium II 450@504 4.5X112
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Seagate 13.6 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Western Digital 13.4 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Quantum 8.3 Gig
36X Acer CD Rom
Viewsonic PS790 19" Sweet as Heck Monitor
3Com NIC
Lexmark 5700 Printer
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Not 100% sure, but I THINK this could be CPU heat problem. The last time something like this happened, my CPU fan had stopped. Your overclocked CPU probably isn't being cooled enough by the fans.
What were you doing when this happend? was it just sitting there on the desktop with nothing running except background apps, browsing the inet? or what?
OP
Yeah. It's happened just as it's sitting here on the desktop, it's happened when I was browsing the net, and one other time while i was playing Warcraft.
I thought about the CPU overheat problem, but I've had that baby overclocked for a year now, and this never happened back in my Windows 98 days. Perhaps I will tinker with that though.
Here's a thought I had, tell me if it's crazy. In my case, I have 3 internal 3.5" slots... I have all three filled by cramming in there a foppy and both of my hard drives. Do you think the extremely tight quarters may be overheating the drives?
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**********************************************
---Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.---
**********************************************
Pentium II 450@504 4.5X112
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Seagate 13.6 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Western Digital 13.4 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Quantum 8.3 Gig
36X Acer CD Rom
Viewsonic PS790 19" Sweet as Heck Monitor
3Com NIC
Lexmark 5700 Printer
**********************************************
I thought about the CPU overheat problem, but I've had that baby overclocked for a year now, and this never happened back in my Windows 98 days. Perhaps I will tinker with that though.
Here's a thought I had, tell me if it's crazy. In my case, I have 3 internal 3.5" slots... I have all three filled by cramming in there a foppy and both of my hard drives. Do you think the extremely tight quarters may be overheating the drives?
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**********************************************
---Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.---
**********************************************
Pentium II 450@504 4.5X112
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Seagate 13.6 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Western Digital 13.4 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Quantum 8.3 Gig
36X Acer CD Rom
Viewsonic PS790 19" Sweet as Heck Monitor
3Com NIC
Lexmark 5700 Printer
**********************************************
No, I'd really consider downclocking the CPU. I've heard of MANY cases where people ran Win98 nicely with oc'ed CPUs for long times, then installed Win2000 and their PCs kept crashing randomly.
Don't take ANYTHING for given when it comes to Win2000 and overclocking your hardware.
Try it before posting a reply on the board, ok? (Not trying to be unfriendly!)
nova.
Don't take ANYTHING for given when it comes to Win2000 and overclocking your hardware.
Try it before posting a reply on the board, ok? (Not trying to be unfriendly!)
nova.
OP
Sorry to bother you all. It was something real stupid.
My power chord got a short in it.
**smacks forehead**
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**********************************************
---Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.---
**********************************************
Pentium II 450@504 4.5X112
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Seagate 13.6 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Western Digital 13.4 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Quantum 8.3 Gig
36X Acer CD Rom
Viewsonic PS790 19" Sweet as Heck Monitor
3Com NIC
Lexmark 5700 Printer
**********************************************
My power chord got a short in it.
**smacks forehead**
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**********************************************
---Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.---
**********************************************
Pentium II 450@504 4.5X112
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Sound Blaster Live! Value
Seagate 13.6 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Western Digital 13.4 Gig 7200RPM ATA/66
Quantum 8.3 Gig
36X Acer CD Rom
Viewsonic PS790 19" Sweet as Heck Monitor
3Com NIC
Lexmark 5700 Printer
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