Windows reboots itself

[Aron]

I have just changed from Win98 to Win2K. Seemingly for no
reason and with no warning Windows reboots my machine.

I have 1G of DDR ram, a 1.2G Duron processor, a MSI
Mainboard KM2M Combo-L, and a 500 watt power supply.

If some one could help me I would appreciate it

Thanks

 

[Aron]

which brings me to the question why is my system
failing?

 

[Pen]

If you do as suggested the system will tell you.

which brings me to the question why is my system
failing?

 

[Aron]

I have done that and it did not tell me anything.
Yesterday it just stopped functioning and I had to reboot,
as it came up it did a scan disk said it fixed the problem
however it did the same thing today.
Thanks

 

[The Spirit]

1 Checked the Event viewer... did not have any errors show
there.
2. Checked device manager and the only thing not installed
is the OB NetWork card as I had a 10/100 card already.
3. I have all W2K compliant Device Drivers.
4. Ram is DDR 2700 Kingston
5. System has new HD, new Mainboard, new 500 watt power
supply, and new video card. Formated and partitioned the
drive and installed W2k fresh.
6-9 There are no loose connections and I never get the
BSOD. It just restarts. No warning, no error message
before, during or after. No colleration to what I am
working on, can be with IE, Access, Excel, PhotoShop,or e-
mail, can be with one app up or many.

Got another power supply you can test with? New doesn't guarantee it
isn't faulty. I'm going to presume that you haven't overclocked your
system.

 

[milesh]

I have just changed from Win98 to Win2K. Seemingly for no
reason and with no warning Windows reboots my machine.

I have 1G of DDR ram, a 1.2G Duron processor, a MSI
Mainboard KM2M Combo-L, and a 500 watt power supply.

If some one could help me I would appreciate it

Just to add that on my similar system with the same problem I have seen
event errors show up. I forgot to check right after the sudden reboot
so I'm not sure if the errors are related. What the error says is that
the WMI ADAP was unable to load Spooler library because it returned an
invalid code.

 

[Dan Seur]

Aron - I agree with Spirit. Sounds like sudden, brief and intermittent
power loss. Often a dicky power supply ($20-30).

Could also be an autoshutdown (depending on the motherboard) due to CPU
overheating. Certain CPU chips run pretty close to heat tolerance limits
even normally-ventilated and with no overclocking. A few days ago I had
to add a third case fan to my own machine; been running it, in the
latest Florida 90+F heat wave, with office windows open. Shutdowns were
sudden, brief, and intermittent with no log msgs.

And there's still a chance that there's a RAM problem. RAM chips, even
from the same manufacturer and fabrication lot, vary in closeness to
speed tolerances, and they also occasionally will fail, sometimes in
sections that are relatively rarely actually used during operations.

 

[Aron]

my event errors are consistant...
Mrxsmb Error 8003 Event

this means that there is some conflict in choosing the
browser across the lan. It is like seeing another browser
and having to make a choice. However, this is the only
browser my system has.

Still searching
Aron

 

[Aron]

Tested it with a new power supply yesterday and still it
will just stop. I have shut off the auto reboot so that
does not happen.
Aron

 

[Aron]

Replied the The Spirit also
have tried another power supply

The Ram... I have two chips and have tried it with just
one and it still does it
Still searching
Aron

 

[Aron]

Dan,

I also have a third fan on the box, and cooling for the
ram as well. The Temp in the room is at 85 in daytime and
lower in evening.

Checked the temp for the system and it is at 90F up to 95F

Thanks
Aron

 

[Dan Seur]

Aron - I've read the whole thread to date. Looks like no
relatively simple solution has worked - you've tried 'em
all.

Seems now the next candidates are motherboard or CPU or
peripheral card failures generating the restart conditions.
Ugh. I, for one, am out of fresh ideas. I wish I could
have helped, and I hope you can find the solution without
great grief or cost.

 

[aroned]

I found with the KM2M-L MB you have to install all the
things even if you do not use them. Such as, I have a
NetWork card but the system has one onboard. Be sure to
install the on board one also.

My machine is acting a bit better now

Aron