Unexpected shutdowns

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My PC has, in the past week or so, inexplicably shut down and restarted
itself: no
warning messages are given, the restart is normal, and I have no idea even
where to start looking for a possible cause.
My processor is not overheating, I have been doing different and unrelated
things on each occasion, and I have not installed/uninstalled any hardware or
software in this time.
I am usually ok sorting out software problems but something is triggering
these shutdowns and I would be grateful if someone could give me just one or
two pointers where to start.
I am on a fully updated Windows XP HE, 1.8 Athlon processor, 1gb Ram, 120 gb
hd,
64mb nvidia graphics (I'm not a gamer), Audigy Sound Card - a fairly old but
upto now perfectly reliable PC. Hibernation is set off, and all Power
Options to never.
Any help greatly appreciated

mrdxpusercambs
 
My PC has, in the past week or so, inexplicably shut down and restarted
itself: no
warning messages are given, the restart is normal, and I have no idea even
where to start looking for a possible cause.
My processor is not overheating, I have been doing different and unrelated
things on each occasion, and I have not installed/uninstalled any hardware
or
software in this time.
I am usually ok sorting out software problems but something is triggering
these shutdowns and I would be grateful if someone could give me just one
or
two pointers where to start.
I am on a fully updated Windows XP HE, 1.8 Athlon processor, 1gb Ram, 120
gb
hd,
64mb nvidia graphics (I'm not a gamer), Audigy Sound Card - a fairly old
but
upto now perfectly reliable PC. Hibernation is set off, and all Power
Options to never.
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It could be a failing power supply, failing RAM, or other hardware.

Firstly, set it to not automatically restart on error. Right click My
Computer | Properties | Advanced Tab | Startup and Recovery - Settings |
Untic Automatically restart | Ok out. Next time it should go to a blue
screen - BSOD it's called - with an error message. Copy the error message
and particularly the error code starting with 0x....... and four parameters
after it exactly.

Research the error code here.
http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
 
Rock: many thanks for quick reply and suggestions. I'll do exactly what you
suggest and perhaps come back for further guidance if/when this happens
again. Maybe I
should have mentioned that the screen goes black when this has happened,
totally
without warnning nor any kind of message to help.
Regards - Mike
 
Rock: many thanks for quick reply and suggestions. I'll do exactly what
you
suggest and perhaps come back for further guidance if/when this happens
again. Maybe I
should have mentioned that the screen goes black when this has happened,
totally
without warnning nor any kind of message to help.
Regards - Mike
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Could be the power supply.
 
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