XP Pro machine reboots??!!

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Geoff Cox

Hello,

My Windows XP Pro machine has rebooted twice in the last few hours for
no reason that I can see.

How can I investigate this?

Cheers

Geoff
 
Geoff said:
Hello,

My Windows XP Pro machine has rebooted twice in the last few hours for
no reason that I can see.

How can I investigate this?
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1. Turn off the automatic restart so you can get a Stop Error (blue screen).
Once you have the Stop Error, you can research it here:

http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

To change the automatic restart, Control Panel>System>Advanced>Startup and
Recovery>Settings and under System Failure uncheck "Automatically Restart".

2. Look in Event Viewer for clues:
Start>Run>eventvwr.msc [enter]

3. Try and answer The First Question of Troubleshooting: what changed
between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

4. Make sure your hardware is good and your machine is not overheating.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

That should give you some starting points.

Malke
 
Geoff said:
Hello,

My Windows XP Pro machine has rebooted twice in the last few hours for
no reason that I can see.

How can I investigate this?
Click to expand...

1. Turn off the automatic restart so you can get a Stop Error (blue screen).
Once you have the Stop Error, you can research it here:

http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

To change the automatic restart, Control Panel>System>Advanced>Startup and
Recovery>Settings and under System Failure uncheck "Automatically Restart".

2. Look in Event Viewer for clues:
Start>Run>eventvwr.msc [enter]

3. Try and answer The First Question of Troubleshooting: what changed
between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

4. Make sure your hardware is good and your machine is not overheating.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

That should give you some starting points.

Malke
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Thanks Malke - I have turned the auto restart off and I'm waiting for
a blue screen(!!), can think of nothing that I did to change anything
and can find nothing in the event viewer that rings any bells. Will
see of I can look into the hardware side..

Cheers

Geoff
 
a lot of the sudden reboots are caused by over heating.

if you do not have a program to monitor fans and temperatures, you should have.
speed fan is a good one.
Google for it.

also you might invest in some canned air to blow the cob webs and dust bunnies out of it.

by turning off the auto restart option you can maybe get some error codes to google for to see what might be wrong otherwise.




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Hello,

My Windows XP Pro machine has rebooted twice in the last few hours for
no reason that I can see.

How can I investigate this?

Cheers

Geoff
 
Mikey,
a lot of the sudden reboots are caused by over heating.

if you do not have a program to monitor fans and temperatures, you should have.
speed fan is a good one.
Google for it.
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I have Everest Ultimate and the temps (degrees Centigrade) are as
follows:

mother board 42
CPU 53
GPU Diode 57
HD 1 46
HD 2 45

The fan speed: 2560 RPM

My guess is that these are OK?
also you might invest in some canned air to blow the cob webs and dust bunnies out of it.
Click to expand...

That I will try.
by turning off the auto restart option you can maybe get some error codes to google for to see what might be wrong otherwise.
Click to expand...

I have done that and am waiting for a reboot!

Cheers

Geoff
 
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