XP Spontaneously Rebooting

[Mark Ritzenthaler]

I am running XP on a machine that used to have Win 2000 on it. Win 2000 ran
GREAT with no issues for several months. I then moved to XP and 4 to 8
times an hour the machine spontaneously reboots for no apparent reason. I
have 1 gig of ram, 2+ GHz AMD processor, 160 Gig HD and wiped the HD clean
before the install (ie: the hardware seems fine). Anyone any idea what I do
now?? It is not related to any particular program or open apps that I can
tell and utilities have come up clean.

Thanks for any help or areas to investigate!
Mark

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[Gordo]

I am running XP on a machine that used to have Win 2000 on it. Win
2000 ran GREAT with no issues for several months. I then moved to XP
and 4 to 8 times an hour the machine spontaneously reboots for no
apparent reason. I have 1 gig of ram, 2+ GHz AMD processor, 160 Gig
HD and wiped the HD clean before the install (ie: the hardware seems
fine). Anyone any idea what I do now?? It is not related to any
particular program or open apps that I can tell and utilities have
come up clean.
Thanks for any help or areas to investigate!

Are you on-line with a dialup connection when the reboots occur? A cheap
modem with a noisy line can cause that symptom.

 

[Mark Ritzenthaler]

Hi Gordo,

No modem is hooked up to the machine (I am on a LAN). I will make sure to
take out the card nonetheless!

Thanks for the quick reply!

 

[Lee Chapelle]

XP Spontaneously Rebooting"Mark Ritzenthaler"
I am running XP on a machine that used to have Win 2000 on it. Win 2000 ran
GREAT with no issues for several months. I then moved to XP and 4 to 8
times an hour the machine spontaneously reboots for no apparent reason. I
have 1 gig of ram, 2+ GHz AMD processor, 160 Gig HD and wiped the HD clean
before the install (ie: the hardware seems fine). Anyone any idea what I do
now?? It is not related to any particular program or open apps that I can
tell and utilities have come up clean.

Thanks for any help or areas to investigate!
Mark

(e-mail address removed)

Mark

Check in the BIOS to make sure that the CPU is not overclocked.

Lee

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