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Thanks Jeff, I have put together a new computer with quality components (I
have done several over the years though I consider myself an novice): Antec
sonata case with power supply, AMD Athlon 3500+ (64bit) cpu, MSI K8N Neo2
Platinum motherboard, 1gig dual channel pc3200 OCZ memory, with s-ata hard
drive. I am running WinXP SP2. I used from the start zone alarm firewall
and norton anti virus.
The hardware and fans seem to be working fine, I have of course been adding
software, not a lot yet and am not sure when this started, because it I only
noticed when I was on the phone not moving the mouse are striking the
keyboard after about 5 minutes; this has happened many times now.
I have not checked for spyware yet but will and do have norton running but
will perform a virus scan. Also, I have reset to default the bios using
JBATT. Device manager shows an (!) at 'NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator other
PCI Bridge device' and (?/!) at 'other devices USB controller'
This is making me a little crazy so thanks for the help and any additional.
UNKLAW
"Jeff" wrote:
> spontaneous reboot can have many causes... heat, power, virus, spyware, new
> installed software, newly installed driver
> Take the cover off your PC, watch the heatsink fan, is it running? does it
> slow down? does it make a strange noise? If so you may need to replace the
> heatsink fan
> If your power supply is failing it will not give a steady level of power to
> your PC, does the power supply make a strange noise. is the fan running.
> beyond that you will need a multi-meter to check the output.
> check for virus, or spyware
> did you install anything new just before the problem started?
>
> Do a goggle of your problem:
> xp spontaneous reboot
>
> Good Luck
>
>
> "unklaw" <unklaw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:00B79743-2BA0-49F1-99D2-1CB4407CF3F2@microsoft.com...
> > After sitting without use for about 5 minutes, computer will reboot.
> Also,
> > if I go to 'standby' after a few seconds in 'standby' it will reboot.
>
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