Random automatic rebooting.

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Hi there

This is my first topic on Tom's and I was wondering if someone could help me out.

Sometimes I'll be just surfing the net or looking at my data and my computer will reboot without warning. Ths has happend twice since I got my new box 2 weeks ago. Also, I've had an issue twice where my computer would shut itself off on it's own and I was unable to turn it back on for a good 3-4 minutes.

All my specs are listed below so has anyone encountered this before? Is this a software or hardware related issue?

Thanks for any help.

------------------------------ Intel Core 2 Duo e6320,ASUS P5L-VM 1394,Corsair 2gb DDR2, Enermax 485W PSU, XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition 512 DDR3, WDC 250gb HD, Windows XP SP2
Reply to albinohaze

I happend to me on much older system.
It may has something to do with the mobo or the power supply.
The problem was also solved by using errorsmart and registrysmart - but i can't explain how.

Reply to cynicoren

The rebooting is most likely caused by 2 things:

an error (flaw) in the memory (1 or 2 bad sticks), try taking one out and running it if you have 2 sticks, if it reboots, swap it for the other one.

The other likely possibility is that the power supply is bad power supply.
Especially with the rebooting.

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------------------------------ E8500,GA-EP45-UD3R, 8 GIG MUSHKIN, XFX 4890 , ASUS 22", WD 640 X 2, CM 532, CM 650TX
Reply to royalcrown

Could be one of three things:

Bad RAM (you'd be more likely to bluescreen though)
Not enough power (what size PSU do you have?)
Overheating (sounds closer to your syntoms, especially the not being able to restart for several minutes).

Check to make sure your heatsink is making good contact with the CPU, use core-temp to check your temps, run memtest86 to check your RAM.

Thats all I can say until I see your system specs.

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Reply to gamerk316

royalcrown wrote :

I'll try the ram thing but I'm leaning more towards PSU because of what the guy said about blue screen. I had a ram issue a few years back and it was always blue screen related.

Reply to albinohaze

gamerk316 wrote :

Hmmm, I'm thinking cooling perhaps because all I have for cooling is the fan in the PSU and the fan and heat sync for the cpu. Other than that I don't have any fans in the case and it's a smaller case. I guess I should get a fan that pushes and another that pulls air in and out of the case to get better performance.

Reply to albinohaze

with no case fan at all, it's a good possibility about heat then...

------------------------------ E8500,GA-EP45-UD3R, 8 GIG MUSHKIN, XFX 4890 , ASUS 22", WD 640 X 2, CM 532, CM 650TX
Reply to royalcrown

Off for 3-4 min sounds like the psu's overload/overheat protection is kicking in. Maybe the PSU is faulty.

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Reply to nukemaster

nukemaster, I was just thinking thermister too...because ALL that heat would be goin thru the ps....good call, u beat me !

------------------------------ E8500,GA-EP45-UD3R, 8 GIG MUSHKIN, XFX 4890 , ASUS 22", WD 640 X 2, CM 532, CM 650TX
Reply to royalcrown

Hehe, thanks to you both.

Reply to albinohaze

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