Okay, the topic says it all. It started last night, I would be burning, when the cd was done and i tried to close the prog, my system rebooted. Just right now, I was typing something and it rebooted. Before that, I was reading through this forumn and someone Instant Messaged me via AIM, and bam, reboot. What is going on?!
spontaneous REBOOTS with XP
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Sounds like a bug in xp. I get the same thing. It'll reboot for no apparent reason. Gett'in pretty anoying. Some times it won't do it for a few days and other days it wont stop. I was going to post the same question but I thought I'd do some research first but I've found nothing but your post about the problem.
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Perhaps you could try installing the unofficial WinXP SP1 update:
<A HREF="http://www.coreworldstech.com/fixes_and_patches/xpsp1.php" target="_new">http://www.coreworldstech.com/fixes_and_patches/xpsp1.php</A>
And here is a link to the Core Worlds Tech.com forums for XP; perhaps you'll find some information on the issue there.
<A HREF="http://winxp.coreworldstech.com/board/index.php" target="_new">http://winxp.coreworldstech.com/board/index.php</A>
I would think is that the problem is likely to be because of a driver that needs updated, if not because of some unknown freaky WinXP bug. Which driver? Your guess is as good as mine.
As for hardware ... also could be because of your memory, overheating problems, or the PSU.
A possible solution? Well, if it makes you crazy ... downgrade. Win2K is a much more mature OS, if you can tolerate the suggestion after spending the money on XP. Consider me to be one of those people who decided to stick with Win2K at least until the second edition of XP is released.
Good luck, and let us know if you discover the source of the problem.
Anyone else got something for these guys?
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<A HREF="http://www.coreworldstech.com/fixes_and_patches/xpsp1.php" target="_new">http://www.coreworldstech.com/fixes_and_patches/xpsp1.php</A>
And here is a link to the Core Worlds Tech.com forums for XP; perhaps you'll find some information on the issue there.
<A HREF="http://winxp.coreworldstech.com/board/index.php" target="_new">http://winxp.coreworldstech.com/board/index.php</A>
I would think is that the problem is likely to be because of a driver that needs updated, if not because of some unknown freaky WinXP bug. Which driver? Your guess is as good as mine.
As for hardware ... also could be because of your memory, overheating problems, or the PSU.
A possible solution? Well, if it makes you crazy ... downgrade. Win2K is a much more mature OS, if you can tolerate the suggestion after spending the money on XP. Consider me to be one of those people who decided to stick with Win2K at least until the second edition of XP is released.
Good luck, and let us know if you discover the source of the problem.
Anyone else got something for these guys?
Toejam31
<font color=red>My Rig:</font color=red> <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?rigid=6847" target="_new">http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?rigid=6847</A>
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Hey coolmanx what are the specs of you pc and what drivers are you using. Maybe we can find some similarities in our setups that might point us in the right direction.
IM running the folowing
1.3gig athlon
msi k7t pro2-a bios v3.1
512mb pc150 sdram
visiontek geforce 2 gts 64mb@255gpu and 420ram driver 22.50
sony 16x10x40 cdrw
sony 52x cdrom
antec 1030
turtle beach santa cruz w/ .4112 drivers
3com network card
I think thats it.
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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by chaotictech on 11/07/01 08:24 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
IM running the folowing
1.3gig athlon
msi k7t pro2-a bios v3.1
512mb pc150 sdram
visiontek geforce 2 gts 64mb@255gpu and 420ram driver 22.50
sony 16x10x40 cdrw
sony 52x cdrom
antec 1030
turtle beach santa cruz w/ .4112 drivers
3com network card
I think thats it.
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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by chaotictech on 11/07/01 08:24 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
athlon xp 1800
abit KG7 Raid
256mb PC2100 ecc (crucial)
tnt2 (LoLz, next upgrade is a geforce 3 or radeon..still debating..and if g/f gives me the go)
sound blaster live! 5.1
iomega 12x10x32x
had a pioneer 106s but just died a few days ago..
15gig seagate
40gig maxtor
abit KG7 Raid
256mb PC2100 ecc (crucial)
tnt2 (LoLz, next upgrade is a geforce 3 or radeon..still debating..and if g/f gives me the go)
sound blaster live! 5.1
iomega 12x10x32x
had a pioneer 106s but just died a few days ago..
15gig seagate
40gig maxtor
chaotictech
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What drivers are you using with the tnt2 card? Also doesnt that mobo use a via chipset, If so what via 4in1 drivers are you running.
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Had the same problem on a Win2k Box - Random Reboots...
Posted the problem, responce was HD was gettin ready to fail. But replacing the HD didn't stop it...
It kept happening randomly, so I kept lookin around.
I noticed a slight voltage fluctuation in Health status of the Bios... Hmmm... So I changed the power supply - It hasn't happened since!
It's a maybe?
Posted the problem, responce was HD was gettin ready to fail. But replacing the HD didn't stop it...
It kept happening randomly, so I kept lookin around.
I noticed a slight voltage fluctuation in Health status of the Bios... Hmmm... So I changed the power supply - It hasn't happened since!
It's a maybe?
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