Computer goes to black screen and reboots

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Did you try rt clicking MyComputer>select Properties>Advanced>Startup
and Recovery-Settings>Uncheck the Automatically Restart Box.
"ST" <ST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> One of my desktops, running XP Pro, all updates except SP2, will
> occasionally
> go to a black screen and reboots. I used Microsofts RAM checker to check
> two
> sticks of Kingston ValueRam, each 512M without error indications. Used
> MemTest86, and it found errors on one stick. New stick on the way from
> Kingston.
>
> HOWEVER, the computer just did it again with the "good" stick. Should I
> suspect the motherboard? Processor is a P4, 2.4, 533. Gigabyte
> motherboard,
> GA-8PE800 Ultra, onboard RAID1, 845PE chipset.
>
> Thanks.