Wierd rebooting problem

[gee]

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Hi All,

I have this very irritating problem with my machine.
First off I have got the latest driver for my motherboard which is the
Gigabyte 8N-SLI-R.
The video card is the GV-3D1 SLI with the latest drivers.
Ram 1 Gb DDR2 533 Corsair
And that is what my machine consist of oh and a 160Mb SATA Seagate drive.
There is no virus or spyware on my machine as I scan it all the time.
Running WinXp Pro SP2

The problem is that as my machine boots up and the logon screen appears it
will reboot. The very next time round I can log on and use the machine with
no further problem occurring.
Other times I can log on and be working for a few minutes doing whatever and
then the machine will reboot.
Then other times it will work for a day or two with no problem at all and
run for hours on end.
No error massages are given so I'm in the dark as to what is causing this
issue.

Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Hi,

Does this generally only happen when the machine is first started (cold
boot)? If so, then it is likely a hardware fault that is resolved when the
machine is 'warm'. You might want to check the ram for starters. There are
free programs here:

http://www.simmtester.com/page/products/doc/download.asp
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Gee" <gordongradwell@icon.co.za> wrote in message
news:O16IERRiFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> I have this very irritating problem with my machine.
> First off I have got the latest driver for my motherboard which is the
> Gigabyte 8N-SLI-R.
> The video card is the GV-3D1 SLI with the latest drivers.
> Ram 1 Gb DDR2 533 Corsair
> And that is what my machine consist of oh and a 160Mb SATA Seagate drive.
> There is no virus or spyware on my machine as I scan it all the time.
> Running WinXp Pro SP2
>
> The problem is that as my machine boots up and the logon screen appears it
> will reboot. The very next time round I can log on and use the machine
> with
> no further problem occurring.
> Other times I can log on and be working for a few minutes doing whatever
> and
> then the machine will reboot.
> Then other times it will work for a day or two with no problem at all and
> run for hours on end.
> No error massages are given so I'm in the dark as to what is causing this
> issue.
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Besides ram, a cable could be lose.
Try booting from a CD.
If the reboot occurs, then you have a hardware problem.
--
Ron Sommer

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23qfDalSiFHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Does this generally only happen when the machine is first started (cold
> boot)? If so, then it is likely a hardware fault that is resolved when the
> machine is 'warm'. You might want to check the ram for starters. There are
> free programs here:
>
> http://www.simmtester.com/page/products/doc/download.asp
> http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Gee" <gordongradwell@icon.co.za> wrote in message
> news:O16IERRiFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have this very irritating problem with my machine.
>> First off I have got the latest driver for my motherboard which is the
>> Gigabyte 8N-SLI-R.
>> The video card is the GV-3D1 SLI with the latest drivers.
>> Ram 1 Gb DDR2 533 Corsair
>> And that is what my machine consist of oh and a 160Mb SATA Seagate drive.
>> There is no virus or spyware on my machine as I scan it all the time.
>> Running WinXp Pro SP2
>>
>> The problem is that as my machine boots up and the logon screen appears
>> it
>> will reboot. The very next time round I can log on and use the machine
>> with
>> no further problem occurring.
>> Other times I can log on and be working for a few minutes doing whatever
>> and
>> then the machine will reboot.
>> Then other times it will work for a day or two with no problem at all and
>> run for hours on end.
>> No error massages are given so I'm in the dark as to what is causing this
>> issue.
>>
>> Thanks for any help in advance.
>>
>>
>
>

 

[gee]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Ran both the ram mem test apps with no errors occurring.
Any more suggestions?



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:#qfDalSiFHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Does this generally only happen when the machine is first started (cold
> boot)? If so, then it is likely a hardware fault that is resolved when the
> machine is 'warm'. You might want to check the ram for starters. There are
> free programs here:
>
> http://www.simmtester.com/page/products/doc/download.asp
> http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Gee" <gordongradwell@icon.co.za> wrote in message
> news:O16IERRiFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have this very irritating problem with my machine.
> > First off I have got the latest driver for my motherboard which is the
> > Gigabyte 8N-SLI-R.
> > The video card is the GV-3D1 SLI with the latest drivers.
> > Ram 1 Gb DDR2 533 Corsair
> > And that is what my machine consist of oh and a 160Mb SATA Seagate
drive.
> > There is no virus or spyware on my machine as I scan it all the time.
> > Running WinXp Pro SP2
> >
> > The problem is that as my machine boots up and the logon screen appears
it
> > will reboot. The very next time round I can log on and use the machine
> > with
> > no further problem occurring.
> > Other times I can log on and be working for a few minutes doing whatever
> > and
> > then the machine will reboot.
> > Then other times it will work for a day or two with no problem at all
and
> > run for hours on end.
> > No error massages are given so I'm in the dark as to what is causing
this
> > issue.
> >
> > Thanks for any help in advance.
> >
> >
>
>