WinXP Rebooting Problem

[phigity]

i've had some rebooting problems in the past and did a nice clean winxp pro install. everything was running fine with no random reboots for a few days. then all of a sudden, lastnight it rebooted on me. check my sig for hardware specs. please someone help me. i'd had to deal with this in the past and i thought by a clean install it might help. seems like it hasn't. thanks!

[A_old]

first things first, right click on my computer, go to properties.
next click the advanced tab, then settings under startup and recovery. now uncheck automatically restart and hit ok till ur out of all of the windows. go back to ur normal business and when it fails, instead of restarting--i'll give a blue screen. tell me what it says and we'll go from there. if you want to give it a go yourself, read the main error toward the top of the screen and enter it into the ms knowledgebase at support.microsoft.com. see if they can give u any hints..if not i'll check back.

[phigity]

Originally posted by Amro
first things first, right click on my computer, go to properties.
next click the advanced tab, then settings under startup and recovery. now uncheck automatically restart and hit ok till ur out of all of the windows. go back to ur normal business and when it fails, instead of restarting--i'll give a blue screen. tell me what it says and we'll go from there. if you want to give it a go yourself, read the main error toward the top of the screen and enter it into the ms knowledgebase at support.microsoft.com. see if they can give u any hints..if not i'll check back.

thanks man. i'll uncheck that tonight and mess around and see if i can get it to restart.

[Prey521]

Also, are you OC'n that bad boy?

[phigity]

Originally posted by Prey521
Also, are you OC'n that bad boy?

nope no over clocking, as of yet. once i ge the OS stable i want to OC her some. not quite sure on how to do that but i'll prob post about it.

[Set]

What are your Temps @full load?

[phigity]

Originally posted by Set
What are your Temps @full load?

not sure on how to check that. can you tell me how?

[Kyle]

I just reinstalled last night and had a problem with random rebooting, mine turned out to be the msblast virus... but i did a format and hadn't even connected to the internet yet... wierd. Anyway, if your AV software is up-to-date it will eliminate that.

Kyler1

[Set]

Download the ASUS Probe for your board should tell ya your Temps

[A_old]

whoa whoa guys..lets see what the error is before we throw out too much info to check,,

[phigity]

i turned off the restart instead of blue screening and waiting for it to happen again. i will post as soon as it does. my com's been on for well over a day now and nothing yet. we'll see. thanks again for everyone's help.

[gnx87]

You ever think about checking the power supply? random reboots are often the cause of a failing PS

[phigity]

ok i finally got a blue screen. here's what it said:

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A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps.

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any winodws updates you might need.

Technical information:
*** Stop: OxOOOOOOOA (OxFFFFFFEC, OxOOOOOOOO, OxOOOOOOOO, Ox805276B3)

Beginning dump of physical memory.
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system adminor technical support group for futher assistance.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

please let me know what i can check or what i can do in order to diagnose the problem and then fix it. thanks!

[Jstyr]

You could have the Blaster worm maybe. It does cause reboots.

I'm havign the same rebooting hassles with my new computer. It's brand new though hasn't opened an e-mail or hardly browsed the web so I doubt my issue is virus/worm related.

Try running it with the side case door open and a space fan blowing across it just to rule out overheating.

[Brk]

http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

[phigity]

Originally posted by Jstyr
You could have the Blaster worm maybe. It does cause reboots.

I'm havign the same rebooting hassles with my new computer. It's brand new though hasn't opened an e-mail or hardly browsed the web so I doubt my issue is virus/worm related.

Try running it with the side case door open and a space fan blowing across it just to rule out overheating.

how long should i run it with the fan on? lastnight i wasn't doing anything just laying in bed and it blue screened.

[SLK]

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is usually video card!!! Could mean that the Videocard is defective or corrupted drivers. Did you previously have a different videocard in that system? Forget to uninstall the old videocard drivers?

[phigity]

Originally posted by Rob P
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is usually video card!!! Could mean that the Videocard is defective or corrupted drivers. Did you previously have a different videocard in that system? Forget to uninstall the old videocard drivers?

i installed this video card when i finished installing winxp. never had another one since the new install.

[phigity]

i'v had the fan blowing on my computer for about 6hrs now without a blue screen. should i be running any high demand of resource programs? or just leave it on? i've got blue screens from doing nothing on the computer to running many programs.

[phigity]

ok i just got a another blue screen. it's a tad bit different from the first one. here it is:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps.

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any winodws updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed harware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. if you need to use safe mode to remove or siable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options and then select safe mode.

Technical information:
*** Stop: OxOOOOOOO0 (Ox000000ft, OxOOOOOOO2, OxOOOOOOOO, Ox805276B3)

Beginning dump of physical memory.
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system adminor technical support group for futher assistance.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++