Computer Is Randomly Rebooting Itself
Replies: 12 | Post Date: June 25th, 2005, 08:59 PM | User: Headst1r | Forums: discussions.hardwarecentral.comI was using my comp all day today with no problems. I started up eq2, and was ending some tasks which i always do. Now my computer is randomly rebooting itself constantly for the past 15 minutes, making a beep when it does. Any idea what the *** is going on with it?
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Pc Keeps Rebooting And Randomly Locking Up
I've got a friend that i built a pc for. It now keeps rebooting and randomly locking up. It usually locks up while gaming, but has recently begun this while not gaming. We brought the thing to our office, where it did not lock up during over an hour of gaming and benchmarking. By taking it to another location, i have narrowed the problem to either the monitor, or the outlet the thing is plugged into. Question is, has anyone ever seen a monitor or bad outlet cause a pc to behave like this?
Posted On: June 3rd 2005 . View 14 Replies .
I've got a friend that i built a pc for. It now keeps rebooting and randomly locking up. It usually locks up while gaming, but has recently begun this while not gaming. We brought the thing to our office, where it did not lock up during over an hour of gaming and benchmarking. By taking it to another location, i have narrowed the problem to either the monitor, or the outlet the thing is plugged into. Question is, has anyone ever seen a monitor or bad outlet cause a pc to behave like this?
Posted On: June 3rd 2005 . View 14 Replies .
Randomly Rebooting And Strange Clicking Noises
My computer has gone crazy and it is driving me mad! It began with the computer randomly rebooting and strange clicking noises. I thought it was the power supply (it was a vt-300tatx). I replaced it with a suggested vt-400atx). Everything seemed to be fine for several weeks. My daughter installed the sims game on it and suddenly it started freezing up when it got to a certain point in the game, and then it started rebooting. I thought it was a problem with the os so i wiped c: and reformated it and tried to reinstalled windows 2000 professional, which is what i was running on it. Now nothing works right. Sometimes when i turn the computer on, the fan runs bu the computer doesn't boot. After flipping the off/on switch a couple of times it will boot. I can usually get it to the c: prompt, but sometimes when i try to run commands it freezes up. When ever i try to install windows i get errors. Windows 2000 professional: oe, 06 and od errors. Windows 98: file xxx. Xx corrupted, error 14, etc. , Always with a different file or else the system freezes up during installation of files. Same with 2000: freezes during file installation. Windows 95 (i even tried that) won't even start up. Sometimes, the system won't recognize the cd rom drive. I am at wits end. Most of the diagnostics i have will only run under windows, and i can't even install it. Most of microsofts db articles don't apply or you need windows installed to complete their suggested fixes. I ran memtest86 and the memory is ok. I even swapped out the memory card so that's not the problem. I tried reinstalling the mbr but nothing there. And all the registry diagnostics i have need windows to run. I am at wits end! Help! Anyone have any idea before i commit hari-kari?
Posted On: 31-08-2004, 12:32 AM . View 6 Replies .
My computer has gone crazy and it is driving me mad! It began with the computer randomly rebooting and strange clicking noises. I thought it was the power supply (it was a vt-300tatx). I replaced it with a suggested vt-400atx). Everything seemed to be fine for several weeks. My daughter installed the sims game on it and suddenly it started freezing up when it got to a certain point in the game, and then it started rebooting. I thought it was a problem with the os so i wiped c: and reformated it and tried to reinstalled windows 2000 professional, which is what i was running on it. Now nothing works right. Sometimes when i turn the computer on, the fan runs bu the computer doesn't boot. After flipping the off/on switch a couple of times it will boot. I can usually get it to the c: prompt, but sometimes when i try to run commands it freezes up. When ever i try to install windows i get errors. Windows 2000 professional: oe, 06 and od errors. Windows 98: file xxx. Xx corrupted, error 14, etc. , Always with a different file or else the system freezes up during installation of files. Same with 2000: freezes during file installation. Windows 95 (i even tried that) won't even start up. Sometimes, the system won't recognize the cd rom drive. I am at wits end. Most of the diagnostics i have will only run under windows, and i can't even install it. Most of microsofts db articles don't apply or you need windows installed to complete their suggested fixes. I ran memtest86 and the memory is ok. I even swapped out the memory card so that's not the problem. I tried reinstalling the mbr but nothing there. And all the registry diagnostics i have need windows to run. I am at wits end! Help! Anyone have any idea before i commit hari-kari?
Posted On: 31-08-2004, 12:32 AM . View 6 Replies .
Computer Rebooting Without Warning
I'm a technician in a small computer refurbishment shop, and ive been having a very weird problem with one of the computers. The computer itself looks like the case was bought brand new and the rest was put together from spare parts from old computers, so it might be something damaged hardware wise but ive ran numerous tests and i can not find any real reason for it to be shutting down when ever it feels like it. If you have any ideas as to why this is happening please post.
Posted On: April 2nd, 2007, 05:29 PM . View 8 Replies .
I'm a technician in a small computer refurbishment shop, and ive been having a very weird problem with one of the computers. The computer itself looks like the case was bought brand new and the rest was put together from spare parts from old computers, so it might be something damaged hardware wise but ive ran numerous tests and i can not find any real reason for it to be shutting down when ever it feels like it. If you have any ideas as to why this is happening please post.
Posted On: April 2nd, 2007, 05:29 PM . View 8 Replies .
Faulty Hardware ? Just Built Computer Keeps Rebooting
Ok, so my fiance and i are attempting to build me a new computer to replace my older laptop (we have both built computers before, and he used to work for a computer repair shop, so we thought we knew what we were doing). Anyway, now it keeps rebooting within <1 sec to about 60ish seconds from boot- usually it's less than 5 seconds. We started out with just the mobo, ram, video card, and processor plugged in and attempted to boot - worked beautifully (seemingly). Tried same with floppy drive w/ win98 boot disk, again, seemingly beautiful, and booted right up to the disk. Then attempted to add hdd and dvd drive, and it started doing this rebooting thing. We've since tried taking everything off the mobo but the ram and processor, and it still does the same thing. We've reseated the ram, tried it in the other slot, checked the conections, checked the jumper settings. Still no help. It does seem to stay up longer on the first boot if we have left it alone for several hours, but it will still eventually reboot. Also, the first time we plugged in the usb drive it booted directly from that with no prompting, now it hardly even recognizes the disk as valid, if it does get that far in the boot process (but it does sometimes, so i don't think the disk is bad). We've considered updating the bios (there was something on intel's website about it being 'essential' that you update the bios if you have a p4 800fsb, but it didn't say why) but we fear that even if it did eventually boot to the disk, it would crash in the middle of flashing, thus making the mobo trash. Please, somebody - if you have any idea what we can do from here, let me know! I ordered these parts from a company across the country (newegg.com) and only have about 3 weeks in which i can exchange them, if i figure out which one really has the problem. I don't have any spare parts to work with, so i can't really swap out things to test that way, and i don't have the money to just buy new parts for testing purposes (except for possibly the power supply - i'm already buying this on a loan from my mom). If you have any clue what is going on, or know where we can go for help. I know newegg doesn't do any kind of tech support, and asrock only does tech support to buyers, not to individual consumers.
Posted On: July 16th, 2004, 04:40 PM . View 14 Replies .
Ok, so my fiance and i are attempting to build me a new computer to replace my older laptop (we have both built computers before, and he used to work for a computer repair shop, so we thought we knew what we were doing). Anyway, now it keeps rebooting within <1 sec to about 60ish seconds from boot- usually it's less than 5 seconds. We started out with just the mobo, ram, video card, and processor plugged in and attempted to boot - worked beautifully (seemingly). Tried same with floppy drive w/ win98 boot disk, again, seemingly beautiful, and booted right up to the disk. Then attempted to add hdd and dvd drive, and it started doing this rebooting thing. We've since tried taking everything off the mobo but the ram and processor, and it still does the same thing. We've reseated the ram, tried it in the other slot, checked the conections, checked the jumper settings. Still no help. It does seem to stay up longer on the first boot if we have left it alone for several hours, but it will still eventually reboot. Also, the first time we plugged in the usb drive it booted directly from that with no prompting, now it hardly even recognizes the disk as valid, if it does get that far in the boot process (but it does sometimes, so i don't think the disk is bad). We've considered updating the bios (there was something on intel's website about it being 'essential' that you update the bios if you have a p4 800fsb, but it didn't say why) but we fear that even if it did eventually boot to the disk, it would crash in the middle of flashing, thus making the mobo trash. Please, somebody - if you have any idea what we can do from here, let me know! I ordered these parts from a company across the country (newegg.com) and only have about 3 weeks in which i can exchange them, if i figure out which one really has the problem. I don't have any spare parts to work with, so i can't really swap out things to test that way, and i don't have the money to just buy new parts for testing purposes (except for possibly the power supply - i'm already buying this on a loan from my mom). If you have any clue what is going on, or know where we can go for help. I know newegg doesn't do any kind of tech support, and asrock only does tech support to buyers, not to individual consumers.
Posted On: July 16th, 2004, 04:40 PM . View 14 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shut Off
Certain actions cause my computer to completely shutdown. Occasionaly going to a blue screen and sometimes not. The actions that cause this include playing certain video games, watching videos, and other actions. Regular web surfing does not cause a shutdown. Somebody mentioned to me that i could have fried my r. A. M or something. I really have no idea. My computer is a p4 with at least 256 ram maybe 512.
Posted On: 06-09-2005, 12:00 AM . View 1 Replies .
Certain actions cause my computer to completely shutdown. Occasionaly going to a blue screen and sometimes not. The actions that cause this include playing certain video games, watching videos, and other actions. Regular web surfing does not cause a shutdown. Somebody mentioned to me that i could have fried my r. A. M or something. I really have no idea. My computer is a p4 with at least 256 ram maybe 512.
Posted On: 06-09-2005, 12:00 AM . View 1 Replies .
Computer Going Into Stand By Randomly
I recently removed the old 20gb hard drive i was using and replaced it with an 80gb drive. Installed xp, my drivers, games, etc. Without any problem (also installed sp2, which i didn't have before). But then my computer started going into stand by (or it might be hibernation, it doesn't actually say) mode at random times, even when i'm using my computer. Of course first i checked the power options to make sure it wasn't set to go off. Then i checked the bios, and reinstalled my mobo and video card drivers. But none of that solved anything. My next thought was it could be the power supply, but i don't know how to check if the ps is going bad. Any suggestions on what else i could check to solve this.
Posted On: 06-07-2005, 10:47 PM . View 3 Replies .
I recently removed the old 20gb hard drive i was using and replaced it with an 80gb drive. Installed xp, my drivers, games, etc. Without any problem (also installed sp2, which i didn't have before). But then my computer started going into stand by (or it might be hibernation, it doesn't actually say) mode at random times, even when i'm using my computer. Of course first i checked the power options to make sure it wasn't set to go off. Then i checked the bios, and reinstalled my mobo and video card drivers. But none of that solved anything. My next thought was it could be the power supply, but i don't know how to check if the ps is going bad. Any suggestions on what else i could check to solve this.
Posted On: 06-07-2005, 10:47 PM . View 3 Replies .
Computer Shutdown Randomly
I built my computer a few years ago and have had no problems (p4). Today it decided to shutdown randomly. I tried rebooting but it would turn on like it was going to start but bios would not post and it would shut down after about 5 seconds. My first inclination was that it was a failing power supply. Replaced that without any luck. The odd thing is that when i plug in both power components from the ps to the mobo it turns on and after five seconds turns off;
Yet, when i do not have the 12v 4pin plugged in, the computer stays running, although it does not load windows. I checked the ram, light on mobo is on, nothing smells fried, i'm hoping it is not the mobo.
Posted On: October 11th, 2006, 12:22 AM . View 5 Replies .
I built my computer a few years ago and have had no problems (p4). Today it decided to shutdown randomly. I tried rebooting but it would turn on like it was going to start but bios would not post and it would shut down after about 5 seconds. My first inclination was that it was a failing power supply. Replaced that without any luck. The odd thing is that when i plug in both power components from the ps to the mobo it turns on and after five seconds turns off;
Yet, when i do not have the 12v 4pin plugged in, the computer stays running, although it does not load windows. I checked the ram, light on mobo is on, nothing smells fried, i'm hoping it is not the mobo.
Posted On: October 11th, 2006, 12:22 AM . View 5 Replies .
Computer Keeps Randomly Locking Up
I can be surfing the internet or listening to music and my computer keeps randomly locks up and when it does it i have to switch it off at the mains and back on again. I have tried removing the cmos battery, reinstalling windows. I have also tried a new power supply but still it makes no difference.
Posted On: June 17th, 2007, 01:42 PM . View 8 Replies .
I can be surfing the internet or listening to music and my computer keeps randomly locks up and when it does it i have to switch it off at the mains and back on again. I have tried removing the cmos battery, reinstalling windows. I have also tried a new power supply but still it makes no difference.
Posted On: June 17th, 2007, 01:42 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Randomly Turns On
My comp is possesed. (You would know if you have seen some of the other problems i have with this comp too)
So my computer more or less randomly turns on during the day or night. Sometimes when i get home from school it is on (nobody uses it, and the screen is like it should be when it first turns on)
Sometimes when i wake up in the morning it is on. The only partial logical explination i came up with is that sometimes when i turn stuff on such as my bedside lamp it will turn on. Im thinking this has somthing to do with. I dunno. A small surg of power going into the comp when turning the lamp off making the comp turn on. Only problem with that is that my comp is plugged into a battery. Also somtimes it will randomly turn on when i walk by it. Is my computer possesed?
Posted On: May 7th, 2005, 12:05 PM . View 9 Replies .
My comp is possesed. (You would know if you have seen some of the other problems i have with this comp too)
So my computer more or less randomly turns on during the day or night. Sometimes when i get home from school it is on (nobody uses it, and the screen is like it should be when it first turns on)
Sometimes when i wake up in the morning it is on. The only partial logical explination i came up with is that sometimes when i turn stuff on such as my bedside lamp it will turn on. Im thinking this has somthing to do with. I dunno. A small surg of power going into the comp when turning the lamp off making the comp turn on. Only problem with that is that my comp is plugged into a battery. Also somtimes it will randomly turn on when i walk by it. Is my computer possesed?
Posted On: May 7th, 2005, 12:05 PM . View 9 Replies .
Computer Randomly Restart After About 1 Hour
I recently bought a new computer which set me back a bit. It is still covered by warranty so if i can't fix it im still safe. My computer will randomly restart after about 1 hour - 2hrs. I have checked my error logs and i get 2 errors that are consistant. I have googled for help but i can't find the exact errors anywhere. I don't think its overheating either because. Errors are as follow. Error 1
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 000000fe, parameter1 00000005, parameter2 865e70e0, parameter3 10de036c, parameter4 852b38d0. Error 2
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 ae078c20, parameter2 00000001, parameter3 806e9b9a, parameter4 00000000.
Posted On: 20-12-2006, 10:48 AM . View 2 Replies .
I recently bought a new computer which set me back a bit. It is still covered by warranty so if i can't fix it im still safe. My computer will randomly restart after about 1 hour - 2hrs. I have checked my error logs and i get 2 errors that are consistant. I have googled for help but i can't find the exact errors anywhere. I don't think its overheating either because. Errors are as follow. Error 1
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 000000fe, parameter1 00000005, parameter2 865e70e0, parameter3 10de036c, parameter4 852b38d0. Error 2
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 ae078c20, parameter2 00000001, parameter3 806e9b9a, parameter4 00000000.
Posted On: 20-12-2006, 10:48 AM . View 2 Replies .
Computer Restarts And Freezes Randomly
I recently formatted my computer with xp and now its freezing and restarting randomly. I doubt that its a virus or trojan because there is nothing installed except the window updates. Before it restarts a blue error screen flashes, but it's too fast for me to see what it saids. My geforce 8800gtx idles at 70c, is that a normal temp? If you need any more info just ask.
Posted On: May 7th, 2007, 05:50 PM . View 7 Replies .
I recently formatted my computer with xp and now its freezing and restarting randomly. I doubt that its a virus or trojan because there is nothing installed except the window updates. Before it restarts a blue error screen flashes, but it's too fast for me to see what it saids. My geforce 8800gtx idles at 70c, is that a normal temp? If you need any more info just ask.
Posted On: May 7th, 2007, 05:50 PM . View 7 Replies .
Computer Shuts Off Randomly, But Infrequently
I initially ran it with an antec 450w smartpower (pulled from a sonata ii). By march, the system had randomly shut down a 2 or 3 times on me. It's just a spare system and isn't being monitored constantly, so i haven't been able to see these crashes take place-i would come to the system, and it would be powered down. Hitting the power button brought it back, no questions asked. It seemed like the psu was the obvious culprit, so i swapped it for the thermaltake around this time. It had been rock solid since then, running 24/7 without a hitch. However, this afternoon, the same thing happened again. Does this sound like a defective motherboard, or do i just have bad luck with psus?
Posted On: 06-13-2007, 10:23 PM . View 8 Replies .
I initially ran it with an antec 450w smartpower (pulled from a sonata ii). By march, the system had randomly shut down a 2 or 3 times on me. It's just a spare system and isn't being monitored constantly, so i haven't been able to see these crashes take place-i would come to the system, and it would be powered down. Hitting the power button brought it back, no questions asked. It seemed like the psu was the obvious culprit, so i swapped it for the thermaltake around this time. It had been rock solid since then, running 24/7 without a hitch. However, this afternoon, the same thing happened again. Does this sound like a defective motherboard, or do i just have bad luck with psus?
Posted On: 06-13-2007, 10:23 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shutting Off / Crashing
I've been having a bit of a problem with my new rig. I built it about 2 months ago (thanks to your guys' advice) and so far it has been working flawlessly, except for one thing. I have been getting completely random crashes, like someone pushed the power button on my rig. I'll just be doing something and "poof" the computer is off. Sometimes when this happens it will keep happening when i try to restart it at completely random intervals. Sometimes it will run for 30 seconds, and other times 5 minutes. I have reset the cmos multiple times to no avail. Here are my specs:
Evga x58 sli le int 1366
Diamond hd5850
Seagate 1tb hdd
Coolermaster haf-922 case
Antec truepower new 750w psu
Intel i7 920
Ocz ddr3 gold 6gb 1600
*** Is going on with my computer?
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 12:14 AM . View 12 Replies .
I've been having a bit of a problem with my new rig. I built it about 2 months ago (thanks to your guys' advice) and so far it has been working flawlessly, except for one thing. I have been getting completely random crashes, like someone pushed the power button on my rig. I'll just be doing something and "poof" the computer is off. Sometimes when this happens it will keep happening when i try to restart it at completely random intervals. Sometimes it will run for 30 seconds, and other times 5 minutes. I have reset the cmos multiple times to no avail. Here are my specs:
Evga x58 sli le int 1366
Diamond hd5850
Seagate 1tb hdd
Coolermaster haf-922 case
Antec truepower new 750w psu
Intel i7 920
Ocz ddr3 gold 6gb 1600
*** Is going on with my computer?
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 12:14 AM . View 12 Replies .
Troubleshooting A Computer That Randomly Shuts Down
I am going to be troubleshooting what is causing my cousin's computer to shutdown randomly. Just looking for good ways to troubleshoot and what would most likely be causing it. Right now my main suspect is the psu, but i am still not 100% on that. The computer only shuts down when he was playing age of empires 3. Really the only game he plays, so i can't say if that game was the only one causing.could be anywhere from 5 minutes to a couple hours before it happened. I did do a few searches to see if it was just the game. I got a few hits (4500 on google), but it could just be people only playing that game at that time. I would find it odd if it was just aoe3 causing this too. Trouble shooting that i have done so far. I ran both orthos and furmark at the same on the computer for 30 minutes trying to see any over heating or if the computer crashed. I figured this was one of the most intensive test i could put on the computer. Nothing happened either. Gpu reported a temp of 75 *c max and cpu reported 50 *c max. Going to do a gaming session to see if anything happens next. Vga drivers are up to date. After running both orthos and furmark i am convinced there is not a heat issue at the moment anyway. I did not see any of the snow effect on the furmark rendering to show if the vga was dying. If the system does stop randomly on me i'll throw in my psu from my computer to see if the problem persists. Thoughts?
Specs:
Intel e5200 @ 2. 5ghz no oc
Asus p5e x38 mb
8800 gts 512 w/ hr-03 cooler no oc
Ocz 600w psu
4gb of ddr2 ocz ram 800mhz no oc
Wd 640gb black hdd
Windows vista 64-bit
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 09:00 PM . View 5 Replies .
I am going to be troubleshooting what is causing my cousin's computer to shutdown randomly. Just looking for good ways to troubleshoot and what would most likely be causing it. Right now my main suspect is the psu, but i am still not 100% on that. The computer only shuts down when he was playing age of empires 3. Really the only game he plays, so i can't say if that game was the only one causing.could be anywhere from 5 minutes to a couple hours before it happened. I did do a few searches to see if it was just the game. I got a few hits (4500 on google), but it could just be people only playing that game at that time. I would find it odd if it was just aoe3 causing this too. Trouble shooting that i have done so far. I ran both orthos and furmark at the same on the computer for 30 minutes trying to see any over heating or if the computer crashed. I figured this was one of the most intensive test i could put on the computer. Nothing happened either. Gpu reported a temp of 75 *c max and cpu reported 50 *c max. Going to do a gaming session to see if anything happens next. Vga drivers are up to date. After running both orthos and furmark i am convinced there is not a heat issue at the moment anyway. I did not see any of the snow effect on the furmark rendering to show if the vga was dying. If the system does stop randomly on me i'll throw in my psu from my computer to see if the problem persists. Thoughts?
Specs:
Intel e5200 @ 2. 5ghz no oc
Asus p5e x38 mb
8800 gts 512 w/ hr-03 cooler no oc
Ocz 600w psu
4gb of ddr2 ocz ram 800mhz no oc
Wd 640gb black hdd
Windows vista 64-bit
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 09:00 PM . View 5 Replies .
Computer Restarts Randomly In Windows 7
This problem i'm having has utterly stumped me. I'm pretty pc tech savvy and i've gone through all the normal means to solve/resolve this problem but here it goes. I have a newly built (and recently rebuilt) system using 'some' of the same hardware (hd, mb and processor are the same, everything else is new) and i'm getting a restart issue that happens somewhat at random. I'll explain somewhat later but for the most part, its completely random and i do not get a blue screen of death. Anyways, the new computer specs are as followed. Specs:
-Windows 7 home premium 64-bit (fresh install)
-Intel core i5 processor 750 @ 2. 67ghz
-Msi p55-gd65 motherboard (stock/standard installation, no overclocking)
-2 ddr3-1333 2gig sticks of memory (4 total)
-Geforce gts 250 1gb ddr3 (upgraded from a geforce 8600 gtx 512meg)
-250gig maxtor hd
*Description of problem/history*
This restarting issue occurred soon after i upgraded my mainboard/processor/memory combination. (I don't get the bsod) the problem typically happens when i'm downloading something, browsing the net or using the avg virus scan feature.rarely happens when the pc is just idle. Note: using large programs such as photoshop, playing games like wow or oblivion typically do not trigger this restart problem. I can play for hours perfectly fine. But i can do a cold boot into windows, open firefox and look at one page on cnn and the pc restarts after a total of 4 minutes being on. Now, when the restart occurs, it just blanks the monitor for a few seconds and i see the boot screen again followed by a "do you want to boot into safe mode" screen afterwards. On occasion, the system will freeze instead of restart causing the speakers to blare static/white noise (this happens when i'm watching a dvd, avi file, youtube video, etc. ) And a forced reset is required. I have taken the following measures thus far. -Occasionally the date/time needs to be reset/fixed from a sudden restart. I've replaced the cmos battery with a new one with no resolve. -I've had the 2 ddr3 memory sticks tested 3 times using the vista memory tester at system start-up. Tests came back with no issues/errors. -Upgraded the older 550watt power supply to 650watt ps. No change
-Brand new mid-tower case with 2-220mm fans and 2-180mm fans with great circulation.core temp is steady around 110*f no change (pretty sure it was never an overheating issue)
-Called up msi tech support (still under warranty) and we performed a main-board bios update (no resolve) and a few system tests and the tech deemed the mb to be working as intended. I'm looking for any suggestions/tips or retracing any steps that i have missed in my quest to resolve this annoying issue. One tech site suggested that it could be the hard drive causing these problems but several system scans report that there are no bad sectors. I've attempted to us maxblast 5 to make a hd disk image and transfer to new 500gb hd. Image was created just fine but restart/freeze occurs every time on "restore" process. 6 months ago additional details *update*
Forgot to mention, i've disabled the "automatic restart" under system failure option. I'm running win7 with current patches/updates. I've ran a registry cleaner and cleaned things up a bit. All no resolve. Addition bit of information is that when my does does suddenly restart, the boot up takes longer than normal as the boot text has to slowly detect each of my 4 sata hard drives. After the final one, i see for a mere split second a system recovered error message that i have yet to time perfectly with the /pause/break/ key on my keyboard. 6 months ago: aniceto* video card is brand new *2 weeks old* yet problem has been present on both old/new card for approximately 4 months. I did perform a similar suggest memory cleaning test back in early jan but as stated above, problem occurred on a brand new mb, memory, processor purchase prior to it accumulating dust. Thanks for suggestions, got any more?
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This problem i'm having has utterly stumped me. I'm pretty pc tech savvy and i've gone through all the normal means to solve/resolve this problem but here it goes. I have a newly built (and recently rebuilt) system using 'some' of the same hardware (hd, mb and processor are the same, everything else is new) and i'm getting a restart issue that happens somewhat at random. I'll explain somewhat later but for the most part, its completely random and i do not get a blue screen of death. Anyways, the new computer specs are as followed. Specs:
-Windows 7 home premium 64-bit (fresh install)
-Intel core i5 processor 750 @ 2. 67ghz
-Msi p55-gd65 motherboard (stock/standard installation, no overclocking)
-2 ddr3-1333 2gig sticks of memory (4 total)
-Geforce gts 250 1gb ddr3 (upgraded from a geforce 8600 gtx 512meg)
-250gig maxtor hd
*Description of problem/history*
This restarting issue occurred soon after i upgraded my mainboard/processor/memory combination. (I don't get the bsod) the problem typically happens when i'm downloading something, browsing the net or using the avg virus scan feature.rarely happens when the pc is just idle. Note: using large programs such as photoshop, playing games like wow or oblivion typically do not trigger this restart problem. I can play for hours perfectly fine. But i can do a cold boot into windows, open firefox and look at one page on cnn and the pc restarts after a total of 4 minutes being on. Now, when the restart occurs, it just blanks the monitor for a few seconds and i see the boot screen again followed by a "do you want to boot into safe mode" screen afterwards. On occasion, the system will freeze instead of restart causing the speakers to blare static/white noise (this happens when i'm watching a dvd, avi file, youtube video, etc. ) And a forced reset is required. I have taken the following measures thus far. -Occasionally the date/time needs to be reset/fixed from a sudden restart. I've replaced the cmos battery with a new one with no resolve. -I've had the 2 ddr3 memory sticks tested 3 times using the vista memory tester at system start-up. Tests came back with no issues/errors. -Upgraded the older 550watt power supply to 650watt ps. No change
-Brand new mid-tower case with 2-220mm fans and 2-180mm fans with great circulation.core temp is steady around 110*f no change (pretty sure it was never an overheating issue)
-Called up msi tech support (still under warranty) and we performed a main-board bios update (no resolve) and a few system tests and the tech deemed the mb to be working as intended. I'm looking for any suggestions/tips or retracing any steps that i have missed in my quest to resolve this annoying issue. One tech site suggested that it could be the hard drive causing these problems but several system scans report that there are no bad sectors. I've attempted to us maxblast 5 to make a hd disk image and transfer to new 500gb hd. Image was created just fine but restart/freeze occurs every time on "restore" process. 6 months ago additional details *update*
Forgot to mention, i've disabled the "automatic restart" under system failure option. I'm running win7 with current patches/updates. I've ran a registry cleaner and cleaned things up a bit. All no resolve. Addition bit of information is that when my does does suddenly restart, the boot up takes longer than normal as the boot text has to slowly detect each of my 4 sata hard drives. After the final one, i see for a mere split second a system recovered error message that i have yet to time perfectly with the /pause/break/ key on my keyboard. 6 months ago: aniceto* video card is brand new *2 weeks old* yet problem has been present on both old/new card for approximately 4 months. I did perform a similar suggest memory cleaning test back in early jan but as stated above, problem occurred on a brand new mb, memory, processor purchase prior to it accumulating dust. Thanks for suggestions, got any more?
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Computer Randomly Restart During Games
While playing games such as call of duty 4 and world in conflict i can play for about 5 mins to 30 mins then my computer would randomly shut off and restart. The weird thing is that it plays fine in other games like crysis on high graphics and i can play for hours and have no problems. The cpu temperature is about 50-60c while playing and the gpu is about 70-80 does anyone know what the problem may be?
Specifications:
3. 00 ghz intel core 2 duo
Ati radeon hd3870x2
4gb ddr3 ram
500gb hard driver
Asus p5e3 mobo
650w power supply
Windows vista 64 bit
Posted On: 25-06-2008 . View 14 Replies .
While playing games such as call of duty 4 and world in conflict i can play for about 5 mins to 30 mins then my computer would randomly shut off and restart. The weird thing is that it plays fine in other games like crysis on high graphics and i can play for hours and have no problems. The cpu temperature is about 50-60c while playing and the gpu is about 70-80 does anyone know what the problem may be?
Specifications:
3. 00 ghz intel core 2 duo
Ati radeon hd3870x2
4gb ddr3 ram
500gb hard driver
Asus p5e3 mobo
650w power supply
Windows vista 64 bit
Posted On: 25-06-2008 . View 14 Replies .
Computer Is Randomly Opening / Closing Windows
I seem to have a very annoying, blood boiling problem, my computer is randomly opening/closing windows, mainly windows media player and help (any help, depending on what program i'm using, as if i were to press f1). It also randomly types "-64" or that in different combinations such as "6444444444" like a repetitive keystroke. When these things occur my system sounds a high pitched bleep, as it would if alot of keys were pressed at once. It has even deleted text i have written, and i find myself having to copy text, so if i loose it i can paste it back in. It looked to me like a virus, but i've ran norton full sys' scan and no viruses were found, i doubted it would be a virus anyway because i reformatted my hard drive very recently and the comp has only been online for about 4 days after the reformat (only sites visted were google, gmail, ebay, microsoft). The reason i think it has something to do with my keyboard is because of the evidence i've picked up such as repetive keystrokes, key bleeps etc. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be?
Posted On: Mar 31, 05 at 2:43pm . View 2 Replies .
I seem to have a very annoying, blood boiling problem, my computer is randomly opening/closing windows, mainly windows media player and help (any help, depending on what program i'm using, as if i were to press f1). It also randomly types "-64" or that in different combinations such as "6444444444" like a repetitive keystroke. When these things occur my system sounds a high pitched bleep, as it would if alot of keys were pressed at once. It has even deleted text i have written, and i find myself having to copy text, so if i loose it i can paste it back in. It looked to me like a virus, but i've ran norton full sys' scan and no viruses were found, i doubted it would be a virus anyway because i reformatted my hard drive very recently and the comp has only been online for about 4 days after the reformat (only sites visted were google, gmail, ebay, microsoft). The reason i think it has something to do with my keyboard is because of the evidence i've picked up such as repetive keystrokes, key bleeps etc. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be?
Posted On: Mar 31, 05 at 2:43pm . View 2 Replies .
Computer Randomly Restarts Cause Of Cpu Temperature
Just trying to see what an optimal temperature for a computer should be. I came across a computer that randomly restarts, once restarted, it'll still work again for awhile, but then restart again. In the bios, it's detecting the cpu temp at 85 c (or 170-185 f) and the mb temp is showing roughly 40 c (which i figure is good), the cpu temp is what i'm wondering about. This is a p4 3. 4ghz running win xp pro.
Posted On: March 30th, 2008, 06:36 PM . View 5 Replies .
Just trying to see what an optimal temperature for a computer should be. I came across a computer that randomly restarts, once restarted, it'll still work again for awhile, but then restart again. In the bios, it's detecting the cpu temp at 85 c (or 170-185 f) and the mb temp is showing roughly 40 c (which i figure is good), the cpu temp is what i'm wondering about. This is a p4 3. 4ghz running win xp pro.
Posted On: March 30th, 2008, 06:36 PM . View 5 Replies .
Computer Randomly Reboots - Monitors Blackout
My computer randomly reboots once or twice a day. Sometimes twice in a row and that is that, but i noticed something strange that it only happens when i am browsing the web regardless of the browser that i am using. Now this could be complete coincidence, but it never happens when i am gaming as of yet. I also ran prime 95 and stressed tested my system for a solid hour with no reboots at all. I have left my system on for days and my system temps were all completely normal until while browsing the web for a few hours after clicking a link; bam reboot. I also went into system properties in my computer and turned off "automatically restart" just to see if there could be a blue screen, but nope. My monitors black out as if somebody other than myself went and hit the reset button on my case. It reports no other error, but that. I just reformatted and hopefully i will be stable, but i doubt it. Worries me that it only happens when i am browsing the web. Any advice or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Posted On: 11-19-2009, 03:06 PM . View 19 Replies .
My computer randomly reboots once or twice a day. Sometimes twice in a row and that is that, but i noticed something strange that it only happens when i am browsing the web regardless of the browser that i am using. Now this could be complete coincidence, but it never happens when i am gaming as of yet. I also ran prime 95 and stressed tested my system for a solid hour with no reboots at all. I have left my system on for days and my system temps were all completely normal until while browsing the web for a few hours after clicking a link; bam reboot. I also went into system properties in my computer and turned off "automatically restart" just to see if there could be a blue screen, but nope. My monitors black out as if somebody other than myself went and hit the reset button on my case. It reports no other error, but that. I just reformatted and hopefully i will be stable, but i doubt it. Worries me that it only happens when i am browsing the web. Any advice or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Posted On: 11-19-2009, 03:06 PM . View 19 Replies .
Computer Randomly Download Big Files
I have a windows xp home edition, but more importantly i have verizon wireless internet card. My amount of information that can be sent and received is limited a month. Ever since this morning my computer has been downloading crazy amounts of things. Yet when i look to see what it is in task manager it doesn't say anything is running. I checked the process tab and nothing seems out of the ordinary. I'm at my wits end. I'm fairly capable with computers, but when it comes to technical things im completely in the dark. I've ran avg virus scan (after updated which took 3 hours since my connection is being hogged by some other download) and ad-aware. Both found a few minor things that were removed. A back door something and a few trojins and malware. But it still continues to download insane amounts of information. I'm not sure if this is related, but whenever i try to play an audio mp3 windows media player 11 suddenly freezes up, but if it has nothing to do with said problem i can live without it. If it is somehow tied together that would be awesome. As i've typed this up i've burned 101mb's. 5 minutes and 101mb's burned. I only get 5gigs a month. Please for the love of yemma.
Posted On: 4 weeks ago . View 6 Replies .
I have a windows xp home edition, but more importantly i have verizon wireless internet card. My amount of information that can be sent and received is limited a month. Ever since this morning my computer has been downloading crazy amounts of things. Yet when i look to see what it is in task manager it doesn't say anything is running. I checked the process tab and nothing seems out of the ordinary. I'm at my wits end. I'm fairly capable with computers, but when it comes to technical things im completely in the dark. I've ran avg virus scan (after updated which took 3 hours since my connection is being hogged by some other download) and ad-aware. Both found a few minor things that were removed. A back door something and a few trojins and malware. But it still continues to download insane amounts of information. I'm not sure if this is related, but whenever i try to play an audio mp3 windows media player 11 suddenly freezes up, but if it has nothing to do with said problem i can live without it. If it is somehow tied together that would be awesome. As i've typed this up i've burned 101mb's. 5 minutes and 101mb's burned. I only get 5gigs a month. Please for the love of yemma.
Posted On: 4 weeks ago . View 6 Replies .
Power Supply Problem - Computer Randomly Freezes
My computer randomly freezes from time to time. It seems like when i multitask or access my secondary hard drive it occurs most frequently. Also, when i try to put in two memory sticks in the computer it does not work, but it only works with one (both sticks work individually). I have the silverstone zeus 850w power supply and the specs in my sig.could the power supply be the problem, if so is there any way i can check?
Posted On: 10-12-2007, 11:40 PM . View 19 Replies .
My computer randomly freezes from time to time. It seems like when i multitask or access my secondary hard drive it occurs most frequently. Also, when i try to put in two memory sticks in the computer it does not work, but it only works with one (both sticks work individually). I have the silverstone zeus 850w power supply and the specs in my sig.could the power supply be the problem, if so is there any way i can check?
Posted On: 10-12-2007, 11:40 PM . View 19 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shut Off, Needs Cmos Reset To Boot Again
To further explain the topic title, the machine (in sig) will randomly just shut off for no reason while it's on, or just "die" while it's off and refuse to power back on at all - no fans spinning, no post, no nothing, until i perform a cmos reset. Flipping the psu switch on and off does nothing to help the problem either. Whenever the system "dies" the clock in bios and windows will freeze and consequently display the time of death when i'm able to boot the machine up again. This started happening around monday afternoon. Current os is windows 7 since i ended up reformatting anyway trying to fix this issue - all of a sudden my legitimate windows xp claimed i had "major hardware changes" and thus needed to re-activate wga. I ended up installing a diagnostic program of some sort from at&t to figure out what was going on with m dsl connection at the same since that wasn't working either right before the restart that gave me the wga failure prompt (and i couldn't validate because of the dsl being dead at the time), and i'm certainly hoping that program had nothing to do with this. Last thing i was doing before that was just memtesting ram which didn't get any errors overnight. The red led light on the motherboard is still active as long as the switch on the psu is turned on. I can still change the clock in bios/windows after reviving the system with a cmos reset and it'll continue to work as normal. The time it takes to die again can be anywhere from 4 hours to about 20 hours as of what i've experienced so far. Only spare parts i have left is some more ram so i'll be switching that out now and hoping for the best, but in the event that doesn't work, does anyone have suggestions on possible culprits and fixes?
Posted On: 05-06-2009, 10:31 PM . View 6 Replies .
To further explain the topic title, the machine (in sig) will randomly just shut off for no reason while it's on, or just "die" while it's off and refuse to power back on at all - no fans spinning, no post, no nothing, until i perform a cmos reset. Flipping the psu switch on and off does nothing to help the problem either. Whenever the system "dies" the clock in bios and windows will freeze and consequently display the time of death when i'm able to boot the machine up again. This started happening around monday afternoon. Current os is windows 7 since i ended up reformatting anyway trying to fix this issue - all of a sudden my legitimate windows xp claimed i had "major hardware changes" and thus needed to re-activate wga. I ended up installing a diagnostic program of some sort from at&t to figure out what was going on with m dsl connection at the same since that wasn't working either right before the restart that gave me the wga failure prompt (and i couldn't validate because of the dsl being dead at the time), and i'm certainly hoping that program had nothing to do with this. Last thing i was doing before that was just memtesting ram which didn't get any errors overnight. The red led light on the motherboard is still active as long as the switch on the psu is turned on. I can still change the clock in bios/windows after reviving the system with a cmos reset and it'll continue to work as normal. The time it takes to die again can be anywhere from 4 hours to about 20 hours as of what i've experienced so far. Only spare parts i have left is some more ram so i'll be switching that out now and hoping for the best, but in the event that doesn't work, does anyone have suggestions on possible culprits and fixes?
Posted On: 05-06-2009, 10:31 PM . View 6 Replies .
Computer Randomly Turns Off, Wont Turn Back On
My computer randomly turns off. It can run prime95 for 15 min without incident, and it can bit-torrent all night long, but it randomly turns off. Generally this happens while doing a non-cpu intensive activity like watching tv shows. After it turns off (as if it was unplugged, no windows shutdown procedure), pressing the power button does not do anything. Upon further inspection, the psu will not jump-start for a few minutes. After that, the psu will jump-start and the machine will boot up. To me, this sounds like a psu problem. I have a corsair tx750. Is this the likely culprit?
(Edit: i probably should give some more information)
Q9550 (stock speeds)
Gigabyte ga-x48-ds4
2 x g. Skill 2gb ddr2 1000
Corsair cmpsu-tx750
Radeon hd4850
Wd 640gb aaks + 1tb wd green power
Posted On: 07-27-2009, 03:13 PM . View 1 Replies .
My computer randomly turns off. It can run prime95 for 15 min without incident, and it can bit-torrent all night long, but it randomly turns off. Generally this happens while doing a non-cpu intensive activity like watching tv shows. After it turns off (as if it was unplugged, no windows shutdown procedure), pressing the power button does not do anything. Upon further inspection, the psu will not jump-start for a few minutes. After that, the psu will jump-start and the machine will boot up. To me, this sounds like a psu problem. I have a corsair tx750. Is this the likely culprit?
(Edit: i probably should give some more information)
Q9550 (stock speeds)
Gigabyte ga-x48-ds4
2 x g. Skill 2gb ddr2 1000
Corsair cmpsu-tx750
Radeon hd4850
Wd 640gb aaks + 1tb wd green power
Posted On: 07-27-2009, 03:13 PM . View 1 Replies .
Esata Hdd Makes Computer Freeze Randomly
I have a problem when connecting my esata hdd to this motherboard (p5k mobo). Basically i'm using a samsung hdd with an enclosure and i connect it to the pc via a esata cable going to the esata input at the back of the comp. The problem is the computer keeps freezing for like 10-20 seconds randomly while the esata device is connected. If i switch the esata device off (via the enclosure's switch) it works fine. Is this a known issue for this mobo and e-sata?
Also there are so many drivers i cant find which one i need to update as i haven't updated the mobo since i got it like 3 years ago. My mobo is a p5k but on the manual it says p4s533-e.
Posted On: 07-02-2009, 11:08 AM . View 11 Replies .
I have a problem when connecting my esata hdd to this motherboard (p5k mobo). Basically i'm using a samsung hdd with an enclosure and i connect it to the pc via a esata cable going to the esata input at the back of the comp. The problem is the computer keeps freezing for like 10-20 seconds randomly while the esata device is connected. If i switch the esata device off (via the enclosure's switch) it works fine. Is this a known issue for this mobo and e-sata?
Also there are so many drivers i cant find which one i need to update as i haven't updated the mobo since i got it like 3 years ago. My mobo is a p5k but on the manual it says p4s533-e.
Posted On: 07-02-2009, 11:08 AM . View 11 Replies .
Error: System Failed Cpu Test - Computer Randomly Shuts Down
Basically, my computer randomly shuts down. Not shuts down through windows, just plain shuts off. Now its been suggested that this is either the power supply or the cpu fan, but i don't know which and really have no idea of that out. I have an antec 350w power supply on an asus p4c800 deluxe and a pentium 4. I am also getting an error message sometimes when i start up (sometimes after the random shutdown, sometimes not) that the "system failed cpu test, " but again i have no idea how to correct this. This isn't as bad because i just try again after that message and the computer boots up fine.
Posted On: 03-08-2004, 10:10 PM . View 14 Replies .
Basically, my computer randomly shuts down. Not shuts down through windows, just plain shuts off. Now its been suggested that this is either the power supply or the cpu fan, but i don't know which and really have no idea of that out. I have an antec 350w power supply on an asus p4c800 deluxe and a pentium 4. I am also getting an error message sometimes when i start up (sometimes after the random shutdown, sometimes not) that the "system failed cpu test, " but again i have no idea how to correct this. This isn't as bad because i just try again after that message and the computer boots up fine.
Posted On: 03-08-2004, 10:10 PM . View 14 Replies .
Pc Died Upon Rebooting
I rebooted my pc ( in system specs) but it did not restart properly. It got past shutting down then went to a black screen, fans on box were still running tho. So i tried holding down the power button for 10 seconds but it still stayed on. The only way i could turn it off from then was to flick the power switch. Now my pc will not turn on at all. No lights no fans no movement at all when i try to turn it on. I have taken the psu motherboard ram and cpu out and put onto a carboard box. I tried to boot it with just those peices in and nothing happend. I then tried just the mobo, cpu and psu. Still nothing
Im compleatly lost, im assuming somthing blewup when it was rebooting, i cant smell anything bad and there dosnt seem to be any physical dmg. No leaking caps or any bad wires. Going to try a nother psu in it somtime today, have you guys got any other ideas, also speculate what might have killled it?
I had put everthing bad to stock frequencys and voltage for the last week due to it getting hotter then i would like. Cpu was hitting 65s and nb was doing 60s, 45cpu and 50nb on stock.
Posted On: 09-15-2009, 02:44 AM . View 6 Replies .
I rebooted my pc ( in system specs) but it did not restart properly. It got past shutting down then went to a black screen, fans on box were still running tho. So i tried holding down the power button for 10 seconds but it still stayed on. The only way i could turn it off from then was to flick the power switch. Now my pc will not turn on at all. No lights no fans no movement at all when i try to turn it on. I have taken the psu motherboard ram and cpu out and put onto a carboard box. I tried to boot it with just those peices in and nothing happend. I then tried just the mobo, cpu and psu. Still nothing
Im compleatly lost, im assuming somthing blewup when it was rebooting, i cant smell anything bad and there dosnt seem to be any physical dmg. No leaking caps or any bad wires. Going to try a nother psu in it somtime today, have you guys got any other ideas, also speculate what might have killled it?
I had put everthing bad to stock frequencys and voltage for the last week due to it getting hotter then i would like. Cpu was hitting 65s and nb was doing 60s, 45cpu and 50nb on stock.
Posted On: 09-15-2009, 02:44 AM . View 6 Replies .
Rebooting Issues
So i just did a fairly complete rebuild on my system. Went from an amd rig to an intel rig, added another velociraptor to run raid 0, etc. In any case, it's all together now. Here's the issue:
Whenever i restart the computer (except for when it restarts after exiting the bios), in order to get it to post again, i have to run through the whole "power the system on and off 3 times" deal. No exceptions, even with every bios setting at default. Any thoughts?
Posted On: 07-02-2009, 01:51 AM . View 4 Replies .
So i just did a fairly complete rebuild on my system. Went from an amd rig to an intel rig, added another velociraptor to run raid 0, etc. In any case, it's all together now. Here's the issue:
Whenever i restart the computer (except for when it restarts after exiting the bios), in order to get it to post again, i have to run through the whole "power the system on and off 3 times" deal. No exceptions, even with every bios setting at default. Any thoughts?
Posted On: 07-02-2009, 01:51 AM . View 4 Replies .
Continuously Rebooting
I built the first computer i've ever built a week ago and for the most part everything was working fine. Now though, it keeps rebooting continuously. It doesn't throw any software errors, it never gets to the bios, it just sits at the screen for my mobo and then restarts. I checked my hardware with some programs when i first built it and they detected all of my ram, so i don't think it could be seated incorrectly (could it?), And the temperature for all of my parts never really got above 55c. My first thought was that my psu, which is a 550 watt bfg, didn't have enough power. http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=n82e16817702012
My video card is a evga 260 gtx superclocked edition which says it should have a minimum of 500 watts. I also have an intel e8500 3. 16ghz processor. Does my psu have enough power for both of those? Or could it be something else?
Posted On: 08-28-2009, 07:14 AM . View 6 Replies .
I built the first computer i've ever built a week ago and for the most part everything was working fine. Now though, it keeps rebooting continuously. It doesn't throw any software errors, it never gets to the bios, it just sits at the screen for my mobo and then restarts. I checked my hardware with some programs when i first built it and they detected all of my ram, so i don't think it could be seated incorrectly (could it?), And the temperature for all of my parts never really got above 55c. My first thought was that my psu, which is a 550 watt bfg, didn't have enough power. http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=n82e16817702012
My video card is a evga 260 gtx superclocked edition which says it should have a minimum of 500 watts. I also have an intel e8500 3. 16ghz processor. Does my psu have enough power for both of those? Or could it be something else?
Posted On: 08-28-2009, 07:14 AM . View 6 Replies .
I7 Random Rebooting
I just purchased a new desktop computer with some pretty good parts. Ive been getting some random reboot since tonight, happened 3 times in one hour. I didn't installed anything or add hardware since i got it 3 days ago. Any ideas? What step should i follow to find what is wrong?
Posted On: 03-30-2009, 08:00 PM . View 13 Replies .
I just purchased a new desktop computer with some pretty good parts. Ive been getting some random reboot since tonight, happened 3 times in one hour. I didn't installed anything or add hardware since i got it 3 days ago. Any ideas? What step should i follow to find what is wrong?
Posted On: 03-30-2009, 08:00 PM . View 13 Replies .