System Randomly Reboots Itself

Replies: 14 | Post Date: December 1st, 2003, 08:51 PM | User: Maximinus058 | Forums: discussions.hardwarecentral.com
System randomly reboots itself. Have replaced almost every part aside from vid card. Doubt vid card is the problem, works fine on another system.

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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.

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I recently build a new computer and i have been getting this problem. Every single time i use the computer, the system either reboots itself or powers off suddenly. I have already checked the device manager and it shows that no devices are in conflict. I have also left the system turned on thru the night without any problems, until i woke up and started surfing the net, then the same thing happens again, the system just turns off by itself. I have reinstalled the xp operating systems and i still get the same problem. Can anyone guide me on where to start troubleshooting?

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Intel boxdp965ltck socket t (lga 775) intel p965 express atx mobo
Evga 256-p2-n583-ar geforce 7900gt 256mb gddr3 pci express x16
Hipro hp-p600w/top-600p5 atx v2. 01 600w power supply - oem
Pentium d 940 presler 800mhz fsb lga 775 dual core, em64t processor
Samsung t133 series hd300lj 300gb 7200 rpm sata 3. 0gb/s hard drive
Kbyte 1gb ddr2 4200/3200 pc2-533/400 ram

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Posted On: 01-16-2004, 11:35 AM . View Related Posts . . View 6 Replies .

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I was thinking that perhaps the room temperature might have something to do with it. My room is notorious for high temperatures, with 80-85f being the usual temp here. The rest of the house is usually in the mid 70’s no clue what is causing it, but it sucks. The common factors for the reboots are running winamp, utorrent, photoshop, and firefox. The four are always on when it happens. Also when it reboots, i hear the music stutter for about 3 seconds before the screen goes black. So, does anyone have any ideas what to do with this? Anything will do.

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I don't know if it could possibly be my motherboard. Everything is up to date with it and i don't think the computer would not make it to windows if that was messed up. I just want to rule out what is wrong. I have to get new motherboard and psu anyways, but i want to see what i have to get first. And plus, it's driving me nuts!

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Happens only in gaming, just restarts (not just crash to desktop) wondering if it's overheating? Because my asus probe isn't showing anything. Should i tone down my overclock? Currently running cpu @ 3. 3. Been running like this for over a year, and over the past month it's crashed 3-4x. Mobo: p4c800-e deluxe
Cpu: p4 3. 0e
Ram: kingston khx3200ak2 1gb
Hd: wd 120gb

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