Re: Strange reboots occuring at random intervals

One tip ... disable the system from rebooting on errors so that you can
actually see the error message. Right click My Computer, choose Properties,
click the Advanced tab. Click the Settings button under Startup and
Recovery.
Uncheck the box next to Automatically restart. Click OK.

That's a really dumb default XP setting, if you ask me. How would one ever
know what the issue was if the system kept rebooting ?

Alternatively, when's the last time you cleaned the tower? Check your vent
fans for debris and the insides of the tower for dust bunnies. Heat will
cause unusual events and being that this is the summer season in the US, you
may be having problems because of the aforementioned dirt.

It's summer folks, let's keep our systems well ventilated ;)

Good Luck :!:

"Nagendra" <Nagendra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6E0EA0FA-C6FE-4AE9-8FC9-63FA62F31DA7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi All

I have a Windows XP SP2 box which I assembled. It has been working fine
for
teh past three years and I have never had major issue. Recently however it
has started to simply reboot itself for no apparent reason. I did change
the
power supply in Jan 2007. What happens is that I am working on something
and
- boom - the machine restarts. When it comes back alive, I DO NOT See
event
ID 6008 indicating a drty reboot. This really puzzles me. I then did a
filter
for event log events and noticed that I only see events 6009 and 6005 in
the
sequence. I rarely see 6006.

Now, if a machine simply restarts, should I not see a 6008? Why doesnt my
system log it?

I have been told that this may be a hardware problem... either power
supply,
or RAM, or mother board. I am willing to check out the hardware but I
still
dont see why a 6008 should not be logged on a dirty reboot.

Any ideas on how I should proceed on this one?

Thanks

Nagendra


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