Re: Spontaneous Reboot
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:35:47 +0100
Edward
Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on
the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,
Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.
Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure even after you have
solved the problem as it's better disabled. Check for variants of the
Stop Error message.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Edward W. Thompson wrote:
I have recently carried out some 'upgrades' to my machine and now it
occasionally reboots for no obvious reason. The 'upgrades' include
increasing RAM from 1 to 2MB, changing a HDD from 80GB to 320GB and
the addition of a PCI SATA Card. The motherboard is a Gigabyte
GA-8IPE1000 Pro and the CPU an Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz with WINXP Pro
SP2. The original system using 2 Maxtor 80GB SATA HDD and 1MB RAM
performed without fault for the past 3 years.
The upgrades were phased. The RAM was added first and there was no
problems with about two weeks operation. I then obtained a 320GB
SATA Seagate Barracuda 16MB cache and as only two SATA ports are
available on the MB, a 'no name' VIA VT6421 PCI SATA Card was
installed. Initially I connected the new HDD to the 'SATA Card' and
that configuration was trouble free for about 2/3 days. I then
cloned the OS from a Maxtor HDD to the Seagate HDD and 'swapped' the
drives so the Seagate 320GB drive is connected to a one board SATA
port and the 80GB connected to the PCI SATA Card. It was at this
point the 'spontaneous' rebooting occurred. The first time it
happened I put it down to a 'spike' in the electrical supply but it
has happened twice since then and I think the machine is at fault but
am at a loss to understand what the problem might be. These
'reboots' do not seem to be related to a particular event, for
example the most recent occurred when reading an online newspaper,
the previous when running True Image imaging a drive, neither onerous
operations for the machine. The events are separated by up to 24
hours so 'overheating' does not seem to be a culprit.
Can anyone offer an explanation or where to start troubleshooting?
.
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