Re: Random reboots

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On Nov 10, 6:57 am, Ron Rosenfeld <ronrosenf...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have been having random reboots.  They were occurring several times a day.
After doing a repair/re-install of XP (for an unrelated reason), they have
decreased to one every 1-2 days or less, but still occur.

That change after the XP repair maybe points to a software or driver problem.
However, I also added 2GB RAM which was removed from another functioning
machine raising that as a possibility.  But no error message on overnight
Memory Testing.  (I'd like to see an error message both because it might be
diagnostic, and also I might get the memory stick replaced under warranty).

Also, there has been an absence of error messages associated with this, except
for one indicating that Office crashed.

My system:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer     INTEL_
System Model    D975XBX_
System Type     X86-based PC
Processor       x86 Family 15 Model 6 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~3400 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date       Intel Corp. BX97510J.86A.1463.2006.1129.1718,
11/29/2006
SMBIOS Version  2.3
Hardware Abstraction Layer      Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
Total Physical Memory   4,096.00 MB
Available Physical Memory       2.39 GB
Total Virtual Memory    2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory        1.96 GB
Page File Space 5.08 GB

PSU: PC Power & Cooling T1KWSR 1000W

What I've done:

Remove and reseat the video card (necessary to change memory)
Remove and reseat the memory

Disabled "Automatically Restart" in the system failure options of "My Computer"
Disabled reboot on power failure in the BIOS

Run DXDIAG tests, also checking for WHQL drivers
Run MEMTEST86+ V4.00 overnight

Run StressTest V1.0 (from Passmark; part of Intel Desktop Control Unit) for six
hours testing CPU, MMX, RAM, 2D Graphics, 3D Graphics

Even with the auto-restart disabled, the system still does its reboot.

I have examined the various event logs and there are no messages related to the
crash, except for a Microsoft Office message indicating "This session ended
with a crash."

No mini-dump file is generated even though that option is checked.

Suggestions would be appreciated.  My thought now is to run MEMTEST for several
days.  Unfortunately, if the computer crashes during that time, I won't see the
results of MEMTEST :-(
--ron

Why do you have a 5 GB page file? That's ridiculous.
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