Re: Windows XP spontaneous crashing

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IndependentFratter wrote:
I have hit a wall and nothing seems to be helping. Everyone seems
to have reboot problems and blue screens and all that fun stuff but
I dont. My computer chooses to simply turn off after its been
running for approximatly 2-5 minutes. It never says why, it never
does it at the same time, there is no connection that I can
recognize between the crashes and programs that are running. It
even does this when in safe mode.

I replaced the DDR Ram, removed all the unnecesary components,
swapped video cards for one I knew worked, replaced the hard drive,
replaced the CD/DVD drive, rolled back the drivers and applications
with system restore and yet still the same thing, entirely
spontaneous crashing.

This will be my third installation of XP on my second hard drive,
and I dont think thats the problem. I completely dissassembled my
computer and put it back together according to the MSI mother board
manual hoping to secure a connection someone. Still crashes.

After installing the new hard drive I had about a week in which
everything worked fine and there were maybe only 2 crashes similar
to my typical problem. Now its back. Is there anything I can do to
discover what the problem is? I dont have time to install a virus
scanner such as norton or macafee as the computer crashes before
scans or installations can complete. I cant seem to figure out
what hardware or software is failing. PLEASE HELP!!!

What's your "heat alarm" set to in your BIOS?
What is your CPU temp?

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