Re: Windows XP spontaneous crashing

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IndependentFratter@xxxxxxxxx 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!!!


Have you tried installing a program like Speedfan and monitoring the temperatures and voltages before it crashes? If the CPU temperature gets too high or the voltages are out of spec the computer may shut down without warning.
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