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Answer» Topic. My XP just randomly restarted on it's on. Like a power surge. But I checked with my FAMILY and they didn't notice the surge. I didn't even notice. The light didn't dim or anything. It IS working, since I am typing from it right now. It restarted around...12:50 P.M. today. So I don't know if that means anything. There are so many things that could do that, one could only guess.1. DISABLE "Restart on error" feature... 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Advanced tab (Vista: click Advanced system settings). 3. Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box. 4. Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times. 5. Restart your computer for the settings to take effect. If you see any error, let us know what it says. 2. Are you doing anything in particular, when computer restarts? 3. Navigate to: C:\Windows\Minidump folder. If you see any .dmp files, zip all of them, and attach zipped file to your next reply. 4. Download, and install SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php Post your computer temperatures: Provide processor info (hold Windows logo key, and hit Pause/Break key to find out).For the record, this temp is probably because I left the computer on last night virus scanning with Avast! (And nothing) http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l202/Candora_Authes/skee.jpg [attachment deleted by admin]The temps are high. It shouldn't matter, if the computer is on for 5 minutes, or 5 HOURS. Temps should stay steady, unless, you're using some demanding program. You didn't provide processor info. I'm not sure yet, which temp is which, so... Download, and install Everest: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html Open it. In left pane expand Computer folder. Click once on Sensor. What temps are listed there? Quote 2. Are you doing anything in particular, when computer restarts? Did you perform step 1? You have two ERRORS... One is from sunkfilt.sys file, which comes from Alcor Micro Corp Reader. Rings the bell? The other one comes from afd.sys, which is Windows file, a driver for Winsock. Let's wait with addressing these errors until we clear overheating issue.The processor info is in the picture I posted. On the left side. That window came up when I pressed the Windows logo and Pause/Break on the keyboard. Motherboard with 37 C CPU with 51 C Seagate ST380011A with 37 C I'm not sure. I don't remember doing anything particular when it happened. Maybe one of my programs was updating? Nothing specific is causing it to restart. At least, nothing I do Just restarted Not sure what Alcor Micro Corp Reader is. But the company seems legit when I Google'd it. Don't know what that or Winsock does eitherWhen was the last time, you cleaned inside the case?Half a month ago as wellSee, 51C for desktop CPU while idle is definitely too hot. Your processor max temp is listed at 70C. I'd clean the inside, using compressed air, one more time. Check, if all fans are running. With the case open, get household fan, and point it toward the open case. See, if temps will go lower. You may have some other issues, as well, as I stated above, but we can't try to fix two things at the same time.You might really have to get under that fan over the heat sink/cpu, if you unclip the fan and find a miniature hockey puck of compressed dirt you'll have found the problem.....I recently saw a pc go from 55C down to 15C after the wad of compressed dirt was removed.Thermal Paste Guide See here if you do remove the heatsink/fan...So what you all are saying is that the reason my computer restarts by itself is because of overheating? Okay... Any other possible reasons, seeing as how I posted a minidump as Broni askedAt this point it LOOKS like you're over heating. Which is a BIG problem with computers. You may even consider adding a second fan. From what I can tell, you only have 1 in there, and it doesn't look that great. For the record, a PC with good cooling won't stay warm for long after it's done working on a heavy load. It should only take about 5 minutes at MOST to get the temperature down to normal. Right now my hottest temp is 50C, and I have 7 programs open (not including background junk) Quote Any other possible reasons, seeing as how I posted a minidump as Broni askedWe can't go there until one problem is eliminated. |
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