Computer randomly restarts windows xp

Hi there! I'm getting kinda desperate here. My PC restarts randomly, no matter what I'm doing. It does it when it's on idle, when I'm googling something with only Opera open, when I'm playing a game, it even restarted 2 times already while I was writing this on the NotePad, it just doesn't matter what I'm doing. It just decides to restart.

I've timed it and it's random. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it: Checked the temperature of all components, and they're fine. Replaced the PSU for one I had laying around. Replaced the GPU. Replaced RAM. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could do? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Jan 10, 2 0 10 0. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads Question Random freezes leading to restarts Question PC restarts randomly, while playing demanding games.

Question Pc restarts randomly - Kernel power 41 error Question Pc randomly turning off and restarting Question PC Shuts off randomly and then restarts. Post thread. Pentium IV 2. Ever since I've had this computer, every now and then it would randomly restart. This was something I was able to live with up until a 2 to 3 months ago somewhere around December and January , when the restarts started becoming more and more frequent. This made me think that it was my video card that was the problem, so I tested my system out with a friend's ATI Radeon Pro.

With the in my comp, my computer did not restart, but it often locks up or crashes when playing a game note: my games also crash a lot when I have my in. Other than update my drivers and Windows, the only thing I've done to my computer is upgrade my RAM to 1GB back in December , though I doubt it's the new RAM since my comp has had the restart problems since before although I may be wrong.

I've also turned off automatic restarts under My Computer advanced settings. I don't know what else to do. Please help. I would disable the sound, take off anything else. Check the website for ATI, for any problems of this nature. If you are disable it. I would also lower the RAM settings in the bios. And double check you have the latest and ….

And double check you have the latest and greatest ATI drivers. Have you tested it with a benchmarking program 3DMark to see if it locks up during the benchmarking program. If it does not boot properly, try using the Recovery Console. If the Recovery Console is installed on the system, it should appear as an option in the Startup Options menu and can be selected in the same manner as the Last Known Good option.

If not, you will need your XP installation CD. Boot from the CD and during the text-mode portion select the R option for repair or recovery. When prompted, enter the Administrator password.

Reboot the machine and see if you still have an issue. Just bought an Android TV device? Here are the must-have Android TV apps to install on your device today! When I start Windows it loads till the desktop page and then after restarts automatically. What do I need to do now? Chris Stephens. In my case, every time it BSOD'd, there was a different error code.

I ran Burn In all afternoon and all the tests passed. I figured something on the motherboard was flaking out. The user was scheduled for a new PC anyway, so she got one. Don't even bother with heating issues. Once a computer hits the temperature threshold, it shuts down. It doesn't reboot. You would be in a never-ending cycle of reboots because the temperature would stay the same pretty much.

It may or may not indicate what the problem is, but sometimes it does. Reboots are usually caused by bad hard drives, RAM, video cards, etc Occasionally a bad driver can cause it as well, but most of the time, it indicates a hardware failure of some kind. Switching out known-good parts is the best way to troubleshoot. You say this is an XP machine, is it very old? Has it ever been blown out? Dust can clog up the fans or heat-sinks suggesting bad or failing hardware, and reducing the useful life span of the computer.

Had these issues many times and have wasted a lot of time trying to find the issue, just to find out the power-supply was going bad. Actually, I have seen machines in the past reboot from a heat issue.

Its not common, but has happened. If I remember right, it was an old VIA board that was overheating and rebooting If the memory checks out OK, get a working power supply to test in it. I have seen power supplies do some weird stuff to computers. Reboots, locking, burning out CD Roms Something else to look at would be BIOS. If the settings are off in that, it would reboot as well.

Update all of your drivers from the manufacturers. I had this happen with an HP workstation - turned out to be a windows update. I removed the update and the problem went away.