Re: Computer rebooting by itself
From: baskitcaise (baskitcaise_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:39:25 +0000
Simon L adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to
write:
> So, my problem is this: at random times, the computer will blackout
> and start
> booting. I mean, the screen instantly turns black, then the next
> thing is the bios loading...
>
> I rarely had this trouble with linux, however I have this problem A
> lot with
> windows... I'm wondering what could be causing this? At first I
> thought this
> must be a powersupply problem. Just got a new powersupply and the
> problem is not resolved.
>
> Here are some specs:
> Motherboard: SOYO 6VBA
> CPU: PIII 450Mhz
> RAM: 256Mb SDRAM
> 2 HD: one old 7Gb and one fairly new 30Gb
> 2 CD devices: one new DVD all-media-burner and one old 52x CD OEM
> 1 old SoundBlaster Ensoniq card
> 1 AGP GeForce 2 MX 32Mb
> 1 Ethernet card
>
> I've ran multiple times fsck with the block checking option (using
> KNOPPIX) on all my drives/partitions and found nothing wrong.
>
> I've ran memtest86 for more than 6 hours, doing 8 times the test with
> perfect results.
>
> What could be causing my problems? I really feel dumb now that my
> powersupply doesn't seem to fix it...
I have just fixed a machine that had this problem for a custard, it
turned out that the graphics card ( an old Nvidia M64 32 meg ) was
borked.
Exactly the same clues, would work fine in safe mode or memtest but as
soon as the drivers were loaded and a bit of load put on it it would
blank the screen and reboot, tried lots of different drivers but all
showed the same prob, had to format and re-install winders as it had
eventually corrupted the install due to the reboots.
It was getting extremely hot and even strapping a fan on it did not
help.
Dropped an old ATI card in and it is running fine now.
Try another card and see if it fixes it.
HTH
-- Mark Illegitimi Non Carborundum! Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx
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