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re: random reboots in XP
Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 3:57 pm
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Posted by Davin lewis (1 messages posted)


I also had a similiar problem with random reboots & XP, until I replaced the memory in the system. So you might want to have the memory tested or replace it. Memory prices right now are "dirt" cheap.


On Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 1:55 pm, Mannie Gross wrote:
>I have been experiencing a similar problem with random reboots of my PC under WinXP
>Professional (build 2505). I have a Pentium II 400 with 512M of RAM. Usually the
>reboot (which behaves like a hardware reset) occurs when I click on something with
>the mouse. However on one occasion I had left the PC and when I came back it had
>spontaneously rebooted. This is very frustrating. Are there any diagnostic tools
>available under XP that might help indicating where the problem lies (e.g. what driver
>might be the cause)?
>
>Thanks & regards,
>Mannie
>
>


>On Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 11:12 am, Bob Black wrote:
>I am experiancing random rboots in XP, usually it follows some action like exiting
>a program by clicking on the X in top right corner or opening a file. It just about
>always follows a left click.I am running a Athlon 1200, GA-7IXE4 motherboard,768
>RAM,Samsung SV6004H hard drive (60 GB), Ricoh CD-R/RW, Toshiba DVD-ROM, Internal
>Iomega ZIP 100.
>NO IOMEGA or ROXIO software.
>Any help appreciated.
>Thanks,
>B.B


Written in response to:
re: random reboots in XP (Mannie Gross: Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 1:55 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: random reboots in XP (George Benedict: Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 9:53 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-random reboots in XP (Bob Black: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 11:12 am)
-re: random reboots in XP (Mannie Gross: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 1:55 pm)
-re: random reboots in XP (Davin lewis: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 3:57 pm)
*re: random reboots in XP (George Benedict: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 9:53 pm)
*re: random reboots in XP (Ed Ralston: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 6:19 pm)
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