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re: Random reboot Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 10:48 am Posted by David (674 messages posted) Hi Leon See Event Viewer - Run, eventvwr.msc Note error message on screen - Google search for information BSOD - error messages Ensure error messages are displayed - set your computer:- My Computer, Properties, Select the Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery, Settings. System Failure, uncheck Automatically restart. More about BSOD's:- http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1647 http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm David On Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 10:26 am, Leon wrote: >How do I determine what causes random reboots on my PC? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Random reboot Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 9:32 pm Posted by Leon (155 messages posted) Thanks David. My Problem however does not seem to be a BSOD. One moment I will be working and the next the vdu goes black and the PC starts the reboot. Will however follow your advice and see what happens. On Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 10:48 am, David wrote: >Hi Leon > >See Event Viewer - Run, eventvwr.msc > >Note error message on screen - Google search for information > >BSOD - error messages > >Ensure error messages are displayed - set your computer:- > >My Computer, Properties, Select the Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery, Settings. >System Failure, uncheck Automatically restart. > >More about BSOD's:- > >http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1647 > >http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm > > >David > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Random reboot Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 4:53 pm Posted by C K (6157 messages posted) No BSOD or event log will indicate some sort of a hardware failure. The operating system must be able to run minimumly to log an event or show a BSOD. When the hardware stops, you get nothing and a reboot happens. Could be about anything from a bad powersupply to a componant on the motherboard, a peripheral, add on card, memory etc etc. It can be very frustrating to find such causes without the tools and experience as well as known good componats to swap out if it comes to that. Also could be a heat problem effecting some componant. Could try checking the memory with this: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp as a start and take a hard look at the PSU and possible heat problems. On Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 9:32 pm, Leon wrote: >Thanks David. >My Problem however does not seem to be a BSOD. >One moment I will be working and the next the vdu goes black and the PC starts the >reboot. >Will however follow your advice and see what happens. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum