krc1979 Posted November 6, 2005 CID Share Posted November 6, 2005 I'm new to this whole forum thing so I'm not sure how it all works. I'd appreciate any advice you guys can give me. Lately my computer has been randomly rebooting itself. I have no idea why. Also, when i open up "My Computer" and try to view files or play music or movies it freezes, sometimes just for a second or two and sometimes i have to reboot manually. I regularly use Ad-Aware and Spybot and recently defragged my HD which i'll be doing more of now. Here are my system specs.. let me know if you need any other info. Hp Pavilion a320n AMD 2800+ processor 512mb DDR Ram 120GB HD with 26% free Onboard audio, video, and LAN Windows XP Home with a full install of SP2 from the Microsoft site. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbennett Posted November 6, 2005 CID Share Posted November 6, 2005 Hi, It sounds like maybe a hardware issue. Perhaps bad memory or your CPU fan went out. You may also want to try running the following command (start>run) to be sure your XP system files are intact 'sfc /scannow'. ~Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted November 6, 2005 CID Share Posted November 6, 2005 It usually reboots by itself when a blue screen pops up, but on default, XP hides the blue screen and reboots the pc automatically.. Right click My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery section Settings -> Uncheck Automatically Restart in System Failure section.. Next time something goes wrong, XP will show the blue screen and then u can restart your pc manually.. If a blue screen pops up, note what its saying and if its possible, post it here so we can analyze it .. As for the loading pc when opening files or music, it could be just the indexing service that basically indexes the files so when u use the search function, it completes faster.. If you defrag your hdd, it will probably be faster.. It could be also like that because of an old XP installation (if you haven't done a fresh install lately).. I had an XP installation once that restarted explorer.exe all by itself.. Try the thing with the blue screen and defragging your harddrive and post back here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted November 6, 2005 CID Share Posted November 6, 2005 Computer self rebooting is usually a overheated cpu/mobo/case or defective memory and in some cases it coud even de power supply, firt check your processor fan, if it looks ok and you have 2 memory modules, try removing one and testing one and vice-versa, if youre pc has only one memory module try borrowing one from a friend, also keep your pc case, dust-free with compressed air can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomsday Posted November 6, 2005 CID Share Posted November 6, 2005 for my issue with my computer rebooting for no reason was the crappy 300watt PSU that came with my case. replaced with a Vantec Ion 400 no problems. do the easy stuff first like clean the computer.it could be overheating due to alot of dust trapped in the PSU> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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