computer problem: it restarts by itself and ruins my unsaved work - GoFuckYourself.com

Lane · 01-05-2002, 01:13 PM

my piece of shit computer restart by itself. i mean it suddenly goes blank, and starts booting up again. or sometimes it just freezes.
sometimes it does it every couple minutes, sometimes it does it after a couple hours.
i use win2k and never had problems before.
dont tell me to format c: because i did it already.

can it be a hardware problem? or bios problem? maybe the power source inside the case has a problem?

TheDr · 01-05-2002, 01:34 PM

Prolly hardware. We had a similar problem on my wife's machine (win2K as well). Ultimately her primary hard drive went belly up. Switched to her secondary and haven't had any problems since.

Lane · 01-05-2002, 01:34 PM

now it kept on freezing while booting.. i had to restart 5 times. and once a page saying "stop error page" or something like that showed up. it was a blue screen.
plz someone help.

Lane · 01-05-2002, 01:35 PM

oh ok
the blue scree said it could be either hardware or bios problem.

my cpu is overclocked, could that be the problem? it's been running for over a year tho

TheDr · 01-05-2002, 01:38 PM

Are you running MBM, and if so have your temps and voltages remained the same ?

RK · 01-05-2002, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane:
my cpu is overclocked, could that be the problem? it's been running for over a year tho

Yes, that is very likely to be the problem. CPU become demaged over time due to overcloaking.

Those freezes are very often caused by problems with the CPU or motherboard.

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rollin2 · 01-05-2002, 01:41 PM

video card problem

i have the same problem when i play games, and it changes in and out of different modes

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Lane · 01-05-2002, 01:43 PM

most of the time its not freezing. sometimes it is. but usually the screen goes blank, and it restarts just like someone pulled out the electric plug and put it back very quickly.

Lane · 01-05-2002, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rollin2:
video card problem

i have the same problem when i play games, and it changes in and out of different modes

huh?
it never happened in the middle of a game. and there is also no problems about the video modes.

Wilbo · 01-05-2002, 01:51 PM

I just had a similiar problem, turned out to be a bad stick of RAM.

Lane · 01-05-2002, 02:02 PM

oh god
am i supposed to suspect every single piece of hardware on my system?

Dopy · 01-05-2002, 02:15 PM

1st job - scandisk.

TheDr · 01-05-2002, 02:17 PM

Don't know about the others, but we got every symptom you've described, including the power down and restart.

spacedog · 01-05-2002, 02:18 PM

Your Pc is having difficulty locating certain files it needs to operate..
Scandisk
Defrag disk..
This should help..
If any files are missing, then scan disk will tell you..
Defrag will put all the files & info in order that your machine is supposed to be configured at..

burn · 01-05-2002, 02:20 PM

You can disable the auto reboot by right clicking my properties then go to /advanced/startup and recorvery and then disable auto reboot. This is for win2k only

Lane · 01-05-2002, 03:30 PM

ok now i reduced the cpu speed back to its original. it was a celeron 566mhz (8 x 66) running at 850mhz (8.5 x 100). now i took it back to 566mhz and didnt restart yet. lets see if its gonna be stable like this.

RedShoe · 01-05-2002, 03:41 PM

Well...

Did that work?

Lane · 01-05-2002, 04:07 PM

yeah it didnt do it again. maybe the cpu doesnt handle the overclock anymore.

Lane · 01-05-2002, 04:08 PM

its been running at this speed for more than a year. weird that it suddenly became so unstable.
anyways its been an hour that it didnt crash, thats good. but it sucks to go from 850mhz back to 566mhz.

danevans · 01-05-2002, 05:29 PM

Hey Lane, you might as well check the cpu cooler. I had the same problem on my old computer when I installed additional ram modules.. It finally turned out that I had accidentaly plugged the cooler off of the motherboard, so after a min or two, it would restart...
So check the cables, or try replacing the cooler with a new, better one.. And restore the old cpu settings.

Wilber · 01-05-2002, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane:
its been running at this speed for more than a year. weird that it suddenly became so unstable.
anyways its been an hour that it didnt crash, thats good. but it sucks to go from 850mhz back to 566mhz.

If you're ok @ 66MHz then it's not your CPU, your 100MHz clock is smoked.
Get another 100MHz clock soldered in and you'll be fine.

01-05-2002, 01:13 PM	#1
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	computer problem: it restarts by itself and ruins my unsaved work my piece of shit computer restart by itself. i mean it suddenly goes blank, and starts booting up again. or sometimes it just freezes. sometimes it does it every couple minutes, sometimes it does it after a couple hours. i use win2k and never had problems before. dont tell me to format c: because i did it already. can it be a hardware problem? or bios problem? maybe the power source inside the case has a problem?

01-05-2002, 01:34 PM	#2
TheDr Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: CO, USA Posts: 108	Prolly hardware. We had a similar problem on my wife's machine (win2K as well). Ultimately her primary hard drive went belly up. Switched to her secondary and haven't had any problems since.

01-05-2002, 01:35 PM	#4
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	oh ok the blue scree said it could be either hardware or bios problem. my cpu is overclocked, could that be the problem? it's been running for over a year tho

01-05-2002, 01:38 PM	#5
TheDr Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: CO, USA Posts: 108	Are you running MBM, and if so have your temps and voltages remained the same ?

01-05-2002, 01:41 PM	#7
rollin2 Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 542	video card problem i have the same problem when i play games, and it changes in and out of different modes ------------------ Free Adult Hosting! No header Advertising!

01-05-2002, 01:43 PM	#8
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	most of the time its not freezing. sometimes it is. but usually the screen goes blank, and it restarts just like someone pulled out the electric plug and put it back very quickly.

01-05-2002, 01:51 PM	#10
Wilbo Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Baltimore Posts: 2,082	I just had a similiar problem, turned out to be a bad stick of RAM.

01-05-2002, 02:02 PM	#11
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	oh god am i supposed to suspect every single piece of hardware on my system?

01-05-2002, 02:15 PM	#12
Dopy Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote, Canary Islands Posts: 1,572	1st job - scandisk.

01-05-2002, 02:17 PM	#13
TheDr Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: CO, USA Posts: 108	Don't know about the others, but we got every symptom you've described, including the power down and restart.

01-05-2002, 02:18 PM	#14
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	Your Pc is having difficulty locating certain files it needs to operate.. Scandisk Defrag disk.. This should help.. If any files are missing, then scan disk will tell you.. Defrag will put all the files & info in order that your machine is supposed to be configured at..

01-05-2002, 02:20 PM	#15
burn Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 507	You can disable the auto reboot by right clicking my properties then go to /advanced/startup and recorvery and then disable auto reboot. This is for win2k only

01-05-2002, 03:30 PM	#16
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	ok now i reduced the cpu speed back to its original. it was a celeron 566mhz (8 x 66) running at 850mhz (8.5 x 100). now i took it back to 566mhz and didnt restart yet. lets see if its gonna be stable like this.

01-05-2002, 03:41 PM	#17
RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	Well... Did that work?

01-05-2002, 04:07 PM	#18
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	yeah it didnt do it again. maybe the cpu doesnt handle the overclock anymore.

01-05-2002, 04:08 PM	#19
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	its been running at this speed for more than a year. weird that it suddenly became so unstable. anyways its been an hour that it didnt crash, thats good. but it sucks to go from 850mhz back to 566mhz.

01-05-2002, 05:29 PM	#20
danevans Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 1,295	Hey Lane, you might as well check the cpu cooler. I had the same problem on my old computer when I installed additional ram modules.. It finally turned out that I had accidentaly plugged the cooler off of the motherboard, so after a min or two, it would restart... So check the cables, or try replacing the cooler with a new, better one.. And restore the old cpu settings.