OT: Random Reboots

NullAshton · #1 June 23rd, 2005, 06:23 PM

By default, XP reboots every time an error pops up. You can turn that off, so a error pop-up just pops up. Weird, yes, convinient, no, why they did that in the first place, noone has a clue...

Captain Kwok · #2 June 23rd, 2005, 07:30 PM

XP does a re-boot on errors that would cause a blue-screen of death. It does this so you don't have to manually reboot your computer. Usually it will ask you to send off an error report when it re-loads, in which you can get the same information that would have been displayed on the BSOD message.

Atrocities · #3 June 23rd, 2005, 07:43 PM

Could be as simple as your video card heating up. When my system reboots it always tells me that it was the Nvidia Device that caused it.

Captain Kwok · #4 June 23rd, 2005, 07:46 PM

Don't discount one of the previous recommendations either, which is to clean the dust out of the computer. When I start to get frequent re-boots, I'll dust the inside with some compressed air and things run much more smoothly.

Iron Giant · #5 June 24th, 2005, 09:35 AM

I had this problem once and the RAM had gone bad. Replaced RAM, problem went away.

AgentZero · #6 June 24th, 2005, 08:09 PM

Thanks, guys. I've disabled the automatic reboot, so hopefully next time it happens I'll get an idea as to what's going wrong. I'm fairly sure it's not heat or dust, since I cleaned the thing out a few weeks ago, and the machine's in a well ventilated area. Plus it just doesn't get hot enough in Ireland for anything to overheat.