Computer restarts on its own.

[Th3Boss]

Hello,

As of yesterday my computer has been restarting on its own alot lately, I havnt installed anything new and I cant seem to figure out why.

Here is from the event viewer:
Category: (102)
Type: Error
Event ID: 1003

Description: Error code 1000007f, parameter1 0000000d, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 00000000.

Data: 0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 37 1000007
0020: 66 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d f Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 64 2c 20 00000d,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 30 30 30 30 00, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000

 

[aford10]

Try running memtest to check your RAM.
http://www.memtest86.com/

 

[Th3Boss]

Yeah I did that yesterday and it came up with nothing wrong. It seems to get progressively worse.

It flashes a blue screen with words on it for a second before it restarts.

Ive updated bios, video card drivers, did memtest, virus scan and spyware scan all which came up good.

 

[aford10]

When the PC restarts, do you boot to the safe mode menu? If no, tap F8 on startup to access that menu. Arrow down to the option to disable automatic restart on system failure. It should look like this.
http://z.about.com/d/pcsupport/1/0/0/8/-/-/disable-auto-restart-system-failure-vista-02.jpg
Then you should be able to catch the message on the BSOD.

Do you have SP3?

 

[Th3Boss]

ok thanks ill try that next time.

yeah I do have SP3

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Would a memory dump file help solve this aford?

 

[aford10]

Good thought. That would contain the BSOD info. Here's some info on how to set it up.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263

 

[Th3Boss]

ok ill read that

heres a summary of what the blue screen says

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

If continues disable or remove newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.

Tech Info:
STOP: 0x0000000A (0X00000040, 0X00000002, 0X00000001, 0X806E6A2A)

 

[Th3Boss]

Already had a dump file setup, downloading the debugging tools now to read it

 

[aford10]

From that, it sounds like a bad driver, or faulty hardware.
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1003&eventno=1274&source=System&phase=1

 

[Th3Boss]

How do I go about figuring out what it is then?

 

[aford10]

What was the most recent driver you updated before this started?

You could try using the restore points to roll back to before this started.

 

[Th3Boss]

Before this happened I hadnt updated any drivers sense I built this 1.

Built it like December/January

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Thanks for the info aford!

 

[aford10]

Before this happened I hadnt updated any drivers sense I built this 1.

Built it like December/January

What are your hardware specs?

 

[Th3Boss]

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131324
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103772

Could it be my hard drive possibly? Been using it for like 2 years.

 

[aford10]

What about any add on cards (sound card, video card, sata cards..etc)?

It's worth checking.
Start-->run--> chkdsk /r
That will schedule a chkdsk for the next time you restart. It'll check for disk errors and try to repair any it finds.

start-->run-->cmd-->sfc /scannow
This will check your system files for any errors.

 

[Th3Boss]

Only other card I had in it was the video card, but I took it out and went with the onboard and its still been doing it.

 

[Th3Boss]

Also having problems now where it wont turn back on. It turns on but nothing happens, screen just stays black as if it wasnt on.

 

[aford10]

Was that right after you removed the video card, or has the onboard video been working since?

 

[Th3Boss]

yeah onboard has been working sense I removed the video card.

 

[aford10]

Try putting the video card back in, see if you get a display with that.

 

[badge]

Hey if you notice your MB has an ATI Radeon 3200 onboard video chip (I have the same chipset). You need this driver for XP for the Radeon 3200.

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/integrated-xp

EDIT I have the exact MB running currently.

 

[Th3Boss]

Sense the last time the pc crashed I havnt been able to get it on with onboard or the video card.

 

[aford10]

I'm starting to think PSU.