Random Restarting.

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Hey all,

I have a question...thought it doesn't involve my computer.

My friend's computer is an AMD K6-2, with 128 megs of ram...running on a
wireless network, Symantec Corporate installed, Ad-aware and Spybt updated
and ran.

Lately, she's been having random restarts for no reason. No errors, no
nothing.
I suggested it being overheated, but she says it's not that.

I'm sure it could be any number of things, but is there any other things I
could try?

 

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Hmm, Could be a system service like the RPC Being closed, checked event logs
under administrative tools?

"Andrew Bell" wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have a question...thought it doesn't involve my computer.
>
> My friend's computer is an AMD K6-2, with 128 megs of ram...running on a
> wireless network, Symantec Corporate installed, Ad-aware and Spybt updated
> and ran.
>
> Lately, she's been having random restarts for no reason. No errors, no
> nothing.
> I suggested it being overheated, but she says it's not that.
>
> I'm sure it could be any number of things, but is there any other things I
> could try?

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

Possible way to find clues about random restarts:
Right click My Computer, tab Advanced, Start and recovery, UNcheck
Automatically reboot.
After next random reboot check most recent System and Application logbook
entries for clues.

If you suspect hardware:
Just to make sure, check CPU temp. in BIOS' PC health section.
Should be below 65C, better below 60C.
If too high:
- Clean any dust from cpu fan and heatsink.
- Check CPU heatsink: must be mounted flush to cpu.
- Renew cooling paste between cpu and heatsink.
Else try running with case open for a while (other component overheated?)
Else run RAM test: SIMMtester / DocMem (www.simmtester.com).
Else revert to BIOS safe settings, then BIOS optimized settings (First:
write down current settings)
Else try using an alternate computer power supply.

HTH,
John7


"Andrew Bell" <AndrewBell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CCD0CD10-170C-4A27-8C17-997DA2B0B8C2@microsoft.com...
> Hey all,
>
> I have a question...thought it doesn't involve my computer.
>
> My friend's computer is an AMD K6-2, with 128 megs of ram...running on a
> wireless network, Symantec Corporate installed, Ad-aware and Spybt updated
> and ran.
>
> Lately, she's been having random restarts for no reason. No errors, no
> nothing.
> I suggested it being overheated, but she says it's not that.
>
> I'm sure it could be any number of things, but is there any other things I
> could try?

 

[STUBBY]

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Random crashes suggest timing problems. Try decreasing the clock rate
or FSB multipler. Some memory chips just don't measure up.



John7 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Possible way to find clues about random restarts:
> Right click My Computer, tab Advanced, Start and recovery, UNcheck
> Automatically reboot.
> After next random reboot check most recent System and Application logbook
> entries for clues.
>
> If you suspect hardware:
> Just to make sure, check CPU temp. in BIOS' PC health section.
> Should be below 65C, better below 60C.
> If too high:
> - Clean any dust from cpu fan and heatsink.
> - Check CPU heatsink: must be mounted flush to cpu.
> - Renew cooling paste between cpu and heatsink.
> Else try running with case open for a while (other component overheated?)
> Else run RAM test: SIMMtester / DocMem (www.simmtester.com).
> Else revert to BIOS safe settings, then BIOS optimized settings (First:
> write down current settings)
> Else try using an alternate computer power supply.
>
> HTH,
> John7
>
>
> "Andrew Bell" <AndrewBell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CCD0CD10-170C-4A27-8C17-997DA2B0B8C2@microsoft.com...
>
>>Hey all,
>>
>>I have a question...thought it doesn't involve my computer.
>>
>>My friend's computer is an AMD K6-2, with 128 megs of ram...running on a
>>wireless network, Symantec Corporate installed, Ad-aware and Spybt updated
>>and ran.
>>
>>Lately, she's been having random restarts for no reason. No errors, no
>>nothing.
>>I suggested it being overheated, but she says it's not that.
>>
>>I'm sure it could be any number of things, but is there any other things I
>>could try?
>
>
>