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Murphy
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Post subject: Random rebooting PC  Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:39 pm |
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OK, so I got this new shiny PC and all was going well til it randomly rebooted to which I thought, "Oh no biggie".
Then it did it again, and again, and again.
You get the picture.
The times its done it I have been playing Black and White 2, Oblivion and watching a youtube video (so it's not just limited to gaming).
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+
2Gb DDR2 RAM (running at 800Mhz)
Geforce 8600GTS 256mb
250gb SATA HDD
Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit
I looked at the temperatures, but they seem normal (hovering around 40 C).
So any suggestions?
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:48 pm |
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Location: Manchester
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go to.... control panel, system, start, startup and recovery, theres a checkbox that says automatically restart pc... uncheck it..
u shud start getting some blue screens of death next time it is supposed to restart
google the Hex code
like
0x0000008e
it may point to ram failure
in which case
download memtest.iso and burn to a cd
test the ram... then send ur pc back and get a new 1
if it points to nvidia display drivers... then it may be a driver issue, or a faulty card...
also check the temperatures of the card.. u want below 70
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Murphy
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:58 pm |
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That reminds me, I think i does indeed to go a blue screen, however it only did this once and it was imeditaly after it froze, normally it'd be a good 10secs of it doing nothing and I'd jsut turn it off.
I'll try what you said and I'll see what happens.
*EDIT*
I canne find this checkbox of which you speak...
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:54 pm |
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control panel, system, advanced, startup and recovery, theres a checkbox that says automatically restart pc... uncheck it..
edited it..
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Murphy
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:06 pm |
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I just realised, the whole system freezes, not even the caps lock changes if pressed, that make a difference?
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:34 pm |
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bottom line is... u need to send it back.. under warranty.
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:16 pm |
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Just send it back, act like an idiot and complain that it restarts all the time. Its very inconvinient and your not happy.
Businesses don't like unhappy customers. They can lose alot of business that way. 
If one person get bad service, their friends are told... get the picture?  _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:22 am |
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Simon - [Kimck098] wrote: Just send it back, act like an idiot and complain that it restarts all the time. Its very inconvinient and your not happy. Businesses don't like unhappy customers. They can lose alot of business that way. If one person get bad service, their friends are told... get the picture? Yup, im on personal crusades against komplett and pixmania (who funnily enough are companies with non-UK warehouses grarr!!!!)
IN fact i should make a list of companies im angry with, *remembers ticketmaster "helpline" lol* im forgetting them i think... _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:33 am |
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If you stuck the pc together yourself, or have moved it recently, try just pushing all the cards in, had a problem on mine like that, think as it warmed it just loosened a connection.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:36 am |
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Quote: AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+
2Gb DDR2 RAM (running at 800Mhz)
Geforce 8600GTS 256mb
250gb SATA HDD
Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit
people always forget the PSU
what wattage is it? that's a pretty hefty system   _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:38 am |
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Danny28 wrote: Simon - [Kimck098] wrote: Just send it back, act like an idiot and complain that it restarts all the time. Its very inconvinient and your not happy. Businesses don't like unhappy customers. They can lose alot of business that way. If one person get bad service, their friends are told... get the picture? Yup, im on personal crusades against komplett and pixmania (who funnily enough are companies with non-UK warehouses grarr!!!!) IN fact i should make a list of companies im angry with, *remembers ticketmaster "helpline" lol* im forgetting them i think... i get everything form komplett 
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:49 pm |
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komplette have a warehouse in coventry
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:23 pm |
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after it reboots
right click my computer
select manage
go to event view
select system
this will show you all the errors, it should show you a consistant error
thats probably it ... can be confirmed with a time stamp
but if its new and you didnt build it .... SEND IT BACK
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