XP Re:boots right out of the blue...

  • Thread starter Thread starter EE Richardson
  • Start date Start date
E

EE Richardson

Win-XP will be running great, then right out of the blue she Re:boots,
sometimes we have a heck of a time getting it back..
Any help would be appreciated....
 
Aloha,

Could be a stop error messgae..... try disabling
the "Automatically Restart" option :

1. Right-click My Computer and click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under "Startup & Recovery" options, click Settings.
4. Deselect the "Automatically Restart" option under
System
Failure.
5. Click OK and then click OK again.

You will now have a clear view of the stop error with the
writings.

Troubleshooting Stop Errors in Windows XP:

http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/win_xp_stop.htm

HTH

Good Luck !!

Venkatesh [MCSD] [CCNA]
 
It's a hardware issue. Run Memtest86 to verify RAM. Be sure to have latest
motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers too. Experiment with BIOS settings and
keep replacing parts until fixed. Start with RAM. motherboard, power supply,
CPU, hard drive.

-Kent
 
Kent_dieGo said:
It's a hardware issue. Run Memtest86 to verify RAM. Be sure to have latest
motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers too. Experiment with BIOS settings and
keep replacing parts until fixed. Start with RAM. motherboard, power supply,
CPU, hard drive.

-Kent
Click to expand...

This is not necessarily the case. It could quite easily be a driver
problem. The OP should take the advice of other posters and disable the
automatic reboot and then post with the stop error message he's getting,
then we might be able to help further...

If there's no stop error happening and it IS just rebooting spontaneously,
then I agree it's likely to be a hardware problem...

Lorne
 
Back
Top