Rawrthness Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Ok this is a computer I bought a few months ago . . . worked excellent and no problems at all . . . until now. . . it just randomly reboots on me and sometimes I get the blue screen of death when all I'm doing is surfing websites! if anyone knows what I should do to fix it I'd be very happy! Computer Specs:--------------------- System: Microsoft Windows XPProfessionalVersion 2002Service Pack 2 Comptuer: LastXP v16AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+2.41GHz, 2.00GB of RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600+ Thanks in Advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper man Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 sounds like bad ram to me.... grab memtest86+ here, boot it up, and run it over night. If it comes back with errors, you probably have bad RAM. (and if not that, it might be a problem with your CPU or motherboard) also, have you added or upgraded any hardware inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 How about a BSOD error code? Have you disabled "Automatically Restart" under My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Start Up and Recovery Settings? What are your pagefile settings and how much free space is there on the drive the pagefile is on? What kind of network adapter, and are the drivers up to date, or has this started happening since you updated them? Pointing the finger at hardware is the LAST thing one should do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Powersupply could be screwing with you too as well if it can't handle the load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper man Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Powersupply could be screwing with you too as well if it can't handle the load. yeah I was thinking that too, that's why I asked if he upgraded/added anything and to cinder, it sounds like a hardware issue to me, running memtest86 wouldn't hurt, and if it comes clean, then it rules out the CPU, mobo(for the most part), and memory... then again, it is possible for it to be software related, so enh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooney Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I had roughly the same problem, and it turned out to be bad drivers for my Motorola WU830G Wireless USB Adapter. In the end, I got a Buffalo Wireless PCI Adapter, and all was well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawrthness Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 well.. I went and downloaded a modded version of vista (( it's 1000000x better then vista doesnt have the crashes or anything)) and now my pc works fine no more blue screens could of been something with the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper man Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 ok, maybe it was a software issue after all... btw, could you tell me the name of said modded Vista? I'm... curious about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 He's running Vista, that itself is an accident waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawrthness Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 it's called LastVista they also made a modded version of XP i've test both and i like LastVista better then LastXP pm me if you would like the site that creates them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper man Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 due to the legality on that, I'll pass... the name is enough for me to google it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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