Hi, my computer has been randomly restarting over the last two weeks and I am puzzled as there is nothing in the event log to tell me why. My setup is as follows - all stock settings nothing fancy, I know the 4gb doesnt make a difference but i did consider vista at some point. Can anyone help?
WIndows XP SP3
Intel E6550 2.33ghz - Not overclocked
4gb Ram - not overclocked
Asus P5K motherboard - not overclocked
Asus ATI 3870 graphics card
Creative Sound card
500w PSU
I have ran WINDBG but get different reasons for the crash everytime. All the voltages seem ok, chkdsk picks up nothing - its very weird.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks Simon
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you can also test your ram and disk, to be sure about the basics :
ram - use memtest86+ from www.memtest.org
disk - pick the one you need from : http://www.tacktech.com/di
you can also test by running with 1 stick, then the other
you can also test if it happens in safe mode too
As you have 4gb Ram and not overclocked, and get different reasons from WinDbg for the crash each time, it certainly looks as if you have a suspect RAM(and i effectively agree with VTomukas).
If you wish for a quick result, i suggest you remove all RAM sticks except one, & retest. If no improvement, try with one of the other sticks, and so on ...
if all the suggesstion above failed then bring out the motherboard and wash it with menthylated spirit or fuel using a pointed mouth brush after which u leave it to dry up. then couple it back n see .
i guess it will work cos i have fixxed a lot of hanging n freezing problems through eashing of board.
As you ran Memtest for 12 hours it may still be beneficial to remove all RAM sticks except one, & retest, as suggested previously. In my opinion there is no RAM Tester that guarantees finding a problematic RAM, although it does offer some guidance.
Also, if WinDbg points the errors to various components, this is also a sysmptom of faulty RAM.
To monitor your background tasks suggest you run Process Explorer version 11.13:
http://www.microsoft.com/t
You can double click an offending file, if you see one. Then select the Services tab to see what services are in use by a particular .exe file.
<sysmptom> should read <symptom>
If you still have the problem after following all of the suggestions above, another suggestion would be to run Trend HijackThis 2.02:
http://majorgeeks.com/Tren
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check the motherboard for bad caps
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