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Irregular & Unexpected Rebooting

Asked by MadMark in General Computer Systems

Tags: reboot, unexpected, update

Basically my system will just spontaneously reboot for no apparent reason. It is not occurring after or because of anything noticeable.

A common thread seems to be that it often happens when I have a CD-ROM in my Plextor 12/10/32A. No matter what I do, nothing seems to fix the problem. I can't tell if what I've done has fixed it because the reboot happens so rarely. I think it has and then some time next week it will just reboot.

One last thing, once the system reboots, it will often reboot again before or during my login. My system never has a problem booting up otherwise. That makes me think it may be a heat issue, but I have two fans on the CPU and three on the case. If you think this could be the culprit, what would be a good way to monitor CPU temp?

I realize this is a long shot, but would appreciate any suggestions. I'm running Windows 2000 SP2, with all of the recent updates, on an ASUS-K7V w/ an Athlon-700. If you want more details, I can provide them.

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Irregular & Unexpected Rebooting

Asked by MadMark in General Computer Systems

Tags: reboot, unexpected, update

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