Martin Nguyen

IT Support

Dwight Baer

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<i>I have a PC that rebooted unexpectedly. &nbsp;It's brand-new, out of the box</i><br />
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If the above is literally correct, return it - do not play around trying to fix it lest that interferes with warranty.<br />
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I have no issue with the suggestion above, but I would return the box right away.
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I have a PC that rebooted unexpectedly.  It's brand-new, out of the box

If the above is literally correct, return it - do not play around trying to fix it lest that interferes with warranty.

I have no issue with the suggestion above, but I would return the box right away.

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If it's done it only once then that doesn't mean it is faulty. &nbsp;Could be just Windows or an errant application.<br />
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Running a stress test may help bring out any &nbsp;underlying faults.<br />
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And you don't have to run it for 24 hours. &nbsp;15 minutes should give you an idea if the machine is faulty. &nbsp;Do monitor the temperatures though. &nbsp;The computer will get hot quickly.
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If it's done it only once then that doesn't mean it is faulty.  Could be just Windows or an errant application.

Running a stress test may help bring out any  underlying faults.

And you don't have to run it for 24 hours.  15 minutes should give you an idea if the machine is faulty.  Do monitor the temperatures though.  The computer will get hot quickly.

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In this situation we usually return the device if this happens more than twice. This is the best you can do.<br />
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You can run the manufacturer complex diagnostic test but even if it passes it doesn't mean that the computer is ok. I would return it.
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In this situation we usually return the device if this happens more than twice. This is the best you can do.

You can run the manufacturer complex diagnostic test but even if it passes it doesn't mean that the computer is ok. I would return it.

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you can test the system with Burnintest <br />
<a href="http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm</a>
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you can test the system with Burnintest
http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm [http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm]

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I have a PC that rebooted unexpectedly. &nbsp;It's brand-new, out of the box. &nbsp;I'd like to &quot;stress-test&quot; it to check all its hardware components - motherboard, memory, etc. &nbsp;Can you recommend a product that you've used? &nbsp;Thanks very much.
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I have a PC that rebooted unexpectedly.  It's brand-new, out of the box.  I'd like to "stress-test" it to check all its hardware components - motherboard, memory, etc.  Can you recommend a product that you've used?  Thanks very much.

Stress-test software for a PC

Software is any set of instructions that directs a computer to perform specific tasks or operations. Computer software consists of programs, libraries and related non-executable data (such as documentation). Computer software is non-tangible, contrasted with computer hardware, which is the physical component of computers. Software written in a machine language is known as "machine code". However, in practice, software is usually written in high-level programming languages than machine language. High-level languages are translated into machine language using a compiler or interpreter or a combination of the two.

Software

Components are those devices that are internal to a computer -- the PC boards, the central processor (CPU), the memory (RAM), disk and video controllers and so on.

Components

A personal computer is a general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities and price make it useful for individuals, and is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer time-sharing models that allowed systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time. Personal computers may be connected to a local area network (LAN), either by a cable or a wireless connection, and through that to the Internet. A personal computer may be a laptop computer or a desktop computer running an operating system such as Windows, Linux or Macintosh OS.

Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.