PC Keep Rebooting

• F Takumi

  21 Mar 05, 21:44

  Suspected Causes:
  
  1) CPU overheat - CPU fan seems to have stopped working
  2) Faulty RAM
  
  Not sure which one is more likely, advice appreciated.
• ditzy

  21 Mar 05, 21:47

  Faulty RAM, I once had a fcuky RAM module and the comp just starts up for no cause and reason. I suspected the hyperthreading but I proved it to be not.
• the Bear

  21 Mar 05, 21:48

  CPU cooling fan stopped working?
  
  maybe ditz is wrong this time?
• ditzy

  21 Mar 05, 21:51

  Sure the fan stopped working. Turn it on and off a few more times, won't be rebooting itself anymore. In fact, it won't even be rebooting ever again.
• thoreldan

  21 Mar 05, 21:52

  borrow a working RAM and test it on your pc
• chunyong

  21 Mar 05, 21:58

  Originally posted by F Takumi:

  Suspected Causes:
  
  1) CPU overheat - CPU fan seems to have stopped working
  2) Faulty RAM
  
  Not sure which one is more likely, advice appreciated.

  overheat cos the mobo will auto reboot or shutdown when a certain high temp is hit so as to prevent damage to mobo and other devices.
• Parka

  21 Mar 05, 22:09

  I had that problem too.
  
  It was due to a virus.
• F Takumi

  21 Mar 05, 22:15

  It's highly unlikely to be due to virus, it reboots at anytime, even when I boot it up using a Linux cdrom.
• chunyong

  21 Mar 05, 22:48

  Originally posted by F Takumi:

  It's highly unlikely to be due to virus, it reboots at anytime, even when I boot it up using a Linux cdrom.

  change the fan blowing the processor if u can or change the tower fan...alternatively, increase the fan's rpm via the bios if it allows u. another less safe way is to increase the 'red alert' temp higher so the mobo won't so easy switch off ur pc but u risk burning ur processor
• ditzy

  21 Mar 05, 22:51

  Someone must be cursing you, make a guess.
• F Takumi

  21 Mar 05, 22:53

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Someone must be cursing you, make a guess.

  It must be a spell gone awry, because the PC is not mine
• ditzy

  21 Mar 05, 22:55

  Originally posted by F Takumi:

  It must be a spell gone awry, because the PC is not mine

  Double ouch.
• F Takumi

  21 Mar 05, 22:55

  Originally posted by chunyong:

  change the fan blowing the processor if u can or change the tower fan...alternatively, increase the fan's rpm via the bios if it allows u. another less safe way is to increase the 'red alert' temp higher so the mobo won't so easy switch off ur pc but u risk burning ur processor

  I removed the casing cover and had a fan blowing directly on the CPU, but to no avail ... I will carry out a trial and error on the RAM first.
• ditzy

  21 Mar 05, 22:56

  That workshop must be a refresher.
• F Takumi

  22 Mar 05, 00:45

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  That workshop must be a refresher.

  What workshop?
• F Takumi

  22 Mar 05, 22:23

  It ran for 2 full hours today without rebooting, so I'm lost about what really went wrong.
• Cuda

  4 Apr 05, 13:46

  I have the same problem with my laptop.
  Rebooting base on mood, sometimes can sometimes gone mad.
  Virus or hardware problem?
• F Takumi

  5 Apr 05, 01:24

  Originally posted by Cuda:

  I have the same problem with my laptop.
  Rebooting base on mood, sometimes can sometimes gone mad.
  Virus or hardware problem?

  You will have to observe the trend and determine for yourself.
  
  If you suspect it's software problem then a fresh installation may just solve it.