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randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-09 02:29:11
September 09 2009 02:18 GMT
#1
Fixed!! go ahead and close.


Help! My computer keeps restarting and I have no idea why. It was working fine like an hour ago, then all of a sudden it keeps restarting as soon as the desktop appears.

I can run it in safe mode, And I've run my mcafree, but that didn't solve anything. Any ideas would be great.

A lot of people online say its hardware, but I'm hoping its not. Help?

miseiler
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States1389 Posts
September 09 2009 02:23 GMT
#2
Well, let's think. What is safe mode? Safe mode loads a minimal set of drivers and programs. Your computer reboots when the whole set is loaded.

Soo...it's probably one of them drivers or programs.

It's rebooting, so it's probably a hardware issue. Which means it's probably one of those drivers.

Think back...did we install a new driver recently? Like a sound card?
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SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
September 09 2009 02:23 GMT
#3
Random freezing is most likely overheating or very broken drivers. What CPU do you have? Are there any accompanying blue screens?

I came up with this by myself. True story.
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Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
September 09 2009 02:25 GMT
#4
Im gonna guess that its the Hard Drive, are there any messages that go up before the restart? If you ran a virus scan then i guess its not it but it does seem like an indicator of one.
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randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
September 09 2009 02:26 GMT
#5
I havn't changed my drivers in forever, so I don't think its a new driver problem, it might be an old driver breaking.

No freezing, the cpu simply restarts, loads up to desktop, and restarts again. I'm running vista. Its um, 4400 amd Anthlon
randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
September 09 2009 02:28 GMT
#6
Actually, a system restore seems to have fixed it. All is good in the world of randombum's cpu. And testie, this is how you get cpu help lol, not posting for help in the dota thread
armed_
Profile Joined November 2008
Canada443 Posts
September 09 2009 02:54 GMT
#7
CPU IS NOT A SYNONYM FOR COMPUTER

STOP BEFORE I TEAR MY EYES OUT
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
September 09 2009 03:02 GMT
#8
well see the monitor isn't the computer like it is in a mac, it's just the monitor. The other box is the CPU
armed_
Profile Joined November 2008
Canada443 Posts
September 09 2009 03:24 GMT
#9
On September 09 2009 12:02 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
well see the monitor isn't the computer like it is in a mac, it's just the monitor. The other box is the CPU

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Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
September 09 2009 05:17 GMT
#10
On September 09 2009 12:02 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
well see the monitor isn't the computer like it is in a mac, it's just the monitor. The other box is the CPU





OP: This sounds like a classic overheating problem, clean the dust out of your computer and see if it makes a diff. Also check to make sure the fans are running correct and get a program that monitors your cpu heat.
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
September 09 2009 07:29 GMT
#11
oh lol that clip. horrifying. I don't mind that she doesn't know something, its her refusal to learn something that kinda pisses me off.

I based my post on memories of the family switching from a Mac to a PC (with a 286 woo) and my parents calling the box the CPU. I can understand why really. Coming from the Mac with its all-in-one nature, what to call the two big parts of the PC? The monitor and the computer? That would imply the monitor isn't part of the computer, which would just be too much of a disconnect from the monitor-as-computer Mac they had been using. So in an age when computers were often referred to by the type of processor inside (I still call that machine "the 286" hehe), monitor and CPU was sort of inevitable. I'm a little surprised it still happens 20 years on though. Computers (and familiarity with them) have become a little more common in the meantime. Oh well, not hurting anything. Everyone knew what he meant.
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