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by marshoot

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I have a PC Sony Desktop J Model. I have two Printers, 1 scanner, 1 camra and a zip drive connected to this PC. Lately when I scan or print the PC reboots it self.

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by skitzizzy

Hi,

Have you always had so many devices on the PC? It could be power supply related. Unplug a few of the devices and try it again and see if the system still resets itself.

Also check the interrupts to ensure none are conflicting, but that shouldn't cause a reboot, only the device(s) to fail.

Regards,

Andy

by marshoot

yes I disconnect all but One and it worked. Then I connected them back up and it worked fine for about two days. then it started acting up again. We had to repalce the Motherboard because the parllel port died.

by nigel100

most motherboards will reboot if they are sensing too much power being drained (it is assumed there is a short circuit).
some usb devices draw power through the usb port, usually this is no problem, but some usb devices draw too much.
if one or more usb devices are causing the problem get a powered usb hub so their is less drain on the pc.

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