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by flores

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Something happened to my pc and I don't know what's the cause of it. My pc will juet restart by itself. Sometimes it keeps on restarting repeatedly. Please help. I have windows2000 installed thanks.

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by srguru

Your power supply may be falling below the necessary voltage for few milliseconds necessary to convince your computer that is has been turned off. This could be because your power source is erratic (you could check this by connecting the computer to an uninteruptible power supply), but it could also be faulty power supply within your computer. Try running the computer from a power source in a different building if possible. Also, note when this occurs - i.e., all the time, or only after the computer has been on for some time.

by xpertdragon

Did you recently upgrade to Windows 2000? It sounds like you definately have some hardware problem of some sort I have had many a machine mysterously reboot myself, and it was completely independent of the Operating System installed on the computer.

It sounds to me like your computer maybe over heating. To better Diagnose the problem, remove the computer case if you can while the computer is turned off, and rest the computer for up to 10 minutes if it was on for a while before attempting this. Make an observation to wether any Fans, especially the CPU fan are Not turning, or have just died altogether.

You problems has to Do With one of 2 factors 1.) Inense Heat, and cooling system break-down OR 2.) Hardware failure Such as RAM andor a Video Bus being the 2 major culprits for your situation.

Paul M. Chavez

by mdelyea

Overheating is one thing that can cause your computer to keep rebooting. Open the case and check the CPU fan. Is it turning? Is it turning slowly? Are you using an AMD chip. Oh yah, Olympic Hockey.....Canada rules! Seriously, if your computerrestarts after 10 mins. of activity and then 7 mins, and then 5 mins and so on, its a cooloing problem.

by espet

A possible solution would be to do the following.

Right click on My Computer and go to Properties.
Click on the Advanced Tab
Click on Settings button under Startup and Recovery
Under the System Failure section, uncheck automatically restart.
Note:This does not fix the conflict causing the reboot. It just stops your computer from rebooting before you are able to see what is going on. Good Luck.

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