Computer restarts without warning?

9761 · 6 Mar 2006 at 17:04

Hi,

a lot latly my computer keeps restarting for some unkown reason. It could be me just surfing the net to listern to music.
Ive scanned for viruses, hackers, adaware and spyware and nothing on my computer. I've defraged my HDD.
Any ideas how I can sort this problem out?

when I get back into windows I get a message saying " windows has recovered from critical errors" something like that.

I havnt replaced any hardware on my pc for a while. Just starting to happen.

cheers

9761 · 6 Mar 2006 at 17:20

oh forgot, Ive reinstalled windows 2 days ago but Im still getting it.

Ive tried the ram yesturday with just 1 stick in there but it restated again

9761 · 6 Mar 2006 at 17:43

PSU is 460 Enermax PSU,
Havn't added anything for a while, and its only been the last month its happening.
Ive got a UPS with surgeprotector with PC plugged into it

9761 · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:32

Just did a 50 minute test with no errors

9761 · 7 Mar 2006 at 21:44

I plugged the PC unit into the mains socket yesturday and ran all the rest off the UPS but it just restarted again just a minute ago

9761 · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:42

NightmareXX said:
I assume your running Windows XP. If so, right click on my computer -> properties -> Advanced

Under the 'Startup and Recovery' click settings. Make sure that the option under 'System Failure' that reads 'Automatically Restart' is DE-TICKED.

When Windows next crashes, it'll give you a nice looking BSOD Note the error and google it. That should give you a good idea of what the problem is.

If Windows restarts without displaying the BSOD it's a different error that Windows doesn't have time to intervene with.

Ok I will do that, yeah just unchecked it so gonna see what BSOD gonna come up.

can I ask what BSOD means? I know what it is it the blue screen of death but have always wondered what it stands for.

cheers

9761 · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:01

Dutch Guy said:
You are right, BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death

Oh LOL,

Answered my own question.

thanks

9761 · 8 Mar 2006 at 13:02

PinkPig said:
Have you tried looking in the error log to see if it has any info about the problem?

where can I find this?

9761 · 9 Mar 2006 at 22:51

It says "Bad_Pool_Caller"

Something about the ram is what I can make out from google. anyway did a 4 hour memtest and still no errors :confused: