Random restart

The Pat · 3 Oct 2006 at 04:24

Every so often my pc will randomly turn off and then back on again (doesn't shut down just turns off), happens about once every two weeks so I've not been bothered. However I just installed a TV card and it's done it twice in 3 hours and as I'm off to uni on Sunday don't want to lose work cos of it. When it does it it seems to lose certain data. For example this time it keeps telling me that new programs are installed (the tv card program this time) despite me having used them, another time it changed my MSN name back to one had had used before.

Any Ideas?

hp7909 · 3 Oct 2006 at 05:13

The Pat said:
{snip}Any Ideas?

PSU? Provide specs, i.e. brand, Ws, Rails, etc

The Pat · 3 Oct 2006 at 05:24

It's a e6600 at 3.00ghz, on a Asus P5W DH deluxe WiFi, PSU is Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU.

Edit: voltage at 2.3

bliss · 3 Oct 2006 at 11:30

Maybe a dying HDD? As my old HDD was on the way out i would get random retarts for no apparent reason.

Run speedfans hdd diagnostic check on it or preferably your manufacturers own.

The Pat · 3 Oct 2006 at 14:31

All of the parts are new (well early August), got speedfan running already and the temps are fine.

bliss · 3 Oct 2006 at 16:12

Did you use speedfans SMART check?