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optik_nerve · 07-10-2004, 10:15 PM

Some friends are trying to fix my computer and the problem is that it will boot up and when it loads windows it just restarts.

We have done everything: reformatted, messed with bios shit, EVERYTHING.

We think it has to do with a program. It works fine in safe mode.

Help.

soccerchamp76 · 07-10-2004, 10:17 PM

Possibly the Sasser virus. There is a fix on the Microsoft.com website. That may help your cause.

Wait - nevermind. You said you have reformatted? Now that is odd.

optik_nerve · 07-10-2004, 10:29 PM

Yea, I know...it seems to only restart in when Windows loads. I installed Windows again and the computer was on for about an hour installing but when it tried to load windows. BAM! Restart.

Church · 07-10-2004, 10:35 PM

Check your ram and make sure your cpu heatsink/fan is placed and fixed properly on the mobo slots.

Its a hardware problem.

Dilbert1234567 · 07-11-2004, 11:55 AM

could be temp related, check the CPU temp, but if it works with in safe mode...

maybe PSU

GlassHouse420 · 07-11-2004, 09:03 PM

my comp restarts whenever its idle for 20+ minutes, explain THAT.
i can game and fold for hours on end and i will have no problems whatsoever, its just when i leave it alone it will restart itself.
im sure its some odd virus that isint detected or something, but i just run folding whenever i leave it alone and it solves it.

Church · 07-11-2004, 10:35 PM

By any chance, is your comp idle time set to 20 mins? Because if that's the case, its either software (as in windows related), or hardware, as in power supply or mobo.

Phos · 07-11-2004, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by GlassHouse420
my comp restarts whenever its idle for 20+ minutes, explain THAT.
i can game and fold for hours on end and i will have no problems whatsoever, its just when i leave it alone it will restart itself.
im sure its some odd virus that isint detected or something, but i just run folding whenever i leave it alone and it solves it.

Maybe your power settings are set to do that?

07-10-2004, 10:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida	Computer restarting??? Some friends are trying to fix my computer and the problem is that it will boot up and when it loads windows it just restarts. We have done everything: reformatted, messed with bios shit, EVERYTHING. We think it has to do with a program. It works fine in safe mode. Help.

07-10-2004, 10:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	Possibly the Sasser virus. There is a fix on the Microsoft.com website. That may help your cause. Wait - nevermind. You said you have reformatted? Now that is odd. __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.

07-10-2004, 10:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Church Tilted F*ckhead Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario	Check your ram and make sure your cpu heatsink/fan is placed and fixed properly on the mobo slots. Its a hardware problem. __________________ -----=Are you a nerd? Get your news here!=----- Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble makers, and neutralize them.

07-11-2004, 11:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Coast CA	could be temp related, check the CPU temp, but if it works with in safe mode... maybe PSU __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

07-11-2004, 09:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
GlassHouse420 Hysterical And Useless Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In a cage, on antibiotics	my comp restarts whenever its idle for 20+ minutes, explain THAT. i can game and fold for hours on end and i will have no problems whatsoever, its just when i leave it alone it will restart itself. im sure its some odd virus that isint detected or something, but i just run folding whenever i leave it alone and it solves it. __________________ notlivingjustkillingtime

07-10-2004, 10:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida	Yea, I know...it seems to only restart in when Windows loads. I installed Windows again and the computer was on for about an hour installing but when it tried to load windows. BAM! Restart.

07-11-2004, 10:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Church Tilted F*ckhead Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario	By any chance, is your comp idle time set to 20 mins? Because if that's the case, its either software (as in windows related), or hardware, as in power supply or mobo. __________________ -----=Are you a nerd? Get your news here!=----- Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble makers, and neutralize them.