Automatic Rebooting

Alright, here is yet another Win2k issue I am having:

First of all, I am running Win2k Pro, SP2, 700mhz Athlon, yada yada yada. Here is the problem: Randomly, my computer will automatically reboot itself. I'm talking, the screen goes black, and it restarts. I am not downloading anything, doing anything odd or out of the ordinary, it just reboots.

Lately, I have been noticing that it is happening when I am using Dreamweaver or running an asp script, or doing something that involves webpage design, web server, etc., which I know seems random. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this?

Any help or light would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks again.

I'd guess your machine is set to reboot automatically when it crashes - you can check this by right clicking my computer, advanced tab, startup and recovery - within here there is a box under system failure which says "automatically reboot" - this may be checked.
Of course the important question is whats causing the error to make your system fail? Have you updated any drivers, installed any new apps? Have a look here - http://www.fixwindows.com/win2000/index.htm

It could also be the power supply. When the cpu fails to recieve the power good signal from the power supply its resets itself(this is waht the reset button on the computer does it interupts that signal. If it is not the OS then have it checked out.

well im my case.. it was a power surge.. coz we get 1 second blackouts here.. but it doesnt happen every day..

coz before.. my computer restarts all by itself.. and im wondering why it happens.. even if i just turned it on.. it restarts.. so i had a hunch it could be the power...

so i attatched a "Volmeter" , its a gadget to measure the amount of volts passing through a circuit, to my power cord and added some red lights to it.. so that if da power goes down.. the meter goes to zero and the red light lights up..

and it did.. one day.. the red light blinked.,.. and my computer restarted...

so i called our power plant company and told them my problem.. and they said its the cables.. so they replaced the cables..

and since then.. i never had that problem..

My girlfriend was experiencing very similar problems. She uses Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc. However, in her case it was not the OS or software that was causing the problem. I had built her computer without sufficient cooling and it was simply overheating. I added fans directly to the hardrive and two more for the chassis. This effectively resolved the rebooting issue. I hope this works for you

Sounds like either heat or power.

If it were the system rebooting itself after a failure, you would see a blue screen and memory dumb, not just a blank screen followed by booting.

It's a question of heat, my box did the same under Win2k.
A couple of coolers could fix the problem.

That has actually happened to me before and mostly when i use Adobe Photoshop,flash,paintshoppro,or even a asp script like you said except only differnce is i am running win98... My computer was factory bought so i would imagine i am getting suffcient cooling and i know its not the power here well i dont know but seriously doubt it is... Could it be some software or what??? Oh yeah i get that bluescreeen everytime mine does it? Any help out there fore me?


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i have win98, but when my brother goes onto word whomp my computer screen will turn black and reboot. does anyone know how i can keep this from happening?

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Originally posted by KloWn
Oh yeah i get that bluescreeen everytime mine does it? Any help out there fore me?

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Have you tried adding more RAM to your comp? I used to crash a lot while multitasking (also on Win98) due to the RAM being eaten up by the multiple programs that I would run at once (supposedly). I upgraded to 256MB from the factory installed 64MB of RAM, and the problem hasn't happened since. I figure that it's crashing was the comp basically saying "Ok, that's enough, I'm tired, **** you, I quit"
Just an idea.

Ouroboros

I havent thought bout it being a Ram problem at al.... Could you tell me if the Ram would be hard to install or ez... I kind of have problem installing hardware.... The problem being i havent installed nuthin(hardware) yet.

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Originally posted by KloWn
I havent thought bout it being a Ram problem at al.... Could you tell me if the Ram would be hard to install or ez

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One of the easiest things in the world to do, man.
Step one: buy new RAM sticks (make sure it's the right kind, PC100, PC133, etc.)
Step two: open the case
(IMPORTANT!: GROUND YOURSELF BY HOLDING ONTO THE INSIDE OF THE CASE OR WEARING A STATIC BRACELET)
Step three: remove old RAM sticks
Step four: insert new RAM sticks

And that's it...5 minute task...and yet Best Buy charges 30 bucks to do it! Makes me wonder what kind of suckers those places thinks people are.

Ouroboros

can you look up to your BIOS configuration, i think the problem is in the BIOS.

I can get the ram and all but how do i figure out what specific kind i need? And if the problem is in the bios what do i look for and all? By the way thanks for all the help and tips...

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If you do not get any blue screen before it restarts then that probally means it is not your softwares fault or OS's. It is most likely to be that your processor is overheating. Try going into your BIOS settings--> then cpu chipset settings (or something similar)---> then set the alarm to be on and set it to about 60 degress or more. This should then show you that your cpu doesn't have enough cooling and it is simply set to restart when it overheats. Hope this helps! :D

If you can tell us the error the bluescreen is showing you, we could probably pinpoint the problem. However just by the information given I would say it is most likely a bad block in your memory. Just running out of memory will not blue screen a 2k machine, a bad block will everytime. Disable quickboot in your BIOS and allow the machine to do a full memory scan when it boots, that should tell you if there is a problem or not. If it reports no problems, then I would check the video drivers and/or the temperature of the video card's processor(if it has one).

I dare the dumbass who gave me - antipoints on my suggestion to reveal himself.... as well as tell WHY. Its poeple like you that mess up a good system and the reason why they will have to revamp the antipoint system

My computer also reboots on its own sometimes usually when the system resources are below 5%. The fact that designing web pages takes up huge resources could also back this up. Upgrading ur computer would be a good move espically RAM seeing as its so cheap at the moment :D