help me!

[Nug]

Please help me.. my pc has started randomly restarting itself.
First it blacks out then it restarts itself:(:cry2:

My stats are:
OS: Microsoft XP Service Pack 2
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 512 MB RAM

[T^2]

My first impression is that it is restarting/shutting off as self protection. And this is usually caused by something overheating. So I suggest cleaning your inside and clearing all components of dust.

[Nug]

My first impression is that it is restarting/shutting off as self protection. And this is usually caused by something overheating. So I suggest cleaning your inside and clearing all components of dust.
Ok thanks.. your name really is true:)
But how do i clean it without damegeing anything?

[hottweelz]

Check all connections. IDE Cables, A/C Cables (inside the PC, not the wall plug)
Check temperature of motherboard/cpu/and Fan RPM's (Found in the BIOS)

Have you received any XP Updates? I know some just came across the pipe in the past 48 hours.

[DarkBlood]

Make sure you also don't try and use the restart button for powering up the machine, as it will shut-down right after it turns on.

[Nug]

Well i gave the inside of my PC a good vakeoum and it seems to have worked!
Thanks a million!

[T^2]

Ok thanks.. your name really is true:)
But how do i clean it without damegeing anything?

Easiest way? Open the case, take your vacume cleaner and carefully vacuum everything or you can turn your vacuum on reverse and blow all the dust out of the case.

Long way? Take each component off and then you can either vacuum every component or get a special type of "static paper" that attracts dust particles and gently wipe all the components.

Hope this helps :).

EDIT: Lol, it seems you figured it out. Heh

[DarkBlood]

Easiest way? Open the case, take your vacume cleaner and carefully vacuum everything or you can turn your vacuum on reverse and blow all the dust out of the case.

Long way? Take each component off and then you can either vacuum every component or get a special type of "static paper" that attracts dust particles and gently wipe all the components.

Hope this helps :).

I believe Garfield already did that.

[T^2]

Yea, I noticed :p. Gardfield if it persists then give me a shout.

[Nug]

Well everything is working 100%! thanks again:D

[Bruce]

Vacuum = static = not a good idea

Air compressor ftw (or canned air in a pinch).

[stuffradio]

canned air is prob the best... but if you clean the computer with a vacuum cleaner and just the hose not the head than it should be fine as well, as long as everything is unplugged that is :)

[Nug]

hey! I have a problem again!
My pc restarts it self suddenly!
I think it has something to do with the ram, because my pc is useing like 450mb ram doing nothing :S
Please help me! (again!)

[Decker]

One thing to try - right click 'My Computer', then 'properties', then 'advanced', then 'startup and recovery' [SETTINGS] button and uncheck 'Automatically restart' under the 'System Failure' options - might actually let you see and error message - it's a default under the OS that it's automatically enabled so you don't see what the problem is/could be.

[Brandon]

Hi,
Could you please do this for me, this will give us advanced information about your hardware to more helpfully solve your problem:
1) Click start, click run, and type dxdiag
2) After everything has loaded, click "Save all information", and save the file
3) Upload the file to http://www.mysharefile.com/
Do this on the pc with the problem.

[Nug]

Hmm i couldnt upload it to that site but i uploaded it to another one:
http://micgal4.farvista.net/files/info.txt

Thanks for the help decker it worked like a charm:)

[Decker]

Nothing in the DirectX info that really helps - wait for the system to give a STOP error and let us know the error code (or just google it ;) )

[Nug]

My system doesn't give an error..

[Nug]

hey! i just got an error! it said that i must change the BIOS-memory settings:S

[Decker]

Memory error then - try reseating it, if that doesn't work go through the DIMMS SODIMMS one at a time, will take a bit of time or use a memory checker, try memtest86 with some memory in and some out and narrow it down that way to the dodgy one :)

[Nug]

Memory error then - try reseating it, if that doesn't work go through the DIMMS SODIMMS one at a time, will take a bit of time or use a memory checker, try memtest86 with some memory in and some out and narrow it down that way to the dodgy one :)
Umm.. I'm sorry i didnt understand that?

[Brandon]

English Translation :P:
1) Download and run http://www.memtest86.com/
It will tell you if you have faults in your ram.
YOU DON'T RUN THE FILE IN WINDOWS! READ THE DIRECTIONS!

[Nug]

Memory error then - try reseating it, if that doesn't work go through the DIMMS SODIMMS one at a time, will take a bit of time or use a memory checker, try memtest86 with some memory in and some out and narrow it down that way to the dodgy one :)
Oh! now i get it!
But how do i reseat the memory?

[Decker]

There will be a small clip on either side holding the dimm in, you gently pull them away from the dimm and it should pop up. Take them all out except 1 and test them one at a time.