System reboot problems

[harpal]

Hi,

I recently put together my own system with the following components,

P4 2.4Ghz 800fsb
ABit IC7 Mobo
Geil Golden Dragon 512 pc3200 dual channel ddr ram
160 Gb Mator SATA 7200rpm 8mg Cache HDD
ATI 9200 64ddr Dvi GPU
Chenbro Gaming bomb
Sony DWU10A

loaded windows xp with sp1a set the system up and was really impressed, but have been having serious problems with the machine, the problem being that for no apparent reason my systems just reboots I don't get a message it liturally just turns off and restarts and then I get a windows XP error saying "system recovered from serious error" spoke to my component supplies they told me that usually this is a memory related problem so I sent back the geil memory and upgraded to Corsair Twinx Dual Channel pc3200 ddr memory (512)at an extra cost of £50, but this has not resolved problem and my system continues to reboot I have rebuilt the sysetm on numerous occasion trying fat32 partitions ntfs partions upgrading to bios 18 updating to the latest drivers for my gpu and other components I feel like throwing the machine outta my windows have spent the best part of over £500 to build this system.

PLEASE HELP why does my system just reboot?

regards

Harpal

 

[david817]

I got the same thing and can only put it down to some sort of conflict in drivers. I tried other memory which did not work. Try an earlier version of Windows ie 2000. If you do not have any problems with that then try changing components around.
Dave

 

[Sthrad]

usually win XP reboot alone cause he gets a serious error where it gets a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). Win XP is configured that if it gets a errors where it cant continue running it is rebooting.

to remove this option :

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System
Go to Advanced
Under the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings...
Under System Failure un-check "Automatically restart"

Now when your computer crashes it will give u the BSOD. With that, its easier to see what is the problem.

 

[linney]

To get further information about the error look in your Event viewer.

Look in the System or Application folder. You can get to the Event Viewer via right click My Computer icon and select Manage.

Any errors logged in the Event Viewer can be expanded by double clicking on the error line.

Take any event error I.D. number and search for it on these sites.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr.../prodtechnol/winxppro/support/EE_winxppro.asp

http://www.eventid.net/events.asp

Also check any "Information" line that mentions "savedump" and you should find reference to "recovered from a bug check". This is the Stop Error that caused your problem.

You can also turn off "automatically restart after an error" so it will just halt at the fault and display the full Stop Error and blue screen.

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties .
On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery .
Click to clear the Automatically restart check box under System failure , and then click OK . The error message on a blue screen should remain on the screen so you can record the error information.



You Receive a "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error" Message After Every Restart (Q317277)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q317/2/77.asp

316424 - Error Message: The System Has Recovered from a Serious Problem

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316424&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

326688 - Windows XP Problems if Your Profile Is Damaged

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326688&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

This error may be caused by defective physical memory or incompatible software which caused a hardware driver or service request for data that was not in memory.
If the error occurred after installing a device driver or application, try using Safe Mode and removing the driver or program.

To check your RAM.

http://www.memtest86.com/

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

To check your drivers.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/5/14.asp

To check conflicting software.

310353 - How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310353&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

316434 - HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Some general things to try.

See if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with Windows.

Try Safe Mode (Do you have this problem in Safe Mode?).

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

If they don't work you could try repairing windows itself by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp

I hope you don't live at ground level you get a much better result the further the window is from the ground.