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MezjE · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:06 PM

Ensure all your drivers are up to date for everything.

Check if your motherboard has drivers too~

TAminimat · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:06 PM

Fadey needs a signal like batman.

ROOT`iaguz · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qmX.MezjE

Ensure all your drivers are up to date for everything.

Check if your motherboard has drivers too~

Doing that now.

Hwangje · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:09 PM

try changing the harddrive i had this problem years ago

TADivinity · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:11 PM

I would guess either motherboard related or even virus related

Meatex · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:13 PM

If you did a full format and re installed windows and the problem persisted then its like problem with hardware
As you have pretty much changed everything else it sounds to be problem with CPU / Motherboard

Could potentially be a cooling issue as some motherboards will shut down your computer to avoid heat damage
It sounds consistent with your issue. Maybe CPU fan is slowing down or heatsink clogged with dust or heatsink sitting uneven on your CPU

First try getting canned air and blow as much dust out of your computer
Then try thermal paste - make sure you spread it evenly as possible and when you put heatsink back on make sure its flat
Both those are cheap things to test first
Next you can try new heatsink and fan
And if problem persists you will need new motherboard and CPU TT

**|Erasmus|** · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:16 PM

As meatex said, but before spending money, turn on the overheat warning in the bios, and make sure your pc actually has a system speaker installed, so you will find out if it is the case.

Alternatively, just see how hot things are just after it's reset... pretty much everything will work fine up to 80 degrees or more, so if it's not far too hot to touch, it's not a temperature issue.

ROOT`iaguz · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:19 PM

I didn't do a full reformat, I installed windows over the top of the previous one. I don't think it's a virus issue though. Running virus checkers just to be sure.

It could actually be a heating issue. I've installed a PC temperature monitoring utility. It seemed to be in range of 40-60 when the last restart hit (I was looking at it when it struck, which was fortunate) though afterwards it shot up to ~90 for a second or two before dipping back down. It was very strange. I shall keep monitoring it.

Meatex · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:23 PM

OH you really should do a full format whenever you install windows to prevent issues
Additionally not all antivirus will pick up all viruses and certainly not once you've been infected - I had a virus that did all sorts of nasty things including render my antivirus unable to detect anything though it appeared to work fine

First thing I would try would be format everything and reinstall

ChowMuddha · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:35 PM

When dealing with a clients computer at my work that have viruses that need clearing.
I generally download the free version of malware bytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/
it does a thorough scan of ur entire system and if theirs anything thats been detected will give u the option to quarantine those items
does a pretty good job for a trial version

ROOT`iaguz · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:35 PM

Ok I'll do that. Chucking a few files on an external Hard drive before we go.

Huzzah for installing Windows and updates and drivers THREE ******* times in one day. I really hope this fixes it.

breadfan · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:36 PM

Check your case. My last case had a short on the power switch circuit. It would turn off any time I plugged something into a USB port (because the power cable ran behind the USB ports) as well as other occasional/random times.

ROOT`iaguz · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:37 PM

I'm doubtful that is the issue since it will restart itself without me touching the case at all. I

Zepph · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:41 PM

If your computer is getting hot maybe you should think back to the last time you cleaned all the dust out :P

iM MaFia · Sat, 2nd-Feb-2013, 9:42 PM

maybe its about time u buy a new compute rson