Computer Crashing

**abaddonxi** · 17th November 2006, 08:08 AM

Don't know if anyone mentioned this before, but have you started in safe mode? That should tell you if driver is the problem.

Cheers
Simon.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 17th November 2006, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by MickS

Thanks for all the advice gents. Much appreciated. I'll see how I go....and will advise the result.

Is it a slot one board?

**George130** · 17th November 2006, 09:42 AM

Good luck with sorting it. I have had to do a total rebuild on our system this week. Dam thing now crashes at infrequent times.

**Aussie** · 17th November 2006, 09:53 AM

PC reboots or restarts like the one you describe and most commonly caused by a PSU on its way out. The PSU is unable to constantly supply the voltage rails and therefore when it dips the pc assumes you have hit the reset button and restarts. Cheap replacement and it will fix your problem

**loanrangie** · 17th November 2006, 03:17 PM

A similar prob is caused by overloading a power board although it just re boots not the blue error screen.

**Bushie** · 17th November 2006, 05:35 PM

I'd be starting by making sure I had the latest video drivers, the first BSD you posted seems to relate to the video driver.

Martyn

MickS · 17th November 2006, 08:56 PM

I've been mucking around with it today...it keeps crashing. I went through the event viewer and checked for errors...there are heaps. A bloke I know is coming out tomorrow to have a look. He doesn't think it's something that can't be fixed. So fingers crossed...hopefully should be sorted tomorrow..

MickS · 17th November 2006, 08:57 PM

Thanks again to all for your help!!

**George130** · 18th November 2006, 08:10 AM

Depending on the age of your machine I have found mine seems to have improved no end after changing the memory setting in the bios from pc100 to pc133.

**abaddonxi** · 18th November 2006, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by George130

Depending on the age of your machine I have found mine seems to have improved no end after changing the memory setting in the bios from pc100 to pc133.

And I thought my computer was old.

After all the enthusiasm on this thread I stayed up half the night building Frankencomputer from bits picked up off the street last week. P4 motherboard from across the road, P4 2.4 256mb ram and case with dead motherboard and power supply from other side of Leichhardt, power supply from a P4 1.5 from same street as P4 2.4. Good week for junk off the street.

The old P4 came with 512mb ram. Pity it was only 133.

Cheers
Simon

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