System Reboots Without Any Reason

[BigDaddy]

This has happened 5times in 3months. WinXP just reboots without any apperant reason.

This has happend when I was playing a game or just browsing the net.

NOTEBOOK

Ime za OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Različica 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Graditev 2600

Izdelovalec za OS Microsoft Corporation

Ime sistema BORO

Izdelovalec sistema VIA

Model sistema K8T400

Vrsta sistema PC na osnovi X86

Procesor x86 Family 15 Model 8 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1804 Mhz

BIOS različica/datum Phoenix 4.06CJ15, 5.10.2004

SMBIOS različice 2.3

Windows imenik C:\WINDOWS

Sistemski imenik C:\WINDOWS\system32

Zagonska naprava \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Jezik Slovenia

Abstrakcijska raven strojne opreme Različica = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

Ime uporabnika BORO\Boro

Časovni pas Central Europe Daylight Time

Skupaj fizičnega pomnilnika 512,00 MB

Fizični pomnilnik na voljo 287,68 MB

Skupaj navideznega pomnilnika 2,00 GB

Navidezni pomnilnik na voljo 1,96 GB

Prostor ostranjevalne datoteke 1,22 GB

Ostranjevalna datoteka C:\pagefile.sys

Here's the DUMPFILE:

Mini032805_01.dmp.txt

[duomenox]

Just a couple of suggestions,

If you open the case, does it still happen? Most reboots I have seen are heat related, check all your fans (especially your CPU fan).

Goto http://www.memtest86.com and download an ISO. Burn it to CD and boot from it. This will test your RAM as well as your CPU (since the CPU controlls the RAM). See if you get any errors, run the test 3 times if you get errors, and they are at the same place each time, then you have a bad stick of RAM. If there are errors but they are not at the same place (same megabyte range on each f the 3 tests) then you have a heat issue, or an issue with your Mainboard or CPU.

Last but not least, run a chkdsk that scans the entire drive for errors, or goto http://www.grc.com and purchase SpinRite (I think it is around $60). This tool will scan your drives for errors and recover any data from bad sectors. It alsy will maintain your drive by making sure all the 1's and 0's are read correctly.

to run a chkdsk type this at a command line,

chkdsk /f /r c:

or boot from an XP CD, hit r for the recovery console and type this

chkdsk /p /r c:

Post back if you have any more info.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

If you open the case, does it still happen? Most reboots I have seen are heat related, check all your fans (especially your CPU fan).

It's a notebook!!!

I'd start to do these things:

1. install newest drivers

2. install all Windows updates

3. if still no luck, RMA the notebook...

EDIT: another test you can do is Memtest86+

[BigDaddy]

Will try what U suggested.

[n5eea]

You might try checking the PC for spyware.

If you access the internet a lot and don't have any sort or spyware prevention/detection software, you might have gone to a site that installed a trojan or something.

When I hear something like this, it usually ends up being spyware related any more these days.

Update your antivirus app (you have one don't you? If not, get AVG).

Clean out your cookies and temporary internet files.

Install and update a antispyware app like Microsoft's new beta app, Spybot, Ad-Aware, Pest Patrol, or some combination of these. There doesn't seem to be one yet that chatches or cleans every thing.

I also suggest apps from javacoolsoftware.com such as spywareblaster and spyware guard.

For home use, these apps are free or shareware.

Try it.

Rog