I am in need of help... Windows XP reboots automatically.
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nac
Level F
asingh said:
I couldn't say that I am not facing. After run that tool (SEA TOOLS) and repaired errors. I rebooted, it started rebooting continuously. So I turned off for a while and I am working straight for around 4 hours.
I have taken back up of everything I needed. As I already planned, I am gonna format HDD and install fresh Win XP. I am not doing this because of this issue. Its planned already. I guess, I will do it tomorrow.
If there is any tool to check mother board and SMPS, it will be good.
Yeah, virus32win suggested Everest, but I couldn't work on it. Cause, I downloaded and installed yesterday. Within a day trial period is expired. I thought there would be some problem with the software. So I didn't try it.
nac
Level F
asingh said:
Oh hooo!!!!
I am done with it today morning. I installed fresh Win XP SP2. After installing OS I installed drivers and rebooted. Again it starts rebooting continuously. I turned off...
Started working after a while, and installing other software and rebooted... Again it started rebooting. Turned off...
After 20 minutes resumed installing software and rebooted... Again it started rebooting...
I turned off the system and gone bed.This thought came to my mind then,
My friend came to my place last week. We were chatting and he saw my monitor and asked me "Do you see waves in the monitor?" I said yes, I can. It started a month ago. I didn't bother much about the waves in monitor because I feel system is getting old. He said, "I am facing this issue as well, but not all the time. Only when there is a power fluctuation."
Now I am suspecting that the culprit would be the SMPS. But I don't know. Now OS is ruled out. Things are left...
1. Motherboard
2. SMPS
pinga123 said:
Please don't start betting here with my problem. :no::no:
CPU FAN??? You already added this in my list. And I said fan is working fine. Now there are only two things left.
1. Motherboard
2. PSU
You are adding third one here. Fine. I clear you and get cleared myself with this FAN. How I can check the fan whether its running or not?
Whenever I am seeing it, its running. Now its easy for me to check because I left the panel opened.
Its bit hard to taking something in the list. Already its taking more than a day to rule out one issue.
Don't worry how I feel. If you think that something else could be the reason, you can post them too. I sadly accept and check 'em. :no:
nac
Level F
Boot_Comp said:
New things are adding in my list.Yeah, I have got a good UPS. Numeric 600VA. Its working well and good. If the power goes off, this backs up for 20 minutes. There is no unusual beep/warning sound from the UPS. So you can rule this out.
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A new observation. If I put a DVD or CD which is hard to read or too much damage in it, my optical drive tries hard to read it. There our friend (my problem) gives his hand to help optical drive by rebooting with out warning. No matter what, if I do this as soon as start my computer. It reboots straight away. No 5 hours or 6 hours. After removing the disc, it will start in one or two attempt.
Since we guys don't know how to check motherboard or SMPS or any other thing which could be the cause, I am thinking of going to PC mechanic shop (I don't how others call it). I don't how much they are gonna charge to diagnose the problem. Let c...
Again I download Everest and did the test. But I found nothing special here. I am posting it here, you guys tell what it has given extra or useful information...
nac
Level F
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Hi!
Today afternoon I decided to take my machine to PC mechanic shop. But finally it ended up with waste of money and time.
After login to the system few times, they said it could be because of virus. I say, its clean. I formatted the entire HDD or run anti-virus scan (updated). They are repeatedly saying it could be because of virus of OS.
They are not even ready to check PSU or motherboard. They don't much about them, I guess.
I am thinking about resolving this issue somehow. But I can't able to make it working well.
Hi!
Today afternoon I decided to take my machine to PC mechanic shop. But finally it ended up with waste of money and time.
After login to the system few times, they said it could be because of virus. I say, its clean. I formatted the entire HDD or run anti-virus scan (updated). They are repeatedly saying it could be because of virus of OS.
They are not even ready to check PSU or motherboard. They don't much about them, I guess.
I am thinking about resolving this issue somehow. But I can't able to make it working well.
The Sauron
Level E
Okay buddy, If you are sure about software then....
Your 12V line does not seems good in Everest as 9.06V. Check voltage in BIOS system health also. Remove everything from system like CD-DVD drive, any addon PCI card, USB devices etc. Try running bare system on desk, I mean outside the cabinet.
Run system with alone MB+RAM+CPU+HDD on same SMPS. Test your RAM in another system like interchange with friends. In case of no success try changing hardware in steps.
1.SMPS
2.MB
Your 12V line does not seems good in Everest as 9.06V. Check voltage in BIOS system health also. Remove everything from system like CD-DVD drive, any addon PCI card, USB devices etc. Try running bare system on desk, I mean outside the cabinet.
Run system with alone MB+RAM+CPU+HDD on same SMPS. Test your RAM in another system like interchange with friends. In case of no success try changing hardware in steps.
1.SMPS
2.MB
nac
Level F
virus32win said:
I can able to check only VCORE Voltage in BIOS... Its 1.368V.
System health??? How?
I am not using any graphic card other than inbuilt in motherboard. I am not using any USB. As you say, I can unplug optical drive cable but I don't think I can bring everything outside the cabinet and work. I am not a techie. Really I don't know how to wire/unwire everything. Somehow I learned something in these few days. But not bringing everything outside. I do that test by keeping them inside the cabinet.
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12th Apr,
There was no rebooting yesterday...
I worked continuously for 12 hours with out getting random reboots. Let see what's gonna happen today.
nac
Level F
A new observation...
After working for around 5 hours, system rebooted. When it did, I saw Fan in PSU stopped. A hold my breath and blow it hardly to spin the fan, but it was stuck somewhere and finding hard to spin. So used a small stick like thing to swing it, its spinning.
Up to this moment, we didn't know that culprit. But now we found it. But I got a doubt. This is the sole cause for random reboot or this could one among many.????
And do i need to buy new SMPS or can I change the FAN alone??? If just the fan, How I can do it? I don't know whether this is under warranty or not. Many of you guys were busy in the last weekend, I guess. Can you guys please come here and post a solution now. I have now given you a bigger clue ever since started this thread.
PINGA....... I ain't know there were a fan in PSU when you asked me. I gotta know about that when I took this to PC mechanic shop. I was just checking chasis fan and CPU fan. In your case, the fan stopped was in PSU or in CHASIS or in CPU????
After working for around 5 hours, system rebooted. When it did, I saw Fan in PSU stopped. A hold my breath and blow it hardly to spin the fan, but it was stuck somewhere and finding hard to spin. So used a small stick like thing to swing it, its spinning.
Up to this moment, we didn't know that culprit. But now we found it. But I got a doubt. This is the sole cause for random reboot or this could one among many.????
And do i need to buy new SMPS or can I change the FAN alone??? If just the fan, How I can do it? I don't know whether this is under warranty or not. Many of you guys were busy in the last weekend, I guess. Can you guys please come here and post a solution now. I have now given you a bigger clue ever since started this thread.
PINGA....... I ain't know there were a fan in PSU when you asked me. I gotta know about that when I took this to PC mechanic shop. I was just checking chasis fan and CPU fan. In your case, the fan stopped was in PSU or in CHASIS or in CPU????
If you have ever handled a solder machine then you can change the fan yourself. Power supplies are very gentle devices and need a lot of care when you power the circuit outside the case. At worse, you could blow the two capacitors and they cost Rs. 35 each. Give it to a repairman if you think the PSU is the main culprit. Arrange a PSU from somewhere to be sure.
Dont take my words seriously . I have seen many cases of system getting rebooted And 80% of time SMPS and Fan are the reasons behind it.nac said:Oh hooo!!!!
I am done with it today morning. I installed fresh Win XP SP2. After installing OS I installed drivers and rebooted. Again it starts rebooting continuously. I turned off...
Started working after a while, and installing other software and rebooted... Again it started rebooting. Turned off...
After 20 minutes resumed installing software and rebooted... Again it started rebooting...
This thought came to my mind then,
My friend came to my place last week. We were chatting and he saw my monitor and asked me "Do you see waves in the monitor?" I said yes, I can. It started a month ago. I didn't bother much about the waves in monitor because I feel system is getting old. He said, "I am facing this issue as well, but not all the time. Only when there is a power fluctuation."
Now I am suspecting that the culprit would be the SMPS. But I don't know. Now OS is ruled out. Things are left...
1. Motherboard
2. SMPS
Please don't start betting here with my problem. :no::no:
CPU FAN??? You already added this in my list. And I said fan is working fine. Now there are only two things left.
1. Motherboard
2. PSU
You are adding third one here. Fine. I clear you and get cleared myself with this FAN. How I can check the fan whether its running or not?
Whenever I am seeing it, its running. Now its easy for me to check because I left the panel opened.
Its bit hard to taking something in the list. Already its taking more than a day to rule out one issue.
Don't worry how I feel. If you think that something else could be the reason, you can post them too. I sadly accept and check 'em. :no:
I m suggesting here due to my past experiences and having spent most of time in computer repair shop of my uncle.
Dont you worry about the problem just try to get ur friends smps replace it with your and check .
Do post your reply here.:hap2::hap2:
nac
Level F
pinga123 said:
asingh said:
Do you still want me to change the SMPS or just the FAN in it. If just FAN, can I do it myself? I mean is it easy to change the fan by anyone.
Last two days FAN didn't start to spin when I turned on.(May be this is how it worked in past few days...) I manually put some stick like thing to make it spin. Yesterday I worked continuously around 14 hours. Today I worked continuously around 12 hours. No hiccups in these two days. I'll keep on posting until I feel that my problem is fully solved.
^^
Ideally you should not use the system if the fan is not working. If you think you can manage a replacement, you should be able to. Though what type of fan will be inside the PSU. Can you get hold of one. Post that, it should just be remove some screws, de-solder, and solder it back on.
Ideally you should not use the system if the fan is not working. If you think you can manage a replacement, you should be able to. Though what type of fan will be inside the PSU. Can you get hold of one. Post that, it should just be remove some screws, de-solder, and solder it back on.
nac said:
Putting a stick and i thought i was the only idiot .
Even i had same issue and i used to perform similar action to make it spin .
asingh said:
Its not a big deal to replace SMPS you will need to remember the connection and have a proper screw driver with you to dismantle it.
nac
Level F
Last two days was fine just initial start up issue. Once the fan started to spin everything goes smooth.
I got a small doubt here, some time there is very little or no waves in my monitor. Sometime its high, just like that I can see those waves. I this because of problem in power (may be with SMPS) or in my place I get low voltage. I don't know. Can you guys please comment on this? If the problem is with SMPS, I can change the whole SMPS unit rather than just changing its fan.
I got a small doubt here, some time there is very little or no waves in my monitor. Sometime its high, just like that I can see those waves. I this because of problem in power (may be with SMPS) or in my place I get low voltage. I don't know. Can you guys please comment on this? If the problem is with SMPS, I can change the whole SMPS unit rather than just changing its fan.